When a rainmaker is bludgeoned to death in the pitch-blackness of a colossal dust storm, small-town sheriff Temple Jennings shoulders yet another burden in the hard times of the 1930s Dust Bowl. The killing only magnifies Temple\u2019s ongoing troubles: a formidable opponent in the upcoming election, the repugnant burden of enforcing farm foreclosures, and his wife\u2019s lingering grief over the loss of their eight-year-old son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the sheriff and his young deputy investigate the murder, their suspicions focus on a teenager, Carmine, serving with the Civilian Conservation Corps. The deputy, himself a former CCCer, struggles with remaining loyal to the corps while pursuing his own aspirations as a lawman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the investigation closes in on Carmine, Temple\u2019s wife, Etha, quickly becomes convinced of his innocence and sets out to prove it. But Etha\u2019s own probe soon reveals a darker web of secrets, which imperil Temple\u2019s chances of reelection and cause the husband and wife to confront their long-standing differences about the nature of grief.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":16784,"template":"","format":[59],"meta":{"_acf_changed":true},"book-author":[540],"blockchain":[4],"book-genre":[],"narrator":[],"book-publisher":[227],"series":[],"class_list":["post-16781","book-dea","type-book-dea","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","book-author-laurie-loewenstein","blockchain-cardano","format-ebook","book-publisher-akashic-books-ltd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n