A review by melissadeemcdaniel
Murder Knocks Twice by Susanna Calkins

4.0

Calkins evokes the sights, sounds and smells of the Chicago days of speakeasies, Al Capone and Clarence Darrow. Her gum-cracking heroine, Gina Ricci, is hired to work at a gin joint as a cigarette girl, and before she knows it, she has discovered a long lost relative, and a pile of secrets to be unraveled. We don’t get many bread-crumbs leading up the uncovering of the bad guys in this novel, and the ending feels a bit rushed and unmotivated, but overall this is a fast-moving, entertaining historical read.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.