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
Fun with rabies…
Shh… don’t tell anyone, but I’m having fun with rabies. And I’m not the only one. When I told Jessica, the publisher of Poisoned Pen Press, that I was researching rabies, she got nearly as excited as I was. After all, it’s a fascinating disease. What other viral...
Pru gets another starred review from Booklist! Thank you!
"Simon excels in creating unique and believable animal characters as well as diverse and memorable humans"Wow! I am overjoyed! This review won't be officially out until April 15, but I have to share it now:Author: CLEA SIMONTitle: CATS CAN’T SHOOTPublication:...
“ENCHANTING!” PW loves GREY EXPECTATIONS
And I am over the moon:Grey Expectations:A Dulcie Schwartz Feline MysteryClea Simon. Severn, $27.95 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8134-2Simon’s enchanting fourth Dulcie Schwartz mystery (after 2011’s Grey Zone) finds Harvard grad student Dulcie still at work on her doctoral...










