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
Sherry Harris on the bones of a good story
"A line will take us hours maybe, but if it seems more than a moment's thought our stitching and unstitching is for naught." William Butler Yeats was talking about poetry, but he may as well have been talking about cozies. These fun character-driven mysteries need to...
INCANTATION works its magic
Just got a bit of happy news: AN INCANTATION OF CATS was awarded a certificate of excellence by the Cat Writers' Association in this international group's 2020 communications contest. Thank you!
Ang Pompano: Dieting can be deadly…
Congratulations to Ang Pompano, whose new Diet of Death came out last month. This fun and fast-paced amateur sleuth is the first in the “Cooking with Betty” series. But readers might recognize a familiar face... This isn't your protagonist Quincy Lazarro's first...