San Francisco is in ruins — but can the worst disaster the city has ever known cover up a murder?
On a quiet morning in 1906, an earthquake of horrendous magnitude shakes one of California’s most vibrant cities. Buildings crumble to the ground. Fires destroy everything from South of the Slot’s dilapidated buildings to Nob Hill’s ornate mansions, leveling nearly eighty percent of San Francisco.
Radical suffragist and progressive reformer Elsie Blessings calls her friends Adele Gossling and Nin Branch to the Presidio’s refugee camp to help destitute women and children as San Francisco begins the slow process of rebuilding. Adele’s brother, Jackson, and Sheriff Hatfield accompany them as volunteers to maintain law and order amidst the chaos of the ruined city.
As citizens come together to pick up the pieces of their lives among the rubble, somebody thinks it’s just the right time for murder.
Includes an Author’s Note with background on the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906!
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