During Prohibition, the cocktails are downright criminal.

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Fact-Check Correction: During the episode, it is mentioned that Raymond Chandler was born in the UK. This is incorrect. He was born in Chicago, Illinois.

Mentioned in this episode:

— The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

— The Turquoise Shop by Frances Crane

— The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett

— The Fabulous Clipjoint by Fredric Brown

— Deadline at Dawn by Cornell Woolrich

— The Roman Hat Mystery by Ellery Queen

— Murder on 'B' Deck by Vincent Starrett

— Obelists at Sea by C. Daly King

— Headed for a Hearse by Jonathan Latimer

— The Eight of Swords by John Dickson Carr

— Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie

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