Cocktail of the Week: Gin Gimlet

Join Philip Marlowe in a toast to solving crime

A few years ago “A Literary Cocktail” was published in honor of Independent Bookstore Day. It is a collection of drink recipes (and hangover cures) from such popular writers as James Patterson, Karen Abbott and Amor Towles. At the time, Towles was getting raves for his book “Rules of Civility,” and would get even more for “A Gentleman in Moscow.” (His l…