Author Thomas Christopher Greene has written several highly regarded literary thrillers, including "The Headmaster's Wife." He's also head of the Vermont College of Fine Arts. If there seems to be a recurring "university setting" motif, way till you read his latest, a tricky and increasingly grim thriller called "The Perfect Liar." The new novel is also set on a college campus and features a faculty member in a prominent role.

Here's how authentic and creepy Greene's books are. If I was attending Vermont College, there's no way in hell I'm taking any of his classes. He had to learn this stuff somewhere, right?

Maybe it's better to just ask him rather than enroll in his "Murder Weapons in Fiction" seminar. Meet Greene in a non-classroom setting Wednesday when he discusses and signs copies of "The Perfect Liar" at Bank Square Books.

Thomas Christopher Greene, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Bank Square Books, 53 West Main St., Mystic; free; (860) 536-3795.