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Barbara’s 2019 Year in Books

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Barbara Elle

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Born

Boston, The United States

Website

https://www.barbaraelle.com

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Genre

Mystery, Thriller, Fiction

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April 2018

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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?

Barbara Elle fell in love with books and writing at a young age, honing her writing chops as a copywriter at major publishers publishers and as a freelance journalist.

Growing up in Boston, but she became a New Yorker as an adult. Her writing draws on ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 59 ratings · 37 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Death In Vermilion 4.06 avg rating — 53 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
	Death In Smoke (The Cape Mysteries Book 2) 3.17 avg rating — 6 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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Barbara Elle's Blog

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... Read more of this blog post »

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Three Seconds (Grens & Sundkvist #5)

by Anders Roslund

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Sep 21, 2019 03:24PM

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Ninth Street Women: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler: Five Painters and the Movement That Changed Modern Art

by Mary Gabriel

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A People's Future of the United States: Thirty Visionary Stories

by Victor LaValle

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Barbara Elle liked T Olsen's review of Death In Smoke (The Cape Mysteries Book 2): "This book has a small plot but a huge story, as the storytelling goes on and on. Luckily, the writing is truly magnificent, so maybe it's a little silly complaining it's too much of it. Great book, but a little slow for me."
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Barbara Elle liked Kim Lo's review of Death In Smoke (The Cape Mysteries Book 2): "Book received as part of blog tour Death in Smoke is the second book in the Cape Mysteries Series and yet, while the main sleuth carries forward from the previous book, this mystery is pretty much a standalone with only a little bit of reference..." Read more of this review »
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Barbara Elle liked Barbara Elle's blog post: 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 a..." Read more of this blog post »
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