The explosion of a southern Missouri dance hall in 1928 causes the death of forty-two people and injures many more. One of the dead is the sister of Alma DeGeer Dunahew. Alma works as a maid to one of the wealthy families in West Table. Her sister, Ruby, was having an affair with her employer and Alma is convinced he caused the explosion in retaliation for her sister seeing another man. Was the explosion a deliberate act or just a tragic accident? Was Alma's employer to blame, or the fanatical, anti-dancing preacher, or maybe gangsters from the city, or even someone else with an ax to grind? The answer was not at all what I expected. This isn't a pretty story with a happy ending.
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