Reviews
Back to work
So after two FABULOUS events – thank you, Partners & Crime and Brookline Booksmith! – I am back to work! Still buzzing about all the people who came out – old friends, new ones, readers with great questions all – I'm now diving back into the second Pru book,...
Wow – Thank you, Richmond Times-Dispatch!
I was honored to have both of my new books reviewed in the Sunday Richmond Times-Dispatch. Book critic Jay Strafford got the difference in voice, the difference in characters, and he liked 'em both. THANK YOU!!Mysteries: Felines, canines and plotlinesBy JAY STRAFFORD...
Happy DOGS DON’T LIE Day!
Yes, Dogs Don't Lie, the first Pru Marlowe pet noir, has been available for a bit now, but today is the official publication date! I've been so busy, I almost forgot to post that, but now I have. Pru and Wallis are officially launched! Much rejoicing here at Chez...
My informal blog tour
I've been busy!The last few weeks, I've been chatting and writing and it's all finally coming to light. The most recent was a really fun interview I did for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer Cat Lady. But I also had a real heart-to-heart with Ingrid King over at...
Happy GREY ZONE (no fooling!)
Today is the official publication day of the U.S. edition of GREY ZONE, the third Dulcie Schwartz mystery! Celebrate with your favorite kitty (past or present).
And thank you (again), Library Journal!
A new mystery columnist takes over – but she relates to Dulcie and Grey Zone!Simon, Clea. Grey Zone: A Dulcie Schwartz Mystery. Severn House. May 2011. c.216p. ISBN 9780727869920. $28.95. M Dulcinea Schwartz’s life as a Harvard grad student is more complicated than...
Bittersweet
Today, as I re-read two new lovely reviews of Grey Zone, I have a confession: I did not think I'd made this book, the third Dulcie Schwartz, a very good mystery. My reasons were good: Last spring, my mother was declining through a series of illnesses and health crises...
Setting up book-launch events
so far... Monday, April 11, 7 p.m.Partners and Crime, 44 Greenwich Ave., New York. 212-243-0440.Tues., April 12, 7 p.m.Reading/signing with Rosemary Herbert, Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St., Brookline, MA 617-566-6660Tuesday, May 17, 7 p.m.Book launch...
High-quality cozy?
"Simon writes a high-quality cozy mystery, well paced and plotted, with plenty of twists." - Booklist (starred review). Oh my! How did I miss that first time through?
Wow – thank you, Booklist!
A starred review for Dogs Don't Lie!Pru Marlowe has recently returned to her hometown in the Berkshires, ostensibly to care for her dying mother. In reality, she fled New York when she was weeks away from completing her degree as an animal behaviorist, having endured...