Crimespree’s “What Women Liked in 2024”!

BAD BOY BEAT makes the list! See all the lists – and women to follow – here. In brief, since 2020 CrimeSpree magazine has asked a select group of librarians, industry folks, English professors and more to list their favorites of the year, including but not...

Bad Boy Beat super sale!

Wow, this is great! For a VERY LIMITED TIME, the ebook of BAD BOY BEAT is on sale for only 99 cents! Why not treat yourself? (Here’s the link again: https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Boy-Beat-Clea-Simon-ebook/dp/B0CLKZC3Q7/ ) Want to know more about this fun, fast, and...

BAD BOY BEAT on sale!

Price drop on the BAD BOY BEAT ebook! If you’ve been curious about this “newspaper noir”* whose “staccato prose sets a tense mood that keeps readers on the edge,”** now’s your chance! Pick up an ebook copy of BAD BOY BEAT for less...

Severn House celebrates!

As many of you know, with my new BAD BOY BEAT, I’m back with Severn House, the great UK indie publisher that brought out my Dulcie Schwartz and Blackie and Care books. (Severn House will also be publishing The Butterfly Trap next March). In the years since...

Spotlight on BAD BOY BEAT

What with vacation and editing, I somehow neglected to share this lovely Sunday Spotlight interview that librarian/book blogger Lesa Holstine did with me for Bad Boy Beat. Lesa is an astute reader, so her questions are always spot on. Happy to belatedly share it here:...