Reviews
Booklist on “tense, slow-burn” BUTTERFLY
Booklist on The Butterfly Trap: The theme of fear and control in a relationship emerges in Simon's tense, slow-burn latest (after Bad Boy Beat, 2024), along with the exploration of the many ways two people can deceive each other. Just got this and am OVERJOYED! Thank...
Talking “Butterfly” with House of Mystery
In the lead-up to "The Butterfly Trap," I got to chat with House of Mystery host Alan R. Warren and fellow author John Copenhaver. Our free-wheeling, wide-ranging conversation can be accessed here:...
Butterfly is “a must”!
"On the surface this is a he-said, she-said crime tale, but there’s much more going on in this darker departure from Simon’s previous work ...On the surface this is a he-said, she-said crime tale, but there’s much more going on in this darker departure from Simon’s...
Crimespree’s “What Women Liked in 2024”!
BAD BOY BEAT makes the list! See all the lists – and women to follow – here. In brief, since 2020 CrimeSpree magazine has asked a select group of librarians, industry folks, English professors and more to list their favorites of the year, including but not...
Hoarding time
Following up "How to Talk to a Cancer Patient," was thinking this morning about support groups. Specifically, why I haven't joined one (Jon has). I know for many people they are invaluable. In part, that's because living with cancer involves so much more than simply...
“How to Talk to a Cancer Patient”
That was my suggestion for a headline for this op-ed (i.e., a signed opinion piece), which ran in today's Boston Globe. I wrote it over a month ago, and I'm happy to say the good news still holds true – and the book mentioned at the end of the piece (in my "signer")...
Bad Boy Beat super sale!
Wow, this is great! For a VERY LIMITED TIME, the ebook of BAD BOY BEAT is on sale for only 99 cents! Why not treat yourself? (Here's the link again: https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Boy-Beat-Clea-Simon-ebook/dp/B0CLKZC3Q7/ ) Want to know more about this fun, fast, and...
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...