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
#NoContact Book Tour with Lisa Braxton
Welcome to the #NoContact Book Tour! Today I'm thrilled to host Lisa Braxton. This Emmy-nominated TV writer's first novel, The Talking Drum deals with issues of race and discrimination in a fictional Massachusetts, all in the context of a great read. Thanks to...
Black Lives Matter
This should be obvious, right? And yet our fellow citizens – people of color – continue to be killed by those who are supposed to uphold the law. It has to stop. We have to be better than this, or there is no hope for any of us. Black lives matter. I've marched here...
“A Burning” by Megha Majumdar
Honored to review this timely debut novel in last Sunday's Boston Globe. No, I didn't think it was flawless, but it is thrilling – and an important read. For that reason, I'm posting it here: Furies and fates A propulsive debut ponders life on the margins By Clea...