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
Booklist raves about “gritty reality” of “dark suspense”
"Simon bring[s] a gritty reality to this dark suspense tale." – Booklist So grateful for this Booklist review!
Julia Henry, how does your garden grow?
Julia Henry is not only my friend and an ardent supporter of the arts – including her crime fiction peers – the tall, talented woman with the striking hair is an incredibly busy author in her own right. Not only does she pen the light-hearted, green-thumbed...
“An enchanting, guitar-shredding crescendo…”
"[A]n enchanting, guitar-shredding crescendo of a novel... with the perfect balance of mystery and complex character study." So says Matthew Turbevill's review of Hold Me Down in Writers Tell All, and I could don't be more grateful!! Thank you so much, Matthew! Read...