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
Birmingham bound
This Friday, I'll get to escape dreary New England and all the post-Superbowl sadness and head to Alabama! Two smaller events have joined forces to make up a weekend. On Saturday, Murder in the Magic City in Birmingham (that's the "magic city," the website explains)...
Happy Mardi Gras!
Tune in, turn on, and drop out! If you've done your time and sewed, sewed, sewed, this is the day to put on your new suit! Don't bow down on that dirty round! And make a donation, why don't you!
Sisterhood is Powerful
Okay, she's not a cat. But the four-year-old Ms. G. may be the first official female groundhog of Groundhog's Day. Mass. resident? You can vote for Ms. G. here.










