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Barbara Elle

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Boston, The United States

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Mystery, Thriller, Fiction

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Mick Herron, Henning Mankell, Luella Erickson and many more.

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In her stunning debut thriller, Death In Vermilion (The Cape Mysteries Book 1), acclaimed author Barbara Elle paints a clever and twisted picture of women and sisters, whose lives are entwined by a brutal murder in a Cape Cod town. Who can you trust?

Now, Death In Smoke (The Cape Mysteries Book 2) asks what's the connection between a bloodied body buried in a snow bank on a remote island off the Cape and a cold case in Kansas? Can artist and amateur sleuth Leila Goodfriend solve this new mystery?

Death in Cerulean (Book 3) asks what happens when Leila escapes to a Caribbean island for a holiday with her partner in romance and crime. As she descends in to an ocean of greed, money-laundering and murder, she fears who else is involved.

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Average rating: 3.94 · 127 ratings · 78 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Death In Vermilion: A Gripping Psychological Mystery Full of Twists (The Cape Mysteries Book 1) 4.10 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death In Smoke (The Cape Mysteries #2) 3.67 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Cape Mysteries website going LIVE!

After months of design work, my stunning website will go LIVE this week.

Not only will you be able to purchase Death In Vermilion on Amazon, AmazonUK, Kobo, Nook and more, it's the debut of Death In Smoke, a new psychological thriller featuring artist Leila Goodfriend.

Death In Smoke takes readers on an inner and actual journey across clashing cultures and time, challenging assumptions about what is Read more of this blog post »

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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race

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