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Just in time for the 100th anniversary of the Volstead Act (the National Prohibition Act, (H.R. 6810)), which went into effect on October 28, 1919 when the 66th Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson’s veto (https://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/The-Volstead-Act/), Susanna Calkins joins me at the historic Deer Path Inn (https://www.thedeerpathinn.com/our-story) to chat about her new Speakeasy Murders mystery, Murder Knocks Twice. Susanna Calkins is the author of the award-winning Lucy Campion Mysteries and the Speakeasy Murders (Minotaur Books/St. Martin's) Learn more about MURDER KNOCKS TWICE (2019) Book 2 in the series, The Fate of a Flapper, is out in July 2020 Check out her Agatha-nominated short story “A Postcard for the Dead” Susanna is also: Vice-President of Sisters in Crime Chicagoland Chapter Instructor, StoryStudio Chicago www.susannacalkins.com Twitter: @scalkins3 s.calkins.nu@gmail.com Instagram: scalkinsauthor Murder Knocks Twice is listed in CRIME NOVELS IN THE AGE OF PROHIBITION, SEPTEMBER 4, 2019 BY ASHLEY WEAVER, https://crimereads.com/crime-novels-in-the-age-of-prohibition/