
In fact, many of these stories that she writes take place in South Carolina, a place that has become especially important to her life.

Her stories are especially for those who want to enjoy something fun that is not too intense. She enjoys writing stories that have a surprising series of fun twists and turns in some of the most entertaining spaces around. James focuses heavily on cozy mystery stories. She also works with a non-profile organization that helps with managing environmental watchdog efforts. James continues to work well with many government entities of all sorts in managing environmental issues. She holds a degree in wildlife biology and a graduate degree in public administration. She has also been interested in environmental studies throughout her life. She has been interested in writing throughout much of her life and is especially interested in sharing her fun sense of mystery with people.

Originally born in New York, she grew up in South Carolina. James is an author who wears her southern pride on her sleeve. To keep herself out of jail and her beloved bookroom up and running, Tru-with the help of Tori, Flossie, and a brown tabby stray cat named Dewey Decimal-decides to investigate.Dorothy St. Tru knows she's in a heap of trouble, and it doesn't help that the officer in charge of the case is her old crush from high school, who broke her teenaged heart. Tru becomes the prime suspect as she hadn't hid the fact that she hated having all of those wonderful books replaced by tablets and computers. But as Tru and her crew are putting the finishing touches on their new book room, the town manager, who was behind the big push for the library's transformation, is crushed by an overturned shelf of DVDs. Under the cover of darkness, Tru, along with her best friends-coffee shop owner Tori Green and mysterious bestselling author Flossie Finnegan-Baker-set up a secret bookroom in the library's basement and prepare to open it to their most loyal, trustworthy patrons.


Trudell Becket, known to her friends as Tru, finds herself in a bind when her library in lovely Cypress, South Carolina, is turned into a state-of-the-art bookless "technological center." A library with no books breaks Tru's book-loving heart so she decides to rescue hundreds of beloved tomes slated for the town dump.
