Power Slide: A Darcy Lott Mystery by Susan Dunlap

Power Slide: A Darcy Lott Mystery by Susan Dunlap

By Susan Dunlap

It’s the 20 th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake, and stunt double Darcy Lott is on position on the Port of Oakland, situated for an influence slide—a harmful trick within which she falls off a motorcycle and skids lower than an eighteen-wheeler. past due attending to the set, Darcy’s intermittent boyfriend and stunt driving force Damon Guthrie is compelled to hurry the scene. His truck malfunctions and Darcy is injured. Thrust into one other emotional jumpstart, the depth in their dating builds quickly.

Meanwhile, Darcy’s siblings are pressuring her to make one final all-or-nothing look for Mike, their lacking brother. As her courting with Guthrie deepens, Darcy is struck by means of the similarities among him and her brother. just like the gap created by means of her brother’s absence, Guthrie’s prior is riddled with unanswered questions. simply as she starts to imagine they’re getting someplace, the prior catches up with them. Time is operating out on either one of her searches, and all of her connections within the police division are unexpectedly shutting her out, leaving her to determine the truth.

Her determined quest leads her to the canyons of la, a stunt ranch within the desolate tract, and finally to a scary discovery in San Francisco.

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That was the last thing I wanted to discuss with Gracie. I felt like Guthrie ten minutes ago when he’d been facing me, reaching for excuses. Suddenly the words just burst out of me. ” Gracie jolted back in her seat. ” “Maybe. Probably. ” Gracie shot me a look like I was a teenager, and grinned. “No, listen, this is serious. He’s going to get himself canned. I don’t have his new cell number. When we called this morning about the gag, we had to use his land line. Now I don’t know where he’s going.

It wasn’t a question. I thought we’d been more subtle. “Listen, I’ve worked with Guthrie before,” he went on, “but that doesn’t mean I know him. Nobody does . . ” I stared down at him. “He’s always shown up, right? ” “Yeah, but used to be he’d cut it close, then pull out the gag, and afterwards he’d take the crew out for a beer. By the end of the night he was everybody’s best friend and no one remembered that half hour cooling our heels. But the last couple of times, it was just shoot and I’m out of here.

Way better! And that last grab, Darcy: terrific! I thought you were being sucked into the chassis. ” I yelled before anyone could disagree. ” I eyed the cameraman, still standing behind his camera on the cart, hoping to pull him in. But he wasn’t committing. He was heading to the monitors, where Jed was already running the coverage from the dolly. The other guys crowded in behind, and we all watched each camera’s take. My hands were burning. ” “Unless we’re going to do it in the dark. You’re shivering.

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