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
CROSS MY PATH is here!
Happy pub day to the newest Blackie & Care, Cross My Path! This dark adventure – once again featuring the intrepid Care and her devoted feline sidekick Blackie – has been out in the UK for a few months, and so copies have been trickling in. But today is the day it...
“Gritty and intense” Thank you, Blood Red Pencil!
"[G]ritty and intense," says the Blood Red Pencil of the world of my new Cross My Path, "well-suited for the unsettling, edge-of-your-seat atmosphere." This well-penned review does a great job of describing the world that Blackie and Care inhabit, as well as capturing...
Thank you, Conscious Cat!
"Simon ... not only reflects a thorough understanding of feline behavior, but also a connection to the feline essence..." The Conscious Cat reviews Cross My Path, adding, "I absolutely love Clea’s brilliant, highly descriptive writing style." She concludes: "If you...