![]() Gina Ricci takes on a job as a cigarette girl to earn money for her ailing father-and to pro. The first mystery in Susanna Calkins captivating new series takes readers into the dark, dangerous, and glittering underworld of a 1920s Chicago speakeasy. She’s very good at delineating characters and making them memorable I was never unsure or trying to remember who she was talking about, and to me, that’s the mark of a very good writer. Buy a used copy of Murder Knocks Twice : A Mystery book by Susanna Calkins. ![]() Calkins has a brisk story telling style, and she quickly establishes her setting and a wide array of characters. Murder Knocks Twice A Mystery by Susanna Calkins. She’s a little unsure about working there – she’s worried about what her father will think, for one thing – and for another, she’s replacing a girl who was killed and that makes her slightly wary. Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins, Apr 30, 2019, Minotaur Books edition, paperback. ![]() Series heroine Gina Ricci is out of work and finds a job at a speakeasy through a friend. ![]() Publishers Weekly Calkinss winning sequel to 2019s Murder Knocks Twice. Murder Knocks Twice is set in prohibition era Chicago, with all the attendant issues of the mob, the past war, and the depression coming into play. Is the Third Door a front for organized crime. Those were slightly more serious in tone than this delightful new series launch from this talented writer. Susanna Calkins had a wonderful series set in 17 th century England, featuring maid turned bookseller Lucy Campion. ![]()
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