Welcome
I’m Clea Simon, author of
- psychological suspense novels 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 Hold me Down
Provocative, moving, and suspenseful
Gripping and intense…darkly suspenseful
Pitch-perfectly dark psychological suspense
Cracking plot in a rich setting… perfection
Powerfully written and compulsively readable
Powerful…hits you like a punch in the heart
A justice-gets-done story that you can’t put down.
Raw and compelling suspense novel
Recent Blog POsts
Ebooks on sale!
What's your poison, cozy or dark? Cats or rock and roll? For reasons beyond my ken, three of my older books seem to be on sale at Amazon today: A SPELL OF MURDER (the first "Witch Cats of Cambridge" cozy), WORLD ENOUGH (my first Boston rock noir), and CROSS MY PATH...
Crime Bake is back!
After a COVID hiatus, New England Crime Bake is BACK! Presented this year as a hybrid event, this (usually) annual conference gathers writers, readers, and fans to discuss the art and craft of crime fiction – with a special presentation by this year's guest of honor...
Rick Berlin’s Big Balloon (a love story)
I write about the Boston music scene, but Rick Berlin has lived it. Emerging from the COVID shutdown with two new recordings and a bunch of upcoming gigs (see below), Rick has also captured his particular wit and self-reflection in a new book. The Big Balloon (A Love...