Clea Simon

Oct 2014 25

Stages of Grey: A Dulcie Schwartz Feline Mystery By Clea Simon

2014 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze, Pets

by Cynthia Chow

As a fifth-year graduate student and doctoral candidate in the Department of English at an East Coast Ivy League college, Dulcie Schwartz feels the stress to revise and publish her paper on an anonymously authored gothic novel. Dulcie’s thesis advisor thought he was being sensitive when he suggested a seminar on time-management skills, but her friends go the other route and say she needs an escape to take her mind off her work. Their solution is a disco-themed interpretation of Ovid’s Metamorphosis performed by the University Repertory Theatre.

Apr 2014 26

Panthers Play for Keeps: Pru Marlowe Pet Noir Mystery By Clea Simon

2014 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze, Pets

by Cynthia Chow

An animal behaviorist and therapist with an unusual psychic talent for hearing the thoughts of animals, Pru Marlowe's latest job has her training a service dog, Spot, before he can be assigned to his new client, Richard Haigen. Unfortunately, Spot leads Pru to a mauled body one endangered lands, which pleases her maybe boyfriend, Detective Jim Creighton, even less.

Mar 2014 22

Grey Howl: A Dulcie Schwartz Feline Mystery By Clea Simon: Review/Guest Post/Giveaway

2014 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze, Pets

by Cynthia Chow

As the Association of English Language Literatures Academics biannual conference descends on Harvard University, graduate student, Dulcie Schwartz, finds herself not only presenting a paper but being its unofficial host. Dulcie's thesis advisor, Martin Thorpe, never stable at the best of times, is otherwise occupied with being the interim chair and completely fearful of the state of his position within the university. Dulcie is in the final stages of her dissertation concerning the identity of the author of an under-appreciated gothic novel, as well as her discovery of another unpublished piece by the mysterious author.

Jun 2013 22

Grey Dawn: A Dulcie Schwartz Feline Mystery By Clea Simon: Review/Giveaway

2013 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze

by Cynthia Chow

Harvard Square on a late November night would not have seemed so ominously spooky had Harvard graduate student Dulcie Schwartz not been spending her evenings transcribing the haunting ghost story of a handwritten manuscript, possibly written by the author central to Dulcie’s doctoral thesis. However, the need to grade the student papers that she had forgotten in her office sends her back to the campus building and has her braving the lonely night and jumping at the sound that seems all to reminiscent of a wolf’s howl.

Apr 2013 13

Parrots Prove Deadly: A Pru Marlowe Pet Noir By Clea Simon: Book Review/Pet Post/Giveaway

2013 Articles, Cynthia Chow, Mysteryrat's Maze, Pets

by Cynthia Chow
& Clea Simon

Almost licensed animal behaviorist Pru Marlowe has mostly adjusted to her ability of being able to sense animals' emotions. Although she fled the big city life of Manhattan and all of its noisy voices for Massachusetts, she has since become able to view her gift as an asset to her profession of training and modifying pet behavior (even if their persons are usually the actual culprits). Her latest client has hired her to retrain Randolph Jones, a foul-mouthed parrot whose owner just passed away in the LiveWell retirement complex.