Breaking Blue (Egan - paperback)

Author: Timothy Egan

ISBN: 9781570614293

Binding: paperback

Section: Regional

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. The result is Breaking Blue, a white-knuckle ride through institutional corruption and cover-up.