Final Cut, Marjorie McCown
Final Cut, Marjorie McCown
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Final Cut

Author: Marjorie McCown

Narrator: Cady Zuckerman

Unabridged: 10 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/06/2023


Synopsis

Joey Jessop enjoys working behind the scenes. As key costumer for the next epic superhero movie, her role is to make others look good while staying out of the spotlight. That means making sure to be professional around Eli Logan, her ex and the First Assistant Director, and Courtney Lisle, Eli's newest love interest and the Second Assistant Director. But this isn't a problem for Joey—especially when the movie is shooting at a gorgeous Malibu location. All of that changes when Joey finds Courtney's dead body on the first day of principal photography and she soon becomes the primary suspect. When the press takes hold of the story and social media begins to run with it, Joey watches her well-ordered life behind the scenes become front and center for all to see. But that isn't even the worst of it. In the midst of this newfound and unfortunate stardom, she must also contend with the reckless behavior of the movie's predatory director and producer, Marcus Pray, who seems driven to continue his practice of making another blockbuster hit while making sure his crew endures a toxic and potentially lethal work environment. As a result, Joey finds herself embattled both personally and professionally. With tensions building on set and a murder investigation looming over her life and future, Joey takes it upon herself to clear her name. Will she be able to expose the truth before it's a wrap?

About Marjorie McCown

Marjorie McCown has spent her entire professional life in the storytelling business, though she started out on the visual side of the craft, having spent more than twenty-five years working on costume-design teams for movies such as Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, and Hairspray. She has a BA in theater from the University of Virginia and an AAS in fashion design from the Fashion Institute of Technology. A member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America, she lives in Southern California.

About Cady Zuckerman

Cady Zuckerman is an audiobook narrator, an actress, and a voice coach located in Los Angeles. A lover of language and storytelling, she works as a teaching artist for the Actors' Gang Prison Project and Education program.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bill on November 01, 2024

Burns' fans know what to expect: his technically impeccable art, the quiet and subtly disturbing storytelling, the mingling of unstable mental states and dream states, the mostly uncomfortable and unfulfilling desire and sex. I was surprised to be moved by the final section; it never raises its voic......more

Goodreads review by Rick on October 05, 2024

Final Cut is the newest Charles Burns graphic novel (previously published in three serialized installments entitled Dédales) which treads familiar grounds for long time fans of his work. The story features two protagonists in Laurie Dunn and Brian Milner between whom the perspective shifts back and......more

Goodreads review by Rod on November 20, 2024

The only thing creepier than any horror movie is just about any teenage boy with a crush. This mood piece never does much beyond giving a girl some small regret for being kind to a boy with some mental health issues and a poor home situation who becomes obsessed with filming a home-made alien invasi......more

Goodreads review by Miss✧Pickypants on December 07, 2024

Just an amazingly gorgeous, big graphic novel. The story is told from 2 points of view, Brian and Laurie, teenagers navigating their teen-ness but in a seamlessly integrated manner. Set around the Invasion of the Body Snatchers-influenced movie Brian is making, without giving anything away, the stor......more

Goodreads review by Paul on January 14, 2025

Another of Burns' signature tales of teenage angst. Although I prefer the more bizarre stuff he's done in the past this wasn't bad at all. I really like his clean lines art.......more