It’s getting close to game time. Tomorrow, the 24th, my e-short story—THE VULTURE’S GAME-- goes on sale for 99 cents. That’s right—99 cents. It’s a look at a much younger Vincent THE WOLF and I think you’ll enjoy it if you give it a try.

Tomorrow is a big day in so many other respects—my son Nick turns 28. He’s a fine young man, hardworking, fun to be around, lots of good and close friends. His mother did a terrific job raising him—while still holding down several demanding jobs across the years. I love having him as a friend and even more to call him my son. Happy Birthday, Nick!

Tomorrow is also the day I close on a new house. It has always been a dream of mine to own a lake house and now that dream will finally be a reality. As many of you know, the last few years have been difficult ones culminating in the death of my wife Susan Toepfer on Christmas Eve. She waged and ultimately lost a grueling two-year battle with lung cancer. We were able to spend quite a few weeks together before the situation ventured into deep waters and we talked about how important it was to do all we wanted to do while we still could. Make those dreams a reality. Treat each day as if it were special. Now while we can’t always do that, we can sure try. As my wife and I traveled to Europe and various other places during her illness, we talked about the lake house, the vineyard we always wanted, the cities we always talked of visiting but never did.

My life will never be the same without Susan—that much I know. But the lake house is a big first step for me (for us, in many ways). And I hope it turns out to be as special as I always dreamt it would be. Thank you, Susan.

On a cheerier note, tomorrow night my friend of many years Kate White (former editor of Cosmo) is out with a new novel and that is always good news. She’ll be doing a signing in Manhattan at 6 p.m. at the Corner Bookstore (Madison and 93rd). If you are in town—stop by. She will not disappoint and it’s also a great store to visit.

We are a little over a month away from the official publication of THE WOLF. I can’t wait for you to read it and let me know what you think. It’s the first in a series and I’ve started writing the second one—working title of THE WITCH—and the plan is for that one to be in stores July of 2015.

In the meantime, I will be doing a full week of classes, panels, signings and other events at Thriller Fest in New York from July 7-12. It’s at the Grand Hyatt and if you’re around—come around. Every thriller writer you can name will be there and there will be tons of goodies for you to take home. It’s always a fun time and this year promises to be the biggest one yet.

Since we last spoke The New York Rangers made it to the Stanley Cup Finals but lost to the Los Angeles Kings. The games were close and so much fun to watch. And now, it’s World Cup time and while my heart always roots for Italy to win, I have been very impressed with the USA squad. They somehow make it past Germany this week it can be a very interesting Final 16.

We’ll talk again soon. Enjoy the soccer matches and the start of summer. Hope you get a chance to try the short story (did I mention it only costs 99 cents?) and each of you stay well, safe and thank you for your support all these years.

LORENZO

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