New England Book Festival Honorable Mention Best Regional Fiction Southern California Book Festival Honorable Mention Best Fiction Rick Hill, the underdog publisher of The Lawnsville Crier continues his fight to hold elected public officials accountable for Jordan County’s corrupt old-line political machine in this fast-moving novel, The Pulse of the City – the fourth in the award-winning Rick Hill Series. One of the few times the old-line faction outsmarted the Crier publisher resulted in a takeover of the Lawnsville City Council. Is it possible that a by-chance invoice approved at a Council meeting could lead Rick Hill to a kickback scheme which leads directly to the Governor’s office? Or will the State’s Chief Executive again walk out of the Federal Court House a free man? Could his 85-year-old anonymous news source with the creaky voice again provide the Crier publisher with a “tip” that could unravel a carefully planned scam that finally lands the slippery Governor Wilson McDuff in a federal prison? The same Wilson McDuff who was found not guilty in two previous federal trials, while his co-defendants were convicted, and now resides in a federal prison. The Pulse of the City, expands the behind-the-scenes look at The Lawnsville Crier beyond the duty to hold public officials accountable. It pulls the curtain back to show the everyday routine – less glamorous – things the paper features that draw readers and give the community pride and an identity.
