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
Authors for Ukraine
Signed galley? Naming rights in a new cozy? Complete sets of an author's work? All these treasures and more can be found at the Authors for Ukraine online auction going on now. I'm proud to be one of the more than 170 authors who have contributed one-of-a-kind items...
Albuquerque bound!
Has it been two years since Left Coast Crime, one of the most marvelous crime fiction conferences, was halted on its first day as COVID-19 began its sweep across the country? Amazingly, yes, but this weekend, well, we're trying again – this time as Southwest Sleuths,...
Witch cats of … Somerville?
Celebrating the paperback release of A Cat on the Case, Somerville poet Doug Holder asked me about my "Witch Cats of Cambridge" series and if I'd consider moving the city to my current home in Somerville. A Cat on the Case by Clea Simon I lost my beloved cat Ketz this...