Clea Simon

Welcome to my site! I’m Clea Simon, author of the Theda Krakow, Dulcie Schwartz, and Pru Marlowe 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.

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