![]() ![]() But true to the spirit of the drink, the book also packs a punch. Like the mysterious lavender-colored cocktail that the man Lucy calls “Hot Bartender” whips up on the night before her birthday, “Nothing But the Truth” is sweet, fizzy and refreshing. But I guess it worked out, because here we are.” “The stress of the pandemic pushed me in the direction of craving humor and lightness. As a thriller writer, I fancied myself as a dark, complicated, brooding person, which I guess I’m not,” said James, who will be discussing “Nothing But the Truth” at the Diesel bookstore in Del Mar on July 12. As a reader, thrillers were her favorite genre, but as the pandemic ground on, writing from the dark side began to lose its appeal. When she signed with her literary agency in 2019, James was writing adult psychological thrillers. Starting with the kinds of books she thought she was supposed to be writing. And to do that, James had to take on a few assumptions of her own. ![]()
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