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Elle Jauffret

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Fiction, Mystery, Suspense

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Elle Jauffret is an award‑winning mystery author and former criminal attorney whose work explores identity, perception, and the quiet power structures shaping our lives. Born and raised in France and now living in the United States, she draws on her legal background and cross‑cultural experience to craft character‑driven mysteries that blend psychological depth with social insight. Her Suddenly French Mysteries series follows a former criminal attorney-turned private chef and sleuth navigating questions of language, belonging, and truth. Jauffret is a frequent panelist and moderator at writers’ conferences, bookstores, and festivals, where she speaks about writing craft, identity, and using mystery as a lens to examine how power operates be ...more

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Average rating: 4.29 · 210 ratings · 80 reviews · 10 distinct works • Similar authors

	Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery 4.22 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	Home by A.R. Ward (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Abi Marie Palmer (Goodreads Author), Alanna Robertson-Webb 4.09 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Cosplayed to Death: A Suddenly French Mystery 4.63 avg rating — 32 ratings — 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
	Dread Coast: SoCal Horror Tales by Dennis K. Crosby (Goodreads Author) (Editor), K.C. Grifant (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Agranoff (Goodreads Author) 4.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — 3 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
	Spirits of the Law: A suddenly French Mystery (Spirits of the Law: A suddenly French Mystery, #3) 4.64 avg rating — 11 ratings — 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
	Wrath (Seven Deadly Sins, #7) by Ben Thomas (Editor), D. Kershaw (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Leanbh Pearson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Smithsonian Librafly (James Normal) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 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
	The Ghost of Sorrow it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	Jimmy-the-Wits (James Normal) by Elle Jauffret (Goodreads Author), Dijana Harker (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2006	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
	Wrath: Manifested in the individual who spurns love and opts instead for fury by Black Hare Press, M. Sydnor Jr. (Goodreads Author), Nerisha Kemraj 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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“Find joy and celebrate where sorrow once stood so good karma can fill the world.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: healing, hope, overcoming-grief, positivity, resilience

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“Unconscious bias toward people who are of the same race, education level, economic status, and have the same values and taste influences who we trust. We subconsciously look for points of similarity in everyone we meet because similarities make us feel safer. Even if it’s a fallacy.”
― Elle Jauffret

tags: bias, human-behavior, psychology, safety, similarity, social-psychology, trust

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“Fashion can and does kill.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: ambition, competition, danger, deadly-consequences, fashion, industry-secrets, murder

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“Find joy and celebrate where sorrow once stood so good karma can fill the world.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: healing, hope, overcoming-grief, positivity, resilience

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“It's only by owning our struggles and embracing what makes us unique that we grow.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: authenticity, embracing-differences, growth, identity, personal-development, self-acceptance, wisdom

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“Justice isn’t usually that fast and easy.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: investigation, justice, law, legal-system, patience, reality, truth

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“Food always transported her to different worlds and for a second, she imagined herself alone, wading in the warm summer waves of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by the hills of citrus trees that border the town.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: comfort, cooking, culinary, escapism, food, imagination, sensory-experience

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“Tears were a distraction in the pursuit of truth.”
― Elle Jauffret, Threads of Deception: A Suddenly French Mystery

tags: determination, emotional-control, focus, investigation, justice, professionalism, strength

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