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
The News Gazette on “When Bunnies Go Bad”
Susan McKinney: A new mystery with the animal psychic Sun, 05/22/2016 "When Bunnies Go Bad" is the latest installment in the Pru Marlowe Pet Noir mysteries by Clea Simon. Pru Marlowe is an animal psychic who fled from Manhattan to Beauville years ago when she suddenly...
Happy #FelineFriday!
"Hey, why isn't my name on this new mystery, AS DARK AS MY FUR?" Musetta wants to know.
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