![]() Gina Ricci takes on a job as a cigarette girl to earn money for her ailing fatherand to prove to herself that she can hold her own at Chicagos most notorious speakeasy, the Third Door. What secrets did Marty capture on his camera-and who would do anything to destroy it? As Gina searches for answers, she's pulled deeper into the shadowy truths hiding behind the Third Door. The first mystery in Susanna Calkins captivating new series takes readers into the dark, dangerous, and glittering underworld of a 1920s Chicago speakeasy. ![]() When Marty is brutally murdered, with Gina as the only witness, she's determined to track down his killer. MURDER KNOCKS TWICE is the first in my new series, The Speakeasy Murders, and has been nominated for four awards-the Anthony, the Agatha, the Macavity and the Sue Feder Historical Mystery. But the staff buzzes with whispers about Gina's predecessor, who died under mysterious circumstances, and the photographer, Marty, warns her to be careful. ![]() She's enchanted by the harsh, glamorous world she discovers: the sleek socialites sipping bootlegged cocktails, the rowdy ex-servicemen playing poker in a curtained back room, the flirtatious jazz pianist and the brooding photographer-all overseen by the club's imposing owner, Signora Castallazzo. ![]() Gina Ricci takes on a job as a cigarette girl to earn money for her ailing father-and to prove to herself that she can hold her own at Chicago's most notorious speakeasy, the Third Door. ![]() The first mystery in Susanna Calkins' captivating new series takes readers into the dark, dangerous, and glittering underworld of a 1920s Chicago speakeasy. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |