Dogs Don't Lie: A Pru Marlowe Pet Noir: 1 - Softcover

Praise for Dogs Don't Lie... "A story with some surprisingly creative twists." -Kirkus Reviews "Clea Simon delivers again...a gorgeous blend of homage and pure innovation." -Linda L. Richards author of Death Was in the Picture Pru Marlowe, an animal psychic on the run from her own gift, has returned to the Berkshires looking for a little peace. But her training as an animal behaviorist got her mixed up with Lily, a rescue dog, and Charles, Lily's person. Now Charles is dead, and Lily-a pitbull-looks good for it. Listening to the animals, Pru picks up clues, and learns there are secrets in the pretty little town that make murder look simple. She's got to uncover the killer before the real beasts in the town savage her and those she has come to love. Clea Simon lives in Massachusetts. Dogs Don't Lie is the first in her new Pru Marlowe "pet noir" series. www.cleasimon.com

Clea Simon is a Massachusetts-based writer, journalist and a regular contributor to the "New York Times," "Boston Globe," "San Francisco Chronicle," "Ms.", "Rolling Stone "and Salon.com. She's the author of three nonfiction books, " Mad House: Growing Up in the Shadow of Mentally Ill Siblings, Fatherless Women: How We Change After We Lose Our Dads, "and" The Feline Mystique: On the Mysterious Connection Between Women and Cats." She lives in Cambridge, MA, with her husband, the writer Jon S. Garelick, and their cat, Musetta. "Mew is for Murder" is Simon's first mystery novel.