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
Break time!
Think Falco crossed with the old "Meow Mix" commercial...
Dirty carpeting and outdated computers
In her Annie Seymour mysteries, Karen E. Olson gets the world of contemporary newspapers right. (Though she is gentler than the brilliant "The Wire.") Guess that's why it was such a pleasure to read this piece about her in the Connecticut Post.Oh, and speaking of...
Why I am not in Birmingham
After a very long day in airports, I am back home and not in Birmingham. In brief, I was supposed to fly out of Boston at 2 and, after an hour's layover, make a connection in DC for Birmingham at 4:45. I have the beginnings of a cold, but it's not that bad and I'm...










