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
Not a “Best of 2021” list
So, I wanted to write a Ten Best list. This isn't it (for one thing, I've included 13 titles — plus a ringer). Instead, these are books that stayed with me and a few that I've been dipping into when I want a break (looking at you "Around the World in 80 Books"). I'm...
Stephen Mitchell’s “The First Christmas”
As many of you know, I still review for the Boston Globe. I don't share all my reviews, but this was a particularly timely book – a Zen take on the Nativity (with a gorgeous illustration). Read it online here. BOOK REVIEW Away in a manger in ‘The First Christmas’ A...
Happy Jólabókaflóðið!
Iceland's Jólabókaflóðið – which translates to "book flood" – is a great holiday born of necessity. Although this northern nation has a great literary history, its island location has at times left it isolated. In the lean years following World War II that meant...










