Death Of A Rainmaker: A Dust Bowl Mystery

"When this striking historical mystery opens, a dust storm is bearing down on the small town of Jackson, Okla. Housewives hurry to hang wet sheets over the doors and windows of their farmhouses, moviegoers huddle in the aisles of the Jewel Movie House, and, on the outskirts of town, workers with the CCC – FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps – scramble for their bunkhouses. When the dust settles, the body of a stranger – a con artist claiming to be a “rainmaker” – is discovered in the alley outside the Jewel. Laurie Loewenstein’s Depression-era mystery is brooding and gritty and graced with authenticity."