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
Chatting with the Poisoned Pen
Last night, I got to chat with the mystery maven of the Poisoned Pen Bookstore, Barbara Peters, and since she's not what you'd call a rock fan, she called in a ringer: bookstore music whiz Patrick. We had a blast! It's too late for questions, but you can listen in...
BOLO Books raves about HOLD ME DOWN
With HOLD ME DOWN, Simon "stakes her claim as crime fiction’s foremost purveyor of tales that blend mystery with music. ... this is a character that demands to be invested in. " I'm overjoyed to share this rave review from BOLO Books. There's so much here, I'm...
HOLD ME DOWN is out today!
Happy book birthday to Hold Me Down! I've waited so long for this book to be published, please help me celebrate. Share your pictures of HOLD ME DOWN in print or the ebook cover on Twitter, FB, or Instagram, and I'll reach out with some pub week treats! Thanks to the...