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
“Simon does an excellent job…” Thank you, SF Review of Books!
"Simon does an excellent job of mixing humor, romance, and mystery into one coherent and exciting tale." Sometimes it takes a while for a review to surface. This review of my 2016 mystery, "When Bunnies Go Bad," ran last week in the San Francisco Review of Books....
More signed books!
Signed copies of WORLD ENOUGH are back in stock at New York's great Mysterious Bookshop. (Click this link to order.)
“Simon knows what she’s writing about…” Thank you!
"Once a reporter, always a reporter. Simon knows what’s she writing about." So says book blogger Nancy Pate in her latest blog, "Past Crimes," which rounds up books that look back in time. The longtime book critic for the Orlando Sun Sentinel, starts off with P.D....










