# Don't Look Down

By Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer

Profile: https://hahafiction.com/books/don-t-look-down-0cdfdbdb/

Lucy Armstrong arrives in Savannah to direct the last four days of an action movie. Her ex-husband is in charge of stunts, her sister is the script supervisor, and the man doubling for the star is a Green Beret on leave. Then the CIA calls the stunt double and an already difficult shoot starts to look dangerous off camera, too.

## What makes it funny?

Lucy and J. T. Wilder each take the job expecting a few days’ work. She has family problems on the crew and he has a star to double for, neither of which is in the job description of a CIA operation. There’s also a one-eyed alligator in the vicinity.

### The comedy at work

Crusie wrote Lucy’s scenes and Mayer wrote Wilder’s. The setup lets them give the two leads different problems on the same set: what looks to the director like a production going off the rails looks increasingly like an assignment to the Green Beret.

### Try this if…

There’s a courtship in the middle of the shoot, with quick dialogue and more actual danger than the film crew signed up for. Read it when you’re in the mood for a romance that gives a crime plot room to run.

## What to expect

- Genre: Crime & thriller · Romance
- Kind of humor: Situational comedy
- Format: Novel

## Sources & further reading

- Author commentary: [Jennifer Crusie: book description](https://jennycrusie.com/book/dont-look-down)
- Book information: [Apple Books: St. Martin’s ebook and trade review](https://books.apple.com/us/book/dont-look-down/id385998684)
- Interview: [Publishers Weekly: interview with the coauthors](https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20060306/10900-she-said-he-said.html)