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Clea Simon

Welcome to my site! I’m Clea Simon, author of the Theda Krakow and Dulcie Schwartz mysteries and also a handful of nonfiction books. Please browse around, click on the covers below or the categories at your left, and make yourself at home. Click on the covers below or the links above for excerpts, reviews, and more. I'll also be posting readings and signings as they are scheduled, and I'd love to hear your feedback.


Dogs Don't Lie NEWS:

Pru Marlowe isn’t your ordinary animal psychic...

Pru never wanted this so-called gift, especially now that she understands everything her tabby Wallis says. But when a rescue dog is accused of murder in Dogs Don't Lie, Pru knows that she's got to use her sensitivity to find the real killer. Even if it means that she will become the next victim...
  [C]risp writing and polished plot are a pleasure from start to finish.Robin Agnew on Dogs Don’t Lie.
  A tightly plotted and interesting mystery, with a strong underlying flavor of 'Nancy Drew up grown.' — Beth Kanell, Kingdom Books, Waterford, VT.
  Simon writes a high-quality cozy mystery, well paced and plotted, with plenty of twists. — Booklist (starred review)

And when a student goes missing and a professor takes a header from a university high-rise, Dulcie realizes that midterms are the least of her problems. The Dulcie Schwartz series continues in Grey Zone.
 Spirited...sweetly eccentric...the best in the series so far. — Publishers Weekly

These are darn good mysteries.
*Oline Cogdill, South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Dogs Don't Lie and Grey Zone are out now!

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Grey Matters
Grey Matters

(Severn House)
Shades of Grey
Shades of Grey

(Severn House)
Probable Claws
Probable Claws

(Poisoned Pen)
Cattery Row
Cries and Whiskers

(Poisoned Pen)
Cattery Row
Cattery Row

(Poisoned Pen)
Mew is for Murder
Mew is for Murder

(Poisoned Pen)
Feline Mystique
The Feline Mystique
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On the Mysterious Connection Between Women and Cats
(St. Martin’s)
Fatherless Women
Fatherless Women
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How We Change After We Lose Our Dads (Wiley)
Mad House
Mad House
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Growing Up in the Shadow of Mentally Ill Siblings (Penguin)