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
Reader Appreciation Weekend tix…
Tickets for the Barbara Vey Reader Appreciation Weekend (happening April 26-28, 2020) will NOT go on sale tonight, July 26, as originally publicized. Instead, they will go on sale on September 20, 11:59 p.m. CST, – and be forewarned: THEY WILL SELL OUT! For the very...
“I expected the cat ears…”
I expected the cat ears, not the rock and rollers...." A look back at my first time at Boskone, for the Sisters in Crime New England blog.
Five Questions with Aimee Hix
Aimee Hix has been nominated for just about every prize there is (think Lefty, Agatha, Anthony, Shamus, etc.) and her protagonist, PI Willa Pennington is why. The tough-as-nails private investigator puts herself on the line in her first two outings. We're eagerly...










