The Great Molasses Flood was a horrible event that took place in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1919. On January 15 of that year, a storage tank collapsed and sent over two millions of gallons of sweet, sticky molasses flowing out of the burst tank. Chaos as well as molasses flooded the streets. What a perfect time to commit a murder.
In this cozy murder, Emily Ryder, a tour guide turned amateur sleuth, attempts to solve the murder of her mentor, Chris Cooper. His death has been ruled accidental. Murder just couldn’t happen in the small town of Lydfield, Connecticut, but Emily believes that Chris was murdered. So why does Emily believe that Chris has been…
The story opens on the dark night of July 31, 1995. That night is dark in more ways than one. A ritualistic human sacrifice is being made. Oh, and the woman being sacrificed is pregnant. Then the story skips ahead to twenty-one years later. Has the sacrifice been forgotten? What about the child she was pregnant with? What became of it?
