The Storm's
Alibi

Clara Whitaker followed her husband south with ledgers in her head and suspicion in her chest. She expected to find evidence of financial ruin. She found something worse.

On the morning of September 8, she walked through rising floodwater to his hotel room. He opened the door holding flowers meant for another woman. By nightfall, the deadliest hurricane in American history had swallowed the island whole. Eight thousand people were dead. Charles Whitaker was counted among them.

The storm became his alibi. And hers.