The Todd Chronicles

Twins #2

by Elena Santangelo

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 Gen needs a faithful sidekick to chronicle her cases. This book is a sort of prequel to TWO-FACED, but it's strongly recommended that TWO-FACED be read FIRST.

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 12, 2012

About the author

ELENA SANTANGELO pens the Possessed Mystery series, including Agatha Award finalist BY BLOOD POSSESSED. The series features laid-off office clerk turned ghostbuster, Pat Montella, and her 91 year-old sidekick, Miss Maggie. These novels combine murder, ghosts, history, and a protagonist brought up on Italian cooking and superstitions. Latest in the series is FEAR ITSELF, in which a ghost from the Great Depression helps Pat solve a present day murder in her hometown.

Elena's Twins Mystery Series begins with the novel TWO-FACED, which introduces Gen Ziegler, forensic psychologist, and her mirror-image twin, Sara. In THE TODD CHRONICLES, Todd MacBride, a geeky psych student, appoints himself as Gen Ziegler's "Dr. Watson" as he puts a hilarious spin on her Tucson cases. The series continues most recently with DOUBLE CROSS, when the sisters become stranded in a West Texas town, surrounded by secrets, outlaws, danger, and murder.

DAME AGATHA'S SHORTS is Elena's armchair companion to Christie's more than one hundred and fifty short stories. DAME AGATHA'S SHORTS won the 2009 Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction and is an Anthony Award and Macavity Award finalist.

Elena's short stories have been published in the United States and Japan and most are available individually on Kindle. You can also find 16 of them in the SHORT CUTS TO MAYHEM anthology. She co-edited the short story anthologies, DEATH KNELL IV and DEATH KNELL V.

YESTERDAY, TODAY & FOREVER is a non-fiction book about Elena's uncle, Joseph B. Chicco, the journal he kept while serving aboard the U.S.S. Mobile in 1945 during World War II, and the PTSD that plagued him the rest of his life.

Contact her at www.elenasantangelo.com"

Reviews

[Donna Murray · Rating 5 out of 5]

In THE TODD CHRONICLES, a young psych student attaches himself to his mentor, a grad assistant hiding a mysterious background. For me, their personal stories were just as engaging as the mental puzzles, and my affection for the characters seemed to grow along with their friendship, a pretty neat trick. That said, what I enjoyed even more was the writing, Santangelo’s insightful humor and descriptions I could easily see in my mind’s eye. This prize-winning author ticks all my boxes.

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved reading this book. It has characters I like, and it made me keep turning the pages because I was worried something might happen to them. Also it has a lot of humor. This author has a writing style that I enjoy - very lively, down-to-earth, and exciting.