I sincerely hope that there are other adventures to follow in this exciting new historical series. Gina is a strong heroine, perfect for the leading role in a time when women were often constrained by the social norms of the times. There was plenty of adventure thrown in around the mystery and the subplots that kept the plot moving along at a good clip. She is an expert at creating such rich, vibrant worlds full of bold characters fitting for the times. Murder Knocks Twice is full of the historically accurate and rich details readers have grown to expect and seek out in Susanna Calkins other series. Gina finds herself the only witness to a murder and feels strongly that she must solve it quickly, before she is next.

The biggest mystery of all involving the girl who held the very same position she is currently occupying before she died unexpectedly. Gina Ricci needs a job in order to support her father and upon the word of a friend, she finds one at 3rd door, a speakeasy full of excitement and secrets. Murder Knocks Twice is the first in a new series set in the seedy world of 1920's Chicago, full of mob bosses and speakeasies, and plenty of crime and terror. 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.

When Marty is brutally murdered, with Gina as the only witness, she’s determined to track down his killer. 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.

Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins