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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
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mysterious
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This was a fascinating read. A story from my own back yard.
We moved to Spokane Valley in 1991 amid stories of police department corruption and misbehavior. But I'd never heard the story of 1935 killing of George Conniff solved just two years before we arrived. I've talked to others who have lived hear longer, some much older than I who were born and raised hear. This story still seems largely unknown, even locally.
I think I'll head downtown, stand on the Post Street bridge and look into the now raging water where the murder weapon was tossed by a corrupt police officer. And find the place wear Mother's Kitchen stood, and some of the other points of interest in the story while it's still fresh in my mind.
This is the second Timothy Egan book I've read. The man is a great story teller brining history to life. I'm sure I'll read more of his work.
I can strongly recommend Breaking Blue. You'll enjoy the story and learn some fascinating history. If you live in Spokane or north east Washington, the Idaho panhandle, or western Montana, this really is a must read.
We moved to Spokane Valley in 1991 amid stories of police department corruption and misbehavior. But I'd never heard the story of 1935 killing of George Conniff solved just two years before we arrived. I've talked to others who have lived hear longer, some much older than I who were born and raised hear. This story still seems largely unknown, even locally.
I think I'll head downtown, stand on the Post Street bridge and look into the now raging water where the murder weapon was tossed by a corrupt police officer. And find the place wear Mother's Kitchen stood, and some of the other points of interest in the story while it's still fresh in my mind.
This is the second Timothy Egan book I've read. The man is a great story teller brining history to life. I'm sure I'll read more of his work.
I can strongly recommend Breaking Blue. You'll enjoy the story and learn some fascinating history. If you live in Spokane or north east Washington, the Idaho panhandle, or western Montana, this really is a must read.
Very timely even though the case this book covers is in 1935. Not much has changed in law enforcement here in Spokane. We just had the announcement today of the chief of police retiring and her second in command all when the Otto Zehm case is being looked at as being handled wrong. It is sad the corruption still runs so deep in the police force here and that it has a long history as mentioned in this book.
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
The opening historical background presented was very interesting, setting the stage for the coming story in the first part of this book - a story about police corruption and murder in a 1935 incident near Spokane, Washington. The rest of the book follows the cop who opens the unsolved case years later and relentlessly pursues the truth. It’s good and it’s a bit long with tangents that slow the pacing.
Interesting true crime story dating back to Spokane in the thirties. Corrupt cop killing a cop and getting away with it for decades until a cop writing a dissertation unearthed the unsolved case.