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"Write what you know" is good advice. But I prefer "write what you want to understand." Which is how I got to my upcoming dark, new cat mystery, "The Ninth Life." As I explain today, in a guest post at Lesa's Book Critiques. {And she says I have a "terrific narrator"!)

In case you'd forgotten, I have a new Pru Marlowe pet noir out next week as well, with "When Bunnies Go Bad.""This series just keeps getting better and better," says the Bristol Public Library! Thank you! Read the full review here.

"Plenty of twists and turns," says Queen of all Reads. "I loved it."

Don’t we all feel alone sometimes? Like we’re the only ones in the world, abandoned by everyone? And at such times, isn’t a nice cuddly cat the best companion?That’s the idea I started with when I began to write “The Ninth Life,” my new mystery and the first in my...

Another lovely blog review, this time from LuAnn Braley at Back Porchervations."Now, my adult 'logical' mind wants to say that 'a book from a cat's point of view' ... eh ... how good can it be? Pretty dang good resounds as the answer! ..." Read more here.

Just ... over the moon:REVIEWAuthor: CLEA SIMON Title: THE NINTH LIFEPublication: LIBRARY JOURNALIssue: 1ST MARCH 2016Simon, Clea. The Ninth Life Severn House. (Blackie & Care Cat, Bk. 1). Mar. 2016. 229p. ISBN 9780727885715. $28.95; Care rescues Blackie after he is...

Book tour, that is! Some of my stops are IRL – in real life – like next week, when I'll be at the great Left Coast Crime conference, or the week after (March 4, to be exact), when I have my hometown book launch party at Harvard Book Store (come on by!). But for the...

Book Babble calls "The Ninth Life" well-written" and says it "keeps you guessing all the way." Read more (and sign up for the book giveaway) here.

I talked with author Sharon Bell Buchbinder about writing and more today, here.

"The Ninth Life captivated me from the start. Whenever I was forced to put the book down to do chores or run errands, it stayed on my mind, the story haunting me until I picked it up again...The Ninth Life is one of Clea Simon's best novels yet, showcasing her talent...