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Don't Look Down
by Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer
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.
From the author’s blurb
“A book about real men, real women, and real gators”Read the full description at Jennifer Crusie
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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.
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Sources & further reading
- Jennifer Crusie: book description
Author commentary
- Apple Books: St. Martin’s ebook and trade review
Book information
- Publishers Weekly: interview with the coauthors
Interview
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