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The theme of fear and control in a relationship emerges in Simon's tense, slow-burn latest * <b>Booklist</b> * Simon's keen eye for the way in which her characters willfully deceive themselves is on point * <b>The Arts Fuse</b> * If you are looking for a relationship book that seems both familiar and fresh simultaneously, Clea Simon's The Butterfly Trap is an excellent choice * <b>The BOLO Books Review</b> * Darkly inventive and full of grit and suspense . . . a deliciously sinister take on 'he said/she said,' sexual politics, and what we do for what - or whom - we love. Truly, film noir on the page * <b>Caroline Leavitt</b>, <b>New York Times</b> bestselling author of <b>Days of Wonder</b> * A sense of foreboding builds from the first page until the shocking conclusion . . . Block out time for this one - you won't be able to put it down * <b>Karen E. Olson</b>, award-winning author of <b>An Inconvenient Wife</b> * Clea Simon delivers a cautionary and dark tale . . . you won't be disappointed * <b>Gabriel Valjan</b>, Agatha, Anthony, and Shamus nominated author of the Shane Cleary series * Simon's fans will appreciate this swerve; it's also a must for readers who enjoyed the dueling male and female narrators in Araminta Hall's One of the Good Guys * <b>First Clue</b> * Fast-paced and deeply satisfying . . . Simon is at the height of her considerable powers . . . The prose here is propulsive, stylish, and pleasingly spare, with narrating crime reporter Emily Kelton's voice sliding often into noir territory. Bad Boy Beat is a top-notch read, securing Simon's position as one of the sharpest voices working in crime fiction today * <b>Linda L. Richards</b>, award-winning author of the Endings series, on <b>Bad Boy Beat</b> * Simon's staccato prose sets a tense mood that keeps readers on the edge . . . New territory for Simon that's definitely worth another chapter * <b>Kirkus Reviews</b> on <b>Bad Boy Beat</b> * Readers will quickly find that the twists and turns of the plot more than satisfy - with a particularly stellar final act that is guaranteed to please even the harshest critic of crime fiction * <b>BOLO Books</b> on <b>Bad Boy Beat</b> *

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Clea Simon grew up in New York before moving to Cambridge, Massachusetts, to attend Harvard. She fell in love with the area and lives in nearby Somerville with her husband and their cat, Thisbe. She is the author most recently of the ""newspaper noir"" amateur sleuth Bad Boy Beat and the Dulcie Schwartz, Theda Krakow, Pru Marlowe, Blackie and Care, and Witch Cats of Cambridge mystery series as well as a number of grittier standalone novels of psychological suspense.

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