Clea Simon worked as a journalist and non-fiction author before turning to crime (fiction). Best known for her series of cozy mysteries starring cat-lover Theda Krakow, Clea Simon grew up in New York, before moving to Cambridge, Massachusetts to attend Harvard. She fell in love with the city and lives there still with her husband and their cat, Musetta.
Into The Grey
Grad student and cat lover Dulcie Schwartz must fight to clear her name when she discovers Professor Fenderby dead in his office.
More info →Shades of Grey
Dulcie's having an awful summer. Her beloved cat Mr Grey's been put to sleep, and she's in the frame for murder. But she hasn't seen the last of Mr Grey...
More info →When Bunnies Go Bad
Winter is hard in Beauville, where the melting snow can reveal much more than last season’s dead leaves.
More info →Probable Claws
When cats start getting sick, feline-loving freelance writer Theda Krakow suspects an accident is to blame. But her shelter-owning rocker buddy Violet claims the contaminated kibble was poisoned.
More info →The Ninth Life
Introducing Blackie, an unusual feline hero, and his companion Care in the first of this dark new mystery series.
More info →Cries and Whiskers
When an animal rights activist is killed by a hit-and-run driver on an icy Cambridge street, music critic Theda Krakow can’t get too upset.
More info →Kittens Can Kill
The dead don’t keep pets. So when Pru Marlowe gets a call about a kitten, she doesn’t expect to find the cuddly creature playing beside the cooling body of a prominent lawyer
More info →Cattery Row
Someone is stealing show cats, and when a kindly breeder is implicated, Theda Krakow determines to uncover the truth. But when Theda is attacked and her pals start acting strange, the feline-friendly freelance writer realizes that more than pedigree pusses are at stake - and that not all the competition is in the ring.
More info →Panthers Play for Keeps
When Pru Marlowe takes a dog for a walk, she doesn’t expect to find a body.
More info →Mew is for Murder
Theda Krakow is in a funk. She desperately needs a headline to get her life back on track.
More info →Parrots Prove Deadly
When Pru Marlowe is called in to retrain a foul-mouthed African gray after its owner's death, the bad-girl animal psychic can't help hearing the bird's words as a replay of a murder scene.
More info →The Feline Mystique
The Feline Mystique is the first serious examination of the intense relationship between woman and their cats
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