Watching through her peephole, she sees a man leave the hotel room next to hers and thus becomes the sole witness to the high-profile crime. and what Cameron ends up overhearing is a murder that involves a U.S. At first the noises sound like some kind of crazy sex marathon, but then things change. Attorney Cameron Lynde, is treating herself to some much-needed pampering at the luxurious Peninsula hotel when she’s awoken by noises from the room next to hers. And instead of an innocent man in the wrong place at the wrong time, it’s a woman. Instead o f a bar, in Something About You I used the aforementioned hotel room. What if I walked into that bar at just the wrong moment and accidentally saw X that got me in a whole load of trouble?” We watch the movie thinking, “Hey-that could be me. It’s a theme that works well because everyon e can identify with it. One of my favorite Hitchcock themes is that of an innocent man in the wrong place at the wrong time who becomes swept up in some kind of murder/suspense intrigue. This is where the Alfred Hitchcock influence comes in. Only in the book, instead of a party, those noises turn out to be the sounds of a murder. (Not so much fun for me.) As I lay in bed, cursing the Fates (and my neighbors), an idea for a book struck me: a woman, by herself in a hotel, who is woken up in the middle of the night by strange noises coming from the room next door. Around 1am, the people in the hotel room next to me decided to have a party. The idea for Something About You came to me in the middle of the night during the RWA San Francisco conference. I’ll explain.įirst, the noisy hotel neighbors. So I thought I’d share a few of the things that helped bring my recently-released book, Something About You, to life. First, I wanted to say thanks to Nalini for inviting me to guest blog! Nalini, you know I’m a big fan of your books, so I’m delighted to be here.Īs both an author and a reader, I’m always fascinated by the things that inspire an author to write a particular book, those behind-the-scenes elements th at fuel the original story idea.

Something About You by Julie James