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
Tonight! Harvard Book Store Zoom event
HOW GENEROUS IS THIS? I can't do my own event for the launch of "To Conjure a Killer," but an extremely talented bunch of my fellow/sister authors are doing one for me! (Thank you so much to Sisters in Crime New England's Kate Flora for organizing!) Won't you join us...
Happy CONJURE day!
Today's the publication day of my new Witch Cats of Cambridge cozy cat mystery, To Conjure a Killer! When Becca chases a stray kitten into an alley and stumbles over a body, you know things will get tense... especially when she brings that stray kitten into the...
CONJURE in the house!
They're here! TO CONJURE A KILLER, the fourth witch cats of Cambridge cozy cat mystery, officially comes out next week – Nov. 14 – but you can pre-order yours here or here!