Two Headed Alligator

Despite being conjoined twins with one heart between them, Deirdre and Desdemona Gardner lived perfectly ordinary lives until they turned fourteen, when strange clicking noises in the night and a string of missing girls turned their quiet existence into a waking nightmare. In the wake of an unspeakable tragedy, the twins spent a summer away from home, visiting a small Louisiana town with a dark history of murder, unsolved disappearances, and lynching - all centered around two figures fascinating to Deirdre: Florence and Sage Labelle, conjoined twins, alligator farm heiresses, and suspected serial killers. With the help of Florence's diary and a mysterious little girl whose uncannily adult mannerisms, antiquated vocabulary, and extensive knowledge of her town's history set Desdemona on edge, the Gardner twins set out to solve a decades-old murder mystery while struggling to cope with their own traumatic past. Following a semi-successful separation surgery, the surviving twin, wishing to remain anonymous, invites you to read this, her life story.