Look forward to seeing many of you at ThrillerFest this week. I'll be on a panel Friday afternoon about the parallels between fiction and reality. Appropriate given the level of gasoline prices.

If you're in the vicinity this week, you're invited to signings for 13 Days: The Pythagoras Conspiracy in the Bronx and Yonkers.

Thursday, July 12th, 7 PM, Barnes & Noble, 290 Baychester Ave., Bronx, zip 10475;

Saturday, July 14th, 2 PM, Barnes & Noble, 2614 Central Park Ave., Yonkers, zip 10701.