The Pulse of the City

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Release Date August 2025

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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.

Author	C. D. Hylton, III (Tony)
ISBN	9781958914786
Pages	240
Size	6 x 9
Year Published	2025

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About the Author

Examining the mysterious world where politics and news media collide

An experienced journalist, Tony has served as a Visiting Professor of Journalism and Public Relations at Susquehanna University, a small town newspaper publisher, National Communications Director for a trade association in Washington, DC and Public Information Officer (PIO) for a major U.S. Army Command in the Republic of Vietnam.

As an expert on the news business, Hylton’s entertaining presentation examines how “Fake News” was added to our Nation’s political lexicon and discusses Freedom of the Press and what moved our founding fathers to make it part of our First Amendment rights. He examines the troubling demise of local newspaper and its negative impact on small communities across the country.

His political experience provides Tony with a behind-the-scenes view of the rough and tumble world of southern West Virginia politics in the historical 1960 Democrat Presidential Primary which vaulted John F. Kennedy into the White House. A native West Virginian, he has served in the West Virginia House of Delegates and was a candidate for the West Virginia State Senate.

Tony will also discuss his recently released novel – Enough –about a small town newspaper publisher who takes on a crooked political machine in a fictional southern West Virginia county. As a result of this principled brand of journalism two political kingpins set in motion a conspiracy that burns the paper to the ground and hatches a plot to murder the young publisher on a deserted country road.

His presentation is tailored to the needs of a specific audience and encourages audience participation and provides ample time for questions and discussion.

Hylton holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism and a master’s in political science both from West Virginia University.