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
Kirkus Reviews on “World Enough”
“[A] fascinating reminiscence of sex, drugs, and rock and roll.” A woman obsessed with the Boston rock music scene of 20 years ago discovers that it’s not quite what she remembers.Forty-something Tara Winton hates her comfortable but dull job in corporate...
Happy new year – and new books!
Wow, what a week. A week ago today, Musetta was still with us. Still herself. But maybe something had already changed. I was sitting at my desk, writing, and she came over and reached up to me – grabbing onto my thigh with her claws and asking to be lifted onto my...
Some cheering news (new books!)
This happened this week, too. More cat mysteries on the way. So that is cheering! From Publishers Marketplace: September 21, 2017Digital: Fiction: Mystery/Crime Author of the Pru Marlowe series Clea Simon's A SPELL OF MURDER, the first in her new "Witch Cats of...










