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
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...
Me and … Ann Patchett?
Well, at least in the mind of Scot Lehigh, Boston Globe columnist (and author of the delightful Just East of Nowhere). In today's column, he discusses reading habits – including some bad ones (have you ever thrown a book out of a car?) – and his current faves, saying:...
HOLD ME DOWN returns
Pleased as punch that Bloodhound Books will be re-issuing HOLD ME DOWN, with a snazzy new cover! Pre-order it now in kindle, hardcover, or paperback and get it on Sept. 9. “Gripping and intense, a darkly suspenseful dive into friendship, fame, murder, and the...