Elena Santangelo

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  • Bibliography:
    15 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    March 1996
  • Latest Book:
    July 2016
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Full Series List in Order

Pat Montella

1 - By Blood Possessed (Oct-1999)
2 - Hang My Head and Cry (Mar-2001)
3 - Poison to Purge Melancholy (Sep-2006)
4 - Fear Itself (Apr-2011)

A Twins Mystery

1 - Two-Faced (Jul-2011)
2 - The Todd Chronicles (Apr-2012)
3 - Double Cross (Mar-2012)
Up On The Housetop (Sep-1997)

Book List in Order: 15 titles

  • Kill...With Personality

    In this mystery short story, the wealthiest--and most eligible--man in Ekron Township, Pennsylvania summons criminal psychologist Gen Ziegler to find out who has it in for him. Her twin sister, Sara, tags along, if only to keep the dog happy. The sto...

  • Cliff-Hanger

    After hiking the Cohab Canyon trail in Capitol Reef National Park, the author decided this cliff was the perfect place to push someone to his/her death. Like her protagonist, she was hiking with her brother at the time. This short story of approximat...

  • Swan Song

    The only clue to the murder of a famous soprano is her last encore in this short story of approximately 4200 words.Author Elena Santangelo is an alto, with a degree in music which she uses, despite having turned to a life of (writing) murder. She eve...

  • Up On The Housetop

    A Twins Mystery

    On Christmas Eve, twin sleuths Gen and Sara Ziegler find evidence of Santa on their roof. And evidence of a robbery at their neighbor's house. This short mystery is approximately 3400 words.Happy Holidays!Author Elena Santangelo writes the Possessed ...

  • The Ghost and Mrs. Munch

    This is a collection of two short stories, in all, about 3700 words.Favorite Haunt is a ghost story in which a poltergeist haunts an apartment bathroom.In Rocky Road To Murder--a short how-done-it--a woman decides, if she's going to survive her workp...

  • By Blood Possessed

    Pat Montella - 1

    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 farmh...

  • Hang My Head and Cry

    Pat Montella - 2

    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 Descr...

  • Poison to Purge Melancholy

    Pat Montella - 3

    Pat Montello would never spend Christmas away from her huge clan if she didn't think her boyfriend Hugh Lee was "Mr. Right." A weekend in Williamsburg, Virginia, with Hugh's family should be fun, right? Beset with inexplicable aches, anxiety attacks,...

  • Dame Agatha's Shorts

    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 Q...



  • Fear Itself

    Pat Montella - 4

    When Pat Montella hears of the death of her Great Uncle Rocco, she heads back to her hometown for the funeral. Her ninety-one year-old mentor, historian Miss Maggie Shelby, decides to tag along, not only for the promise of all the Italian food she ca...

  • Two-Faced

    A Twins Mystery - 1

    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 Ari...

  • Double Cross

    A Twins Mystery - 3

    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 acro...

  • The Todd Chronicles

    A Twins Mystery - 2

    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 sidek...

  • Short Cuts to Mayhem: Short Stories

    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 Philadelphi...

  • Ginseng Tea

    In this short mystery of approximately 3000 words, a young free black girl finds herself accused of treason in Valley Forge during the winter encampment of 1777-78, and must discover the real traitor to save herself.GINSENG TEA won National Council f...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Elena Santangelo has published 15 books.

Elena Santangelo does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Ginseng Tea, was published in July 2016.

The first book by Elena Santangelo, Kill...With Personality, was published in March 1996.

Yes. Elena Santangelo has 2 series.
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