Today, Susanna Calkins’s latest novel, The Fate of a Flapper, is being published and to celebrate, I’m helping the publisher get the word out. This is the second book in her Speakeasy Murders series, a series set in 1920s Chicago.
Title: The Fate of a Flapper
Author: Susanna Calkin
Series: The Speakeasy Murders, #2
Published: July 2020, St. Martin’s Griffin
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Summary:
The Fate of a Flapper,
the second mystery in this captivating new series, takes readers into
the dark, dangerous, and glittering underworld of a 1920’s Chicago
speakeasy.A 2019 Agatha Award Nominee for “Best Historical Mystery”!
After
nine months as a cigarette girl at the Third Door, one of Chicago’s
premier moonshine parlors, Gina Ricci feels like she’s finally getting
into the swing of things. The year is 1929, the Chicago Cubs are almost
in the World Series, neighborhood gangs are all-powerful, and though
Prohibition is the law of the land, the Third Door can’t serve the
cocktails fast enough.
Two women in particular are throwing
drinks back with abandon while chatting up a couple of bankers, and Gina
can’t help but notice the levels of inebriation and the tension at
their table. When the group stumbles out in the early morning, she tries
to put them out of her head. But once at home that night, Gina’s sleep
is interrupted when her cousin Nancy, a police officer, calls—she’s
found a body. Gina hurries over to photograph the crime scene, but stops
short when she recognizes the body: it’s one of the women from the
night before.
Could the Third Door have served the woman bad
liquor? Or, Gina wonders, could this be murder? As the gangs and
bombings draw ever closer, all of Chicago starts to feel like a warzone,
and Gina is determined to find out if this death was an unlucky
accident, or a casualty of combat.
Praise for THE FATE OF A FLAPPER:
“Winning…Calkins draws a memorable portrait of Prohibition-era Chicago.” ―Publishers Weekly
“Written
with wit and an understanding of the tensions during one of the most
volatile times in history…will give readers insight into the world of
Prohibition and what the human spirit is capable of in desperate times.” ―Library Journal
“You have to love a gal who takes chances while staying true to herself.” ―Kirkus
“A fun romp…with lots of 1920s atmosphere.” ―Booklist
Books in this series:
- Murder Knocks Twice
- The Fate of a Flapper
