Bøger af Elena Santangelo

Let Delaware Valley mystery authors show you around their home turf, from the Jersey and Delaware seashores inland to Philadelphia and the surrounding Pennsylvania counties, including historic areas like Germantown and Valley Forge.You'll find traditional and not-so-traditional mysteries, psychological suspense, tales of history, the supernatural, and even glimpses into the dark secrets of the human mind. What's not to love?

Todd MacBride, a geeky undergrad psych major at the University of Arizona, imagines himself as Dr. Watson. His Holmes is Gen Ziegler, a prof and criminal psychologist who assists the Tucson police. Todd decides that Dr. Ziegler needs a faithful sidekick to chronicle her cases, even if she's determined to work alone. Together they solve robberies, assaults, murders and other mysterious goings-on while Todd tries to crack the ultimate enigma, Dr. Ziegler herself. This is the 2nd book in the Twins Mystery Series.

Gen Ziegler left her home in tiny Mount Ebal, Pennsylvania right after college, to get as far away from her mirror-image twin, Sara, and their dysfunctional relationship as possible. Now, five years later, Dr. Ziegler teaches at the University of Arizona and assists the Tucson Police as a forensic psychologist. Yet, all her life Gen's had clairvoyant flashes, telling her when Sara was in danger. One new vision is so vivid, Gen flies home to find that her sister is the primary witness and suspect in a grisly stabbing death. The last person Sara wants around is Gen, but if the real killer isn't found, one or both sisters will become victims themselves.

Cactus for Christmas? Forensic psychologist Gen Ziegler needs to move from Tucson to Pennsylvania during the winter semester break. She and her twin sister, Sara, decide to use the move as an excuse for a much-needed vacation. They plan to drive across the country, seeing the sights while getting reacquainted after years of not speaking to each other. Still, jumping back into a family relationship isn't easy. To make matters worse, they're stranded in a tiny West Texas town only four days before Christmas. Sure, the scenery's gorgeous, the Tex-Mex food is delicious, and the residents are friendly enough, but the town seems filled with secrets . . . and a killer's on the loose.

Pat Montella should have loved the idea of spending Christmas with her boyfriend Hugh Lee in a romantic place like Colonial Williamsburg. But the trip also means meeting Hugh's mother and his siblings, and his moody teenaged daughter will be tagging along. On the bright side, Miss Maggie, Pat's best friend and surrogate grandmother, will be coming, too, and she knows all the words to every holiday song ever written. Still, Pat hasn't been feeling well lately, plus she'll be missing two big Italian feasts with her family back home, which could make anyone melancholy. Add to that a determined poisoner, too many doctors, a centuries-old murder, and a house haunted by a malicious Colonial ghost. This is bound to be one holiday Pat will never forget . . . if she survives.

Take a short cut. Where will it lead? To the Jersey Shore, where perhaps you'll find a nosy Italian landlady or ghosts at Cape May Point? To a small college town in Pennsylvania, where identical twins teach psychology and solve crimes? To Philadelphia's Academy of Music or a small chocolate shop in Center City? To the modern day Wild West or Valley Forge during the War for Independence? The 16 short stories in Short Cuts to Mayhem will lead you to places of mystery and malice, haunting and humor.

In DAME AGATHA'S SHORTS, mystery author Elena Santangelo guides you through the short works of one of mystery's most famous writers, AGATHA CHRISTIE. Find out: - what was the most exciting event in Christie's life outside of dining with the Queen. - who Miss Lemon, detective Hercule Poirot's secretary, listed as a former employer on her resume. - which three short stories inspired the novel Evil Under The Sun. - what was Ariadne Oliver's sideline before she became a famous novelist. - what inspired Christie's first story, and possibly her whole writing career. - why you should read, or re-read, Agatha Christie's short stories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The most readable guide and in-depth companion to Agatha's Shorts that any fan could ever wish for. No mystery library, personal or public, should be without this resource. Santangelo has created a gem ... --Charles Todd, author of A Matter of Justice and A Duty to the Dead A delicious romp through Christie's life and stories. A must-read for Christie lovers ... Santangelo weaves together a wealth of information, making it both enjoyable and educational. --Judy Clemens, author of the Anthony- and Agatha-nominated Stella Crown series Santangelo provides the first source book of Agatha Christie's short fiction in easy prose, with a dash of humor ... For Christie fans--the answer to a prayer! --Robin Hathaway, author of Sleight of Hand

HANG MY HEAD AND CRY is Elena Santangelo's second novel featuring Pat Montella. Her first novel, BY BLOOD POSSESSED, was an Agatha Award Finalist for Best First Novel. She is also an award-winning writer of short mysteries and ghost tales. Book Description: All Pat Montella wanted was a few fresh-off-the-vine tomatoes. Now that she'd moved from an apartment to live with ninety-one-year-old Miss Maggie Shelby in the retired history teacher's old farmhouse, Pat can finally plant a garden. She picks the spot for it on a whim, after a recurring dream in which a young boy tells her where to dig. As she tills the soil, though, a human skull surfaces. Miss Maggie calls in prominent anthropologist Dr. Emmy Brewster to help solve the historical mystery. However, her assistant, Theo Clayborne, a statuesque and sexy black man with the most beautiful voice Pat's ever heard, quickly becomes the prime suspect in a string of local shootings. Then the ghost of that young boy returns to Pat's dreams, this time with a warning...

A VERY CONTEMPORARY WOMAN DISCOVERS A RICH PAST -- AND AN EXCITING FUTURE...The dreary days of Pat Montella's life come to a screeching halt when she's summoned to the history-laden estate of Bell Run, Virginia, where she's to inherit its old farmhouse and lovely, spacious woodlands. Ninety-one-year-old Miss Magnolia Shelby reveals the surprising reason she has chosen Pat to be her heir. Energetic Miss Maggie's passion is the Civil War, and through uncanny visions, Pat soon discovers that history can indeed come alive: in the pungent scent of roasting pork and coffee...the sudden fearsome sight of long-ago battles...the sound of bullets striking wood.What Pat "sees" while piecing together the tragic, poignant truth about Bell Run and the people who fought for it over a century ago, seduces her deeper into the past -- and into a danger more frightening and immediate than she can possibly know...