The Great Molasses Flood of 1919

Francis Glesner's marriage is falling apart. She divorces Blueett after what the New York Times describes as, quote, 16 unhappy years. Not long after their divorce, Francis bumps into an old friend named George Burgess McGrath. He has been classmates with Francis' brother at Harvard and went on to become Boston's second ever medical examiner consulting on major death investigations of the day.