![]() ![]() ![]() Chicago’s notorious gangster Al Capone controlled “over 10,000 speakeasies in Chicago,” although The Third Door is not one of them. These hidden houses of spirits and socializing gave the public the opportunity to drink, sometimes eat and be merry.” This blithe description overlooks the criminality that was rampant in speakeasy culture. Prohibition made alcohol consumption unlawful between 19: “When Prohibition hit the Chicago streets in 1920, speakeasies started appearing almost overnight. ![]() ‘Darb’ is 1920s slang for excellent – an example of how Calkins infuses Murder Knocks Twice, her debut Speakeasy Mystery, with authenticity. There had been a weariness behind Lulu’s eyes when she’d spoken, and the memory of the redhead’s sly smile now gave Gina pause. Then she’d dropped the affectation, adding more earnestly, Tips are great, I swear. It’s darb, Lulu had said, striking a glamorous pose. Her schoolfriend Louise Smith, now bobbed-hair Lulu, tells her about a possible opening for a cigarette girl at The Third Door speakeasy. Palsy makes it hard for her father to repair broken appliances, a task that increasingly falls to Gina. Chicagoan Gina Ricci takes care of her father, an ailing widower. ![]()
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