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
Musetta’s fifteen minutes
Musetta, with her editing hat on (metaphorically speaking, though wouldn't that be cute?) has made it into Galleycat today. She's not alone, and it's a toss up whether this book-industry blog is forging some kind of a comment on the popularity of pets as authors'...
The Death Cat of Providence
Meet Oscar, the death cat of Providence. A cat who roams the halls, cuddling up to those who have reached their final hours. Sounds spooky, doesn't it? But in reality, the Providence mentioned is simply the capital of Rhode Island, which while nice is not divine. And...
Murder in the stacks?
Why do writers love libraries? Maybe a better question would be: how could we resist? All those books, all that quiet, all those lovely little corners to hide away in. I recently found that I could get a limited pass to Harvard University's storied Widener Library...










