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
Virtual Noir at the Bar (join us?)
Can the cat writer go dark? Tune in tomorrow and find out... Free, of course, but register here: https://bit.ly/3cRD54b EDIT: If you missed it, you can watch the replay below! powered by Crowdcast
#NoContact Book Tour with Claudia Long
Welcome to the #NoContact Book Tour! While we all stay inside and stay safe, books have become even more important. But book events and conferences, alas, are canceled. To do my own small bit, I’m running interviews with authors whose tours must now be virtual....
#NoContact Book Tour with Ira Robbins
I've been trying to remember when I first heard the name "Ira Robbins," and I can't. Ira was one of those writers I trusted to steer me toward music I would love – and wouldn't hear about anywhere else. When I started writing about music, he was one of the few I...