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
How did you find your pet?
I'm sharing love stories over at the Jungle Red Writers blog today, talking about Thisbe, Petfinder, animal shelters and more. Come on by and join the conversation – and enter for a chance to win a copy of my new A Spell of Murder. Did you know? The three witch cats...
Five questions with Ray Daniel
Boston is a great setting for crime fiction – it's dark and cold (especially this week). But our crime fiction community is both warm and welcoming. That's why, when I saw Ray Daniel at Joanna Schauffhausen's book event last week, I knew I wanted to host him here....
Do you know about the Agatha Awards?
Each year, many of who write "cozy" or traditional mysteries gather at the Malice Domestic conference, for talk, tea, and mystery. We also award the Agatha Awards – for Dame Agatha Christie – a skull-and-bones decorated teapot for best contemporary, best historical,...










