Welcome
I’m Clea Simon, author of
- psychological suspense novels Bad Boy Beat and Hold Me Down
- rock ‘n’ roll noir World Enough
- Theda Krakow mysteries
- Dulcie Schwartz mysteries
- Pru Marlowe mysteries
- Witch Cats of Cambridge mysteries
- Blackie & Care mysteries
- A handful of nonfiction books
Please browse around and make yourself at home. I’d love to see you at one of my events, and I’m always happy to hear your feedback.
As featured in the Wall Street Journal and on NPR
Praise for Hold me Down
Provocative, moving, and suspenseful
Gripping and intense…darkly suspenseful
Pitch-perfectly dark psychological suspense
Cracking plot in a rich setting… perfection
Powerfully written and compulsively readable
Powerful…hits you like a punch in the heart
A justice-gets-done story that you can’t put down.
Raw and compelling suspense novel
Recent Blog POsts
Pre-order THE BUTTERFLY TRAP
GET READY! "The Butterfly Trap" – a dark, sexy suspense perfect for our times - is on its way.... Anya and Greg seem to be the golden couple, until dark secrets come to light and unleash inevitable devastation in this slow-burn he said/she said psychological suspense...
More Witch Cats on the way!
So thrilled that Level Best Books has picked up my Witch Cats of Cambridge series. They'll be re-publishing the four existing books and have contracted me for two more. Becca and her cats Clara, Laurel, and Harriet are ready for new adventures!
BAD BOY BEAT on sale!
Price drop on the BAD BOY BEAT ebook! If you've been curious about this "newspaper noir"* whose "staccato prose sets a tense mood that keeps readers on the edge,"** now's your chance! Pick up an ebook copy of BAD BOY BEAT for less than $12 (finally!) My agent and I...