Welcome
I’m Clea Simon, author of
- psychological suspense novels The Butterfly Trap, Bad Boy Beat and Hold Me Down
- rock ‘n’ roll noir World Enough
- Theda Krakow mysteries
- Dulcie Schwartz mysteries
- Pru Marlowe mysteries
- Witch Cats of Cambridge mysteries
- Blackie & Care mysteries
- A handful of nonfiction books
Please browse around and make yourself at home. I’d love to see you at one of my events, and I’m always happy to hear your feedback.
As featured in the Wall Street Journal and on NPR
Praise for The Butterfly Trap
Fear and control emerges in Simon’s tense, slow-burn
Darkly inventive, and full of grit and suspense
Mesmerizing tale of obsession and desperation
A cautionary and dark tale about love and art
Recent Blog POsts
Lippman’s Baltimore
Laura Lippman's THE LADY IN THE LAKE is more than a good read, it offers a truly timely commentary I wrote about this for the Arts Fuse: When President Trump wanted to take down Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D- MD) last week, he did so by deriding Baltimore,...
“An Incantation of Cats” cover reveal!
I just got this cover image for my upcoming (Jan. 14, 2020) An Incantation of Cats, the second "Witch Cats of Cambridge" book, and I am overjoyed! I'm so grateful to Polis Books for capturing the magic – and the felines – of my witch cat cozy series! What do you...
Five Questions with Hilary Davidson
Looking for plot twists? New noir? Hilary Davidson is you're gal. This Anthony Award winner switches between thrillers, short stories, and her new Shadows of New York series. A former journalist, she knows how to engage the reader – and she talks process and progress...










