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July 19, 2018
Noir Night!
Tonight is Noir Night! Mysteries and wine! Come join us (More info here.)
Noir and more Noir: Casual Reading, Wine Tasting, & Book Signing
New England Mobile Book Fair is thrilled to be welcoming
Clea Simon, Laura Lieberman, & Joanna Schaffhausen for an evening filled with Noir.
We are partnering with our neighbors at Newton Warehouse Wine & Spirits, to offer tastings of three paired Pinot Noirs for our over 21 customers.
Clea Simon’s Pinot Noir, “With a full-bodied protagonist who “hears” what animals are thinking, “Fear on Four Paws” might be a little fruit forward. But Pru Marlowe’s snarky attitude – and that of her crotchety cat Wallis – definitely balances that out with acidity, leading up to a smooth finish with overtones of anise and smoke.”
From Lisa Lieberman’s, “I would describe BURNING COLD as ‘Dark and spicy, bold, with a smoky finish.’”
And Joanna Schaffhausen, “Rounded, seductive and fruit-forward on the palate, it is balanced out by a tannic core that gives it a gripping finish.”
Don’t miss out on the fun!
July 17, 2018
Readers’ Choice awards (your vote counts)
Utterly thrilled to have my World Enough among the nominees for the Killer Nashville Readers’ Choice awards. And if you’re reading this, you’re a reader – so whether you vote for my book or one of the other great books, please vote! (It only takes a minute). (If the link above doesn’t work, try this: https://killernashville.com/awards/killer-nashville-readers-choice-award/
July 16, 2018
Meet your favorite authors here!
Don’t you wish you had the chance to ask your favorite authors about their work and what comes next? What surprises them and why they write the stories they do? I know I do, and that’s why I’m launching FIVE QUESTIONS, mini interviews with authors across the spectrum! I’m chatting with authors now and plan to post the first FIVE QUESTIONS on Monday – a cozy sit-down with a New York Times bestselling author…
(PS, you can also find out about these by following me – @Clea_Simon – on Twitter and looking for the hashtag #FiveQuestions
July 14, 2018
Meet Care (of “Cross My Path”)
Dru Ann of the MWA Raven Award-winning Dru’s Books Musings “interviewed” the young protagonist of my Blackie and Care series in celebration of the release of Cross My Path. Here’s the interview.
“Cat-loving fans of grim post-apocalyptic tales will best appreciate Simon’s third Blackie and Care mystery … The disparate plot lines combine in a fiery finale.” – Publishers Weekly
July 12, 2018
“Fear” one of the “Best Pet Books of Summer”
Columnist Kim Campbell Thornton wrote up “Page Turners for Pet Lovers” in the Palm Beach Florida Weekly – the columnist calls calls us “The Nine Best New Pet Books to Read This Summer” – and the first book she recommends is my new Fear on Four Paws!
“In “Fear on Four Paws,” book seven in Clea Simon’s Pru Marlowe pet noir series, the animal communicator faces a drugged bear, a ferret who’s not sharing any secrets, her own crabby tabby and a town whose pets are disappearing. Marlowe herself becomes a person of interest in a murder, and a tempting job offer further complicates the situation. Can she identify the killer and return the missing pets to their homes?”
Thanks so much, Kim! (You can read the full column here.)
July 10, 2018
Cover reveal: A SPELL OF MURDER
July 9, 2018
Mystery Monday at the Cuddlywumps Cat Chronicles (THANK YOU!)
Cross My Path and Fear on Four Paws both got wonderful raves today in this book blog. Of Cross My Path, she writes, “The story, set in a dark world, is completely engrossing, filled with characters who keep you wondering what they’re really up to,” adding “We think Cross My Path is the best book in the series so far.”
“Cat-loving fans of grim post-apocalyptic tales will best appreciate Simon’s third Blackie and Care mystery … The disparate plot lines combine in a fiery finale.” – Publishers Weekly
Moving onto Fear on Four Paws, she writes, “The plot is also a real puzzler. We did not figure it out at all, and the end had us turning pages like crazy to find out what would happen. Fun!”
Thank you! (You can read the entire post here.)
July 2, 2018
FEAR ON FOUR PAWS is here!
Today is the pub day for Fear on Four Paws, which means Pru is back and Wallis with her! Yes, after a year-plus absence, the bad girl animal psychic and her cranky tabby are once again prowling the woods around Belleville, and are they in trouble. It all starts when they find an illegally trapped bear and the bodies begin to pile up…
Here’s what the critics are saying about Fear On Four Paws, the seventh Pru Marlowe pet noir mystery (available at Amazon and your local indie as hardcover, ebook, and trade paperback)
Here’s what the early reviews are saying:
“Irresistible.”
– Publishers Weekly
“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.”
– Booklist
“Likely to appeal to cozy fans.”
– Kirkus Reviews
June 30, 2018
CROSS MY PATH is here!
Happy pub day to the newest Blackie & Care, Cross My Path! This dark adventure – once again featuring the intrepid Care and her devoted feline sidekick Blackie – has been out in the UK for a few months, and so copies have been trickling in. But today is the day it becomes available from US outlets (like Amazon or your local indie) in both hardcover and ebook formats (look for a trade paperback in a few months).
See what the critics have been saying about Cross My Path:
“While each book has its own mysteries from start to finish, it’s obvious in this entry that Simon has a larger story arc going on, one more epic in scope. It’s possible that there is a specific ending in mind already, but let us hope that is far in the future.”
– Book Blog of the Bristol Public Library
“Cat-loving fans of grim postapocalyptic tales will best appreciate Simon’s third Blackie and Care mystery … The disparate plot lines combine in a fiery finale.”
– Publishers Weekly
“Cat-loving fans of grim post-apocalyptic tales will best appreciate Simon’s third Blackie and Care mystery … The disparate plot lines combine in a fiery finale.” – Publishers Weekly
June 29, 2018
“Gritty and intense” Thank you, Blood Red Pencil!
“[G]ritty and intense,” says the Blood Red Pencil of the world of my new Cross My Path, “well-suited for the unsettling, edge-of-your-seat atmosphere.” This well-penned review does a great job of describing the world that Blackie and Care inhabit, as well as capturing Care’s “conscience, bravery, and youthful fervor,” before concluding:”Readers who enjoy mysteries featuring cats will be particularly drawn to Cross My Path.” (Read the full review here.)
Thank you, Blood Red Pencil!
“Cat-loving fans of grim post-apocalyptic tales will best appreciate Simon’s third Blackie and Care mystery … The disparate plot lines combine in a fiery finale.” – Publishers Weekly
