About the author

Barbara Elle

In her stunning debut thriller, Death in Vermilion (The Cape Mysteries Book 1), author Barbara Elle paints a clever and twisted tale of women and sisters, whose lives are entwined by a brutal murder in a Cape Cod town.
Death In Smoke (Book 2) asks what’s the connection between a bloodied body buried in a snowbank on a remote island off the Cape and a cold case in Kansas? Now, in Death In Cerulean (Book 3), Leila and Detective Grace take an idyllic vacation on a Caribbean island. But beneath the island’s turquoise waters and charm, sinister forces are at work.

Barbara Elle fell in love with books and writing at a young age, honing her writing as a copywriter at major publishers and a freelance journalist. Now living in New York City, she draws on the people, places, and memories of her New England childhood.

Inspired by her travels with touring-musician husband, musical director for rock-and-roll icon Cyndi Lauper, Barbara explored Buddhist temples in Beijing, crypts in Vienna, and Kabuki theaters in Tokyo—evocative places where stories, mysteries begin.

Barbara has two amazing grandsons Dev and Sai, who love to draw, cook, play soccer, travel and have fun!