In response to reader comments, two corrections have been made to the book.
1) Thelma’s birth year was 1906, not 1905
2) Her father was born in 1871 and emigrated to the US in 1883 (from documents now available on ancestry.com)
I just received your book through Amazon, read it, and can only THANK YOU for the painstaking research that went into it. You deserve a medal for the illumination that you have provided for a VERY complex case. What you achieved boggles the mind and I say that advisedly. Thanks again, Dennis Yancey
The only book to read on the Thelma Todd case. Encyclopedically researched from primary sources. The authors deftly wield Occam’s Razor to get at the most sensible, simplest and I think most satisfying explanation of this much sensationalized event. As they quote Mark Twain: “The researches of many commenters have already thrown much darkness on this subject, and it is probable that, if they continue, we shall soon know nothing at all about it.” Thank you to the authors of “Testimony of a Death” for un-muddying the waters and getting at the truth.
Thank you for your comment. You may be interested in my latest book, The Long Winding Road of Harry Raymond: A Detective’s Journey Down the Mean Streets of Pre-War Los Angeles, which I hope to publish in the near future.
Patrick,
Your book on Harry Raymond was wonderfully done–gritty, detailed, and well told. It was so good it served as an inspiration for the backdrop of my first novel, which I will be publishing in February. (I won’t shamelessly promote it on this site.)
I would love to connect with you, if you are interested. I am planning a blog tour next year, and I would be delighted to share an advanced copy of my book and have you participate.
In response to reader comments, two corrections have been made to the book.
1) Thelma’s birth year was 1906, not 1905
2) Her father was born in 1871 and emigrated to the US in 1883 (from documents now available on ancestry.com)
A revised version (grammatical errors and typos corrected) will be released next week.
I just received your book through Amazon, read it, and can only THANK YOU for the painstaking research that went into it. You deserve a medal for the illumination that you have provided for a VERY complex case. What you achieved boggles the mind and I say that advisedly. Thanks again, Dennis Yancey
Sorry for the late reply, but I just read your kind post. Thanks very much!
Pat Jenning
The only book to read on the Thelma Todd case. Encyclopedically researched from primary sources. The authors deftly wield Occam’s Razor to get at the most sensible, simplest and I think most satisfying explanation of this much sensationalized event. As they quote Mark Twain: “The researches of many commenters have already thrown much darkness on this subject, and it is probable that, if they continue, we shall soon know nothing at all about it.” Thank you to the authors of “Testimony of a Death” for un-muddying the waters and getting at the truth.
Thank you for your comment. You may be interested in my latest book, The Long Winding Road of Harry Raymond: A Detective’s Journey Down the Mean Streets of Pre-War Los Angeles, which I hope to publish in the near future.
Patrick,
Your book on Harry Raymond was wonderfully done–gritty, detailed, and well told. It was so good it served as an inspiration for the backdrop of my first novel, which I will be publishing in February. (I won’t shamelessly promote it on this site.)
I would love to connect with you, if you are interested. I am planning a blog tour next year, and I would be delighted to share an advanced copy of my book and have you participate.
I am looking forward to reading Michael Albergo’s novel. Here’s a link to his website.
https://albergomichael-viyfc.wordpress.com/