Do Some Damage

WORLD ENOUGH … a nostalgic trip back to the ’80s Boston rock scene by someone who was there. Simon’s best known for her cat mysteries like hardboiled (or should I say tough mouser?) THE NINTH LIFE but she is equally adept evoking the gritty past of...

“Simon … gets it exactly right” (Thank you!)

WORLD ENOUGH weaves together some of my favorite things: A good mystery, a flawed heroine regaining her mojo, and rock ‘n’ roll. Specifically, World Enougj is set in the Boston rock scene and alternative press scene in the mid-80’s. Having been...

“the gritty past…”

When hardest of the hard-boiled author Thomas Pluck moderated a panel I was on at last year’s Bouchercon, I didn’t expect to find much common ground. But, as is often true of crime writers, Pluck – whose motto is “unflinching fiction”...

Meet Trooper (and happy #FelineFriday)

Six-week-old Trooper was injured and overheated when Mass. State Trooper John DeNapoli found him. Now fully recovered (and in his forever home), he was reunited with his rescuer for a happy ending. (Full story here.) You’re welcome!