Welcome
I’m Clea Simon, author of
- psychological suspense novels The Butterfly Trap, 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 The Butterfly Trap
Fear and control emerges in Simon’s tense, slow-burn
Darkly inventive, and full of grit and suspense
Mesmerizing tale of obsession and desperation
A cautionary and dark tale about love and art
Recent Blog POsts
Cat & Kitty – the start of a new series
So very excited to finally be able to announce this new series, featuring an inquisitive librarian and her kitten sidekick! Yes, there's another Witch Cat on the way, but I say the more mystery cats the merrier!
THE NINTH LIFE available again!
My black cat noir, The Ninth Life is once more available as an ebook! (You can get it as a hardcover and paperback too) This surprising whodunit, the first in a trilogy, introduces Care, a young woman alone in the world, and Blackie, the stray who adopts her. Set in a...
“My favorite entry in the series”
"Cats, magic, gems—what’s not to love?" What lovely words to hear – especially from a librarian! Jeanne Powers, who reviews at the Bookblog of the Bristol Public Library. You can read her entire review on the library's site here, but I've also pasted it below. The...










