Pinwheel

As a self-styled press agent, the audacious Exlee Ellis makes it his business to know who's doing what, to whom, and why-so he can sell the juicy tidbits to the daily papers of Stout City, Iowa. It's a living, and as the Depression ravages the nation, that's no small thing.When Exlee comes up with a tantalizing story about the city's biggest employer-Pinwheel Coffee-Stout City Sun editor Deacon Lowe knows it might boost circulation and save the floundering paper from doom. But if the...
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As a self-styled press agent, the audacious Exlee Ellis makes it his business to know who's doing what, to whom, and why-so he can sell the juicy tidbits to the daily papers of Stout City, Iowa. It's a living, and as the Depression ravages the nation, that's no small thing.When Exlee comes up with a tantalizing story about the city's biggest employer-Pinwheel Coffee-Stout City Sun editor Deacon Lowe knows it might boost circulation and save the floundering paper from doom. But if the story turns out to be a scam-as Deacon fears-the Sun might never recover. It seems that someone is scheming, but who and why?A funny, charming story about life, love, and making the social scene in the 1930s Midwest, the third installment in Brett Perkins's delightful Stout City series mixes up a fizzy, intoxicating cocktail.