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
Caroline Leavitt’s WITH OR WITHOUT YOU
Finally, With or Without You is out in paperback! What happens when a young woman, desperate to appease the rock-star dreams of her partner, falls into a coma – and then wakes months later to find her world has changed? This twisty, turny psychologically complex novel...
BLOODROOT short story news!
Woot! Woot! I am thrilled to announce that I'll have a story in the upcoming BLOODROOT: BEST NEW ENGLAND CRIME STORIES 2021 by Crime Spell Books. My short story, "No Cities to Love," is a kind of futuristic take on women taking care of themselves and their own ......
Boston Lit Crawl!
This year, the Boston Book Fest's Lit Crawl is "taking it to the streets," in that all events will be OUTSIDE! The June 10 eventincludes three evening sessions (at 6, 7, and 8 pm), and I am thrilled that I'll be part of two events, both taking place in Cambridge's...