Blue City

Overview

Joe Weather returns to his corrupt home town after completing his service in the U.S. Army in the European theater. He has been estranged from his father for some time and in returning home, Joe hopes to reconnect with his father. Instead, he finds that his father has been murdered and left a very young and very attractive widow.  He also finds a town more corrupt than ever, and the police are no help. They have no suspects for the murder of Joe’s father and Joe soon learns they are not his friend. The more Joe investigates the murder, the more evil he uncovers and the more danger he finds himself in.

Observations

While this isn’t Millar’s finest novel, it is significant in that it fulfilled a long-held dream: Kenneth Millar’s book was published by the publisher he had held in esteem since he was a high-school student: Alfred A. Knopf. The relationship with the publisher, which also grew into a friendship, would last for the rest of Millar’s life.

Additional Publication Information

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Book Covers

	Alfred A. Knopf, 1st edition
	Cassel and Company, Ltd. 1str English edition
	Dell, 3rd edition
	Bantam, 4th edition
	Bantam, ca. 1972
	Bantam, unknown
	Bantam, 1992
	Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, 2011
	Mondadori, 1950 (Italy)
	Mondadori, 1975 (Italy)