Breaking Blue

A True Crime Book

By: Timothy Egan

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Paperback | 17 January 2004 | Edition Number 1

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In 1935, the Spokane police regularly extorted sex, food, and money from the reluctant hobos (many of them displaced farmers who had fled the Midwestern dust bowls), robbed dairies, and engaged in all manner of nefarious crimes, including murder. This history was suppressed until 1989, when former logger, Vietnam vet, and Spokane cop Tony Bamonte discovered a strange 1955 deathbed confession while researching a thesis on local law enforcement history. Bamonte began to probe what had every appearance of widespread police crime and a massive cover-up whose highlight was the unsolved murder of Town Marshall George Conff. The fact that many of those involved, now in their 80s and 90s, were still alive made it imperative that Bamonte unravel this mystery. The result is Breaking Blue, a white-knuckle ride through institutional corruption and cover-up that vividly documents Depression-era Spokane and an extraordinary case that few believed would ever be brought to light.

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"As a former police reporter I can give Breaking Blue the ultimate complement-I wish I had written it. No one who enjoys mystery can fail to savor this study of a classic case of detection" --Tony Hillerman "An engrossing tale of corruption in the Nor

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Preface	p. ix
The Last Act of Life, September 1989
Judgment Day	p. 2
The First Act of Death, Autumn 1935
The Need for Butter	p. 12
Cop Code	p. 18
Mother's Kitchen	p. 28
The Night Marshal	p. 38
The Search	p. 49
Stone Fortress	p. 59
To the River	p. 67
Psychic Duel, 1989
The Student	p. 76
The Sheriff	p. 89
Metaline Falls	p. 100
A Family Visit	p. 110
Men With Badges	p. 117
A Stirring	p. 129
The Net	p. 137
The Nurse	p. 145
Home	p. 155
Men Without Badges	p. 165
In Big Sky Country	p. 174
Retreat	p. 187
Character Colors	p. 193
The River	p. 207
Last Gathering	p. 218
Epilogue: May 1990
Commencement	p. 238
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Breaking Blue

A True Crime Book

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Industry Reviews

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