1949. Lance Curran is set to prosecute a young man for a brutal murder in the ''Robert the Painter'' case one which threatens to tear society apart. In the searing July heat corruption and justice vie as Harry Ferguson Judge Curran''s fixer contemplates the souls of men adrift and his own fall from grace with the beautiful and wilful Patricia. Within three years Curran will be a judge his nineteen year old daughter dead at the hands of a still unknown murderer and his wife Doris condemned to an asylum for the rest of her days. In Blue Is the Night it is Doris who finally emerges from the fog of deceit and blame to cast new light into the murder of her daughter - as McNamee once again explores and dramatizes a notorious and nefarious case. . Language: English