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    <body><![CDATA[Read this one aloud with Tristan, we just got back from Spokane and this book definitely immersed me in the place. Wish we had more time to explore the Pend Oreille and Metaline Falls, but it was pretty thrilling to see old creamery signs faded into brick buildings in downtown Spokane and wonder, &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53370834">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[There were two great components of this book - the first was the account of the 1935 era and the specific events of the George Conniff murder. The second were the accouns of 1989 when Sherriff Bamonte zeroes in on his suspect and works to corner him.   The middle portion of the book, though, slowed ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80080435">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Enjoyed this book immensely. Totally different from The Worst Hard Times, but yet set in a similar time period. The setting was great the research was very good and it gave a very compelling story. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A tail of Idaho butter thieves.  Included is a decent description of the criminal / hooverville scene in Spokane and the Idaho panhandle.  It is all part of the telling of a bizarre, long unsolved crime.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting book.  Especially if your familiar with the Spokane area.  It talks about how corrupt the Spokane Police Department was in 1935 and how they covered a murder that was committed by one of their detectives.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great story, all the more impactful and sobering because it's true.  The writing is not so compelling, but the story is.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interesting history of the Spokane area woven into the plot.]]></body>
    
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