As Dark As My Fur

A seemingly routine case becomes something far darker and deeper for novice private investigator, Care, and her feline companion, Blackie. Readers who enjoy the prickly pleasure of stepping into a strange alternate universe will welcome Simon’s hypnotic second Blackie...

A day for heroines

Today is International Women’s Day, celebrating the strength and diversity of women around the world as we struggle for equality. Here, in the U.S., some of us are honoring this day as a Day Without Women, in which we avoid working (if we can) or shopping...

Tonight I’ll be joining Sisters in Crime Julie Hennrikus and Frances McNamara to talk about mysteries, writing, and “The Modern Heroine.” Come join us at 7 p.m., at Memorial Hall Library, Andover, MA. Free, of course!

PW on “As Dark As My Fur”

As Dark as My Fur: A Blackie and Care Mystery, Clea Simon. Severn, $28.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8682-8 Readers who enjoy the prickly pleasure of stepping into a strange alternate universe will welcome Simon’s hypnotic second Blackie and Care mystery (after 2015’s The...

Crazy Cat Lady Mysteries

AS DARK AS MY FUR, by Clea Simon, Cat Writer Reviewed by Mollie Hunt An orphaned girl makes an unlikely detective in a harsh, dystopian city. Aided by a cat with a past, she seeks answers to a cruel case. Traps are set; gauntlets are run, There is danger everywhere....