Kirkus loves BAD BOY BEAT!

Bad Boy Beat, my new amateur sleuth mystery, doesn’t come out until May 7, but the advance reviews have started to come in. First up is Kirkus, known for its nasty “Kirkus kick.” Only this time the professional publication is full of praise, saying:...

“The cats steal the show…”

Talk about an embarrassment of riches! Yesterday, the Bristol Public Library book blog also weighed in on To Conjure a Killer. I encourage you to visit the original blog site (here:...

Conjure is “a treat”!

Librarian Lesa Holstine’s Lesa’s Book Critiques is a must-read for mystery fans, and I’m thrilled that she has weighed in on To Conjure a Killer, calling it “a treat for cat and cozy mystery lovers.” Here’s the full review, but...

The best gift!

As a very lovely solstice gift, Harvard Book Store (my favorite local indie) just sent me the link to the event a truly wonderful and generous group of local authors did of my new “To Conjure a Killer” on Nov. 15. (I was recovering from surgery so...

Conjure is “irresistible”!

That’s the verdict of Purrs of Wisdom, Ingrid King’s superlative all-things-cat blog! Here’s her glowing review in full: To Conjure a Killer is the fourth book in Clea Simon’s charming Witch Cats of Cambridge series, and like the other books in the...

Tonight! Harvard Book Store Zoom event

HOW GENEROUS IS THIS? I can’t do my own event for the launch of “To Conjure a Killer,” but an extremely talented bunch of my fellow/sister authors are doing one for me! (Thank you so much to Sisters in Crime New England’s Kate Flora for...