Reviews
Pru gets a star from Booklist!
"Watch this series closely. It could well spring to the top of the animal-cozy genre." – Booklist (starred review)
Thank you, Library Journal!
"A delightful new series"! Woohoo!Library JournalBerkshires pet psychic Pru Marlowe finds her highest-paying client dead in his living room with his throat torn out. The prime suspect is the victim's blood-covered pit bull, Lily. Trying to save Lily places Pru...
Wow, thank you, Robin Agnew
"[C]risp writing and polished plot are a pleasure from start to finish." – Robin Agnew on Dogs Don't Lie. Can a book with a cat be taken seriously? (Answer: yes)."While I often am approached by writers wanting to send me ARCs and have me read, possibly review them,...
It’s official!
Dulcie and Mr. Grey will continue! Just got the contract for a fourth Dulcie Schwartz mystery! Yay! In the meantime, some of the just-out British editions of Grey Zone, the third Dulcie feline mystery, seem to be making their way to these shores. US release date is...
Thank you, Examiner!
Love the quotes she chose. Love the four stars, too! Review of Dogs Don't Lie by Pamela Kramer, The Examiner:Dogs Don't Lie by Clea Simon is a clever mystery sure to charm animal lovers who enjoy mysteries. Even lovers of mysteries who aren't animal lovers will enjoy...
GREY ZONE in the house!
The third Dulcie Schwartz mystery doesn't hit stores in the US until April. But it's now out in the UK, so I just got a lovely box from my publisher, Severn House. Here's my new desk set up, too.
Henning Mankell’s latest
My review of Henning Mankell's latest, Daniel, ran in today's Boston Globe. I wished I liked it more. I've also just read an advance of his last Wallander mystery and, wow, did I hate that. Sometimes, I think, a writer loses respect for his readers, and that's a sad...
Me on “Moonlight Mile”
I'm not usually a Dennis Lehane fan. Usually seems like he's trying too hard. But going back to Patrick and Angie, he hits all the right notes - the real notes. My review in today's Globe.
Under construction…
Please excuse the lack of writing (or crime or cats) while I oversee the renovations on our new house! At the very least, this is a marvelous distraction while I await my editor's comments on the first 100 pages of Pru #2, Cats Can't Shoot. In the meantime, for your...
Thank you, Library Journal!
"Don’t miss Dogs Don’t Lie (Poisoned Pen. ISBN 9781590588604. $24.95; pap. ISBN 978 1590588628. $14.95) from Clea Simon, a regular contributor to the New York Times, the Boston Globe, and many other venues when she’s not writing sharp nonfiction works or animal-based...