Reviews

My seventh Dulcie Schwartz feline mystery, "Grey Howl," pubs on March 1 and I am pleased as punch that both Kirkus and Publishers Weekly have given me glowing reviews. Here are the reviews in their entirety:From Publishers WeeklyPublishers WeeklyGrey Howl: A Dulcie...

There is more than one way to tell the truth, “The Good Lord Bird” reminds us again and again, and many reasons to cloak it in humor. (first published in The Arts Fuse)The Good Lord Bird, by James McBride. Riverhead Books, 432 pp. $27.95By Clea SimonJames McBride’s...

The Unwavering Gaze — Fabritius and Donna Tartt’s “The Goldfinch”(first published in The Arts Fuse)In Donna Tartt’s much-lauded third novel, Fabritius’s painting “The Goldfinch” and the fleeting nature of, well, everything come together for a brief and shining...

Type M for Murder: A Call to (Proper) ArmsJumping genres to support our SF/F sistersCall it dueling futures. Because the battle for the soul of the science fiction and fantasy community is about nothing less, and even if we in the mystery community never considered...

So happy!REVIEWAuthor: CLEA SIMONTitle: GREY DAWNPublication: PUBLISHERS WEEKLYIssue: 20TH MAY 2013★ Grey Dawn: A Dulcie Schwartz, Feline Mystery, Clea Simon. Severn, $28.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8261-5With the lightheartedness and strong themes that characterize a...

Must be my journalism roots. I can't resist reporting... and I'm just leaving the three-day cozy fest known as Malice Domestic. There, I attended panels on "mysteries around the world" and "social issues in traditional mysteries" and I was invited to speak on a panel...

Didn't you love that photo of Melon the cat? Well, his person - a librarian - weighs in on the book here."If," she writes, "you like multiple stoylines, an academic sleuth who is less practical than she likes to imagine, and some slightly otherworldly felines, then...

From the Kingdom Books blogClea Simon's companion feline is named Musetta -- and there's a photo on Simon's blog of this canny cat, staring into the computer screen. Whether Musetta can guide Simon in plotting, who knows? But the years of companionship show up...

Oh, don't I wish!But I was thrilled to see two new reviews this morning. The first informed me that the BBC adaptation of Furst's "The Spies of Warsaw" begins tonight, and I've set the DVR (9 p.m. Eastern). Love his books - so moody, so intense.The second was even...