It's "One Book" Night!

Tonight, from 6-8 p.m., local mystery author John Lescroart will discuss his latest book, "The Suspect". The program will be held at Central Library in the Library Galleria. Doors open at 5:15 p.m. You can find program details in the Event Calendar and in Library News on page 6, or call Telephone Reference at 916-264-2920 after 10 a.m.

The Sacramento Bee published an interview with Lescroart last week that makes it sound like tonight's program will be very interesting. Local bookstores are offering a 30% discount on the title - a list is available in the Bee article - and copies will be available for sale at the program this evening .

Sacramento Public owns copies in print, large print, CD audiobook, and downloadable e-audiobook formats. Add your name to the wait list by clicking the "request" button on the screen that pops up when you click your preferred format.

Book Review: "The Suspect"

"The Suspect" by John T. Lescroart. New York, Dutton 2007.
The entire story takes place between the time Stuart returns home from Lake Tahoe to discover his wife has drowned in their hot tub, and the grand jury hearing at which he is accused of her murder. With exquisite detail, Lescroart draws a bead on first one character then another, as the attorneys battle it out before the judge.

This is the One Book title that will be discussed in October as part of the Sacramento Public Library's sesquicentennial celebration. I thought I'd get a head start on this year's book because I fell in love after the fact with a previous One Book title, "Epitaph for a Peach." I really regretted missing the author talks, and wanted to be ready for this year's events.