Louise and Virginia jet off to San Francisco in the episode, where they discuss the origins of the City and County, and why it became the home and haven for people wanting to discard façades and identities they may have held in their home towns. They also discuss the original gold rush and the modern tech gold rush and the impact these have had on the city, as well as the serialisation of novels and they way this can shape the overall architecture of a novel. They also revisit the issue of Nazism and the presence of monsters living in plain sight among us. 

Books

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett, 1941

Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin, 1978

Daughter of Fortune by Isabelle Allende, 1998

Mr Penumbra’s 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan, 2012

Days Without End by Sebastian Barry, 2016

Television

Clarkson’s Farm – Prime

My Mother and Other Strangers, BBC, ABC iView

Blog

Literary Hub by Megan Abbott

https://lithub.com/megan-abbott-on-the-difference-between-hardboiled-and-noir/