Amongst the canon of widely read French novelists are François Rabelais, Stendhal, George Sand, Honoré de Balzac, Victor Hugo, Marcel Proust, Collette, Jules Verne, and Alexandre Dumas.

Oh - and don't forget Marc Levy.

Yes, Levy is a late-comer to this august list, but he's sold over 23 million books including "If Only It Were True" - perhaps familiar to American audiences through the film version, "Just Like Heaven," starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo - and his latest, "Replay."

Levy, who now lives in Manhattan, appears tonight in Mystic's Bank Square Books in support of "Replay," a much-lauded thriller with a slight supernatural twist. A New York Times investigative reporter is fatally stabbed while jogging along the Hudson - then wakes up in the hospital two months before his own murder. He has 60 days to find out who wants him dead and why. It's an intriguing premise and one that Levy handles with nuance, wit and skill.

- RICK KOSTER

MARC LEVY, 5:30 TONIGHT, BANK SQUARE BOOKS, 53 W. MAIN ST., MYSTIC; FREE, AUTOGRAPHED COPIES OF "REPLAY" AVAILABLE FOR SALE; (860) 536-3795.