On the night of July 4, 1925, the Pickwick Club, a five-story speakeasy in Boston, collapsed, killing 44 people and seriously injuring dozens more. In his book, Deathtrap: Boston’s Pickwick Club Disaster, 1961 Boston College graduate John Keefe, a retired engineer, details what is known about the deadliest building collapse in Boston history and the investigation that followed. Though criminals charges were brought against several individuals, no one was found guilty of any wrongdoing. Keefe’s father was in the Pickwick Club that night but left before the building collapse. His name appeared in Boston newspapers’ initial lists of the missing and feared dead. Kirkus Reviews calls Keefe’s book “A thoughtful exploration of a deadly event that reveals broader social issues of the era.”