FATHER AND SON Robert Crais reads from and signs “The Two-Minute Rule” (Simon & Schuster), his novel about a career criminal who, on the day he is to be released from prison, learns that his police officer son has been gunned down. Friday, 7 p.m., Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle, 1972 Broadway at 66th Street, 212-595-6859. Also: Saturday, 2 p.m., Black Orchid Books, 303 E. 81st St., between First and Second avenues, 212-734-5980, free.

BROTHER AND SISTER Leonard Lopate of WNYC talks with writer Emily Raboteau about her novel “The Professor’s Daughter” (Henry Holt). The book follows the daughter of a black father and white mother as she deals with her more confident brother’s accident. The event is part of the series Brooklyn Writers for Brooklyn Readers. Saturday, 2 p.m., Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, 718-230-2100, free.

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