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
FIVE QUESTIONS with Diane A.S. Stuckart
I met Diane when we were both assigned to a "Four-Legged Friends" panel together at Bouchercon. – between my mysterious witch cats and Diane's then-brand-new Tarot Cat series, it was a natural pairing. In fact, I was scheduled to moderate a panel after on supernatural...
Crime Bake!
This year's New England Crime Bake (with guest of honor Walter Mosley) has long been sold out. But if you were one of the smart folks who registered early (or got in from the wait list), I'll see you there! I'll be hitting the panels and chatting with everyone – and...
Noir at the Bar Boston
I may be best known for my cozies, but as those who came to know me through World Enough* know, I also write dark. Thanks, perhaps, in part to being named one of the writers "taking the Boston crime novel in new directions," in the footsteps of George V. Higgins,...