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
Catch up: the TBR pile and beyond
Things I've meant to blog about but haven't: For starters, the great books I got from authors I met at the Pulpwood Queens Girlfriend weekend: "One Good Mama Bone," by Bren McClain. "Wickwythe Hall," by Judithe Little, and "Since You've Been Gone," by Christa Allan...
Cover reveal: FEAR ON FOUR PAWS
Presenting FEAR ON FOUR PAWS, the seventh Pru Marlowe pet noir, to be published by Poisoned Pen Press in Aug., 2018 There’s trouble brewing in the woods of Beauville, and the only witness isn’t talking. When Pru Marlowe is called to a forest clearing to help with an...
Authors on snacks
Just for fun... the wonderful online January Magazine has been asking authors what we snack on when deadline pressure hits. I wish I could have said "carrot sticks and mint tea," but no such luck....