Reviews
Thank you, Booklist!
"Series fans [as well as "readers who love bossy cats, don't mind ferrets, and can accept an animal psychic as a protagonist"] will lap it up." So says Booklist on my upcoming (July 1) Fear on Four Paws. Thank you!
For cat lovers!
Publishers Weekly weighs in on Cross My Path: "Cat-loving fans of grim postapocalyptic tales will best appreciate Simon’s third Blackie and Care mystery..." it begins, concluding, "The disparate plot lines combine in a fiery finale."
“Irresistible”- PW.
The early reviews are rolling in, and Publishers Weekly calls Fear on Four Paws an "irresistible outing." I'm thrilled! Here's the full review: Fear on Four Paws: A Pru Marlowe Pet Noir Clea Simon. Poisoned Pen, $15.95 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-4642-1009-9 At the...
“Shimmers with brilliance…” Thank you, Richmond Times-Dispatch!
"[A]n intricate and smart plot, authentic dialogue and a heartfelt rendering of remembrance and regret, and Simon’s dark story shimmers with brilliance — and stands as her finest." – Richmond Times-Dispatch on World Enough here's the full writeup in the Sunday, Dec....
“Everybody has a past…”
"Everybody has a past..." That's how Mollie Hunt's review of WORLD ENOUGH. Read the full text below: Everybody has a past. Some are more memorable than others; some we would prefer to forget. My own past was rooted in the hippie movement and the music scene that went...
“Simon does an excellent job…” Thank you, SF Review of Books!
"Simon does an excellent job of mixing humor, romance, and mystery into one coherent and exciting tale." Sometimes it takes a while for a review to surface. This review of my 2016 mystery, "When Bunnies Go Bad," ran last week in the San Francisco Review of Books....
“Simon knows what she’s writing about…” Thank you!
"Once a reporter, always a reporter. Simon knows what’s she writing about." So says book blogger Nancy Pate in her latest blog, "Past Crimes," which rounds up books that look back in time. The longtime book critic for the Orlando Sun Sentinel, starts off with P.D....
“World Enough” in the Boston Globe
NEW ENGLAND LITERARY NEWS | NINA MACLAUGHLIN A Boston story that rocks Clea Simon’s new noir, “World Enough,’’ is steeped in the 1980s Boston rock scene, with its sticky-floored clubs, radio stations dusted in coke, stars and hangers-on, seedy barbacks, and all the...
Mutt Cafe on “World Enough”
"Far above and far apart from the vast quantities of formulaic fare....I cannot praise the novel enough." Thank you, Mutt Cafe! World Enough October 27, 2017 World EnoughA Boston-based noir mysteryby Clea SimonSevern HouseMystery & ThrillersPub Date 01 Nov...
Criminal Element on “World Enough”
"a twisted tale of rockers, critics, fans, bouncers, club owners, and groupies—warts and all...." Thomas Pluck writing in Criminal Element FRESH MEAT Review: World Enough by Clea Simon THOMAS PLUCK World Enough is an intriguing, hard-hitting, intricately-plotted...