Reviews
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...
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...