by Clea | Feb 11, 2025 | Booklist, News, News, Reviews, The Butterfly Trap, Uncategorized
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!...
by Clea | Feb 7, 2025 | News, News, podcast, Uncategorized
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:...
by Clea | Jan 9, 2025 | News, News, Reviews, The Butterfly Trap
“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...
by Clea | Dec 30, 2024 | Bad Boy Beat, CrimeSpree, News, News
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...
by Clea | Dec 28, 2024 | News, News, personal essay, Uncategorized
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...
by Clea | Nov 29, 2024 | News, News, Uncategorized
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...
