Clea Simon

reads from

World Enough:
A Boston-based Noir Mystery

This event includes a book signing

Date

Nov
2
Thursday
November 2, 2017
7:00 PM ET

Location

Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

Tickets

This event is free; no tickets are required.

Harvard Book Store welcomes local journalist and crime fiction writer CLEA SIMON for a discussion of her latest book, World Enough: A Boston-based Noir Mystery.

About World Enough

This intriguing, hardhitting, intricately-plotted mystery set in Boston’s clubland marks an exciting new departure for cozy author Clea Simon. 

The Boston club scene may be home to a cast of outsiders and misfits, but it’s where Tara Winton belongs; the world she’s been part of for the past twenty years. Now, one of the old gang is dead, having fallen down the basement stairs at his home.

With her journalist’s instincts, Tara senses there’s something not quite right about Frank’s supposedly accidental death. When she asks questions, she begins to uncover some disturbing truths about the club scene in its heyday. Beneath the heady, sexually charged atmosphere lurked something darker. Twenty years ago, there was another death. Could there be a connection? Is there a killer still at large … and could Tara herself be at risk?

Praise

"Clea Simon writes with authority and affection about a lost world. Highly recommended" —Catriona McPherson

"World Enough is excellent—a twisty, bittersweet trip with just the right mix of edge and nostalgia.” —Joseph Finder, New York Times bestselling author of The Switch and Guilty Minds

Clea Simon
Clea Simon

Clea Simon

Clea Simon is the Boston Globe-bestselling author of three nonfiction books and 31 mysteries. Prior to launching a new series with the amateur sleuth heroine of Bad Boy Beat, her crime fiction has been largely divided between cozy mysteries (most recently To Conjure a Killer) and psychological suspense, including the recent Hold Me Down (a Massachusetts Center for the Book “must read”). A graduate of Harvard University, she has contributed to publications ranging from Salon.com and Harvard Magazine to Rolling Stone, Yankee, and The New York Times. Born and raised in New York, she now lives in Somerville, Massachusetts, with her husband, the writer Jon S. Garelick. Find her at www.cleasimon.com, @Clea_Simon (Twitter), and @cleasimon_author (IG).

Harvard Book Store
1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138

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