DON'T LOOK NOW is a book of Daphne du Maurier's short stories, the first of which has that same title. This review is of that short story, "Don't Look Now." (Warning: I don't particularly like short stories. That's why I read only the first one in this book.)

The story begins with the quotation "Don't Look Now," as John and Laura are having lunch at a restaurant and joking together about other restaurant guests. They are a married couple vacationing in Italy. John is relieved that Laura seems to be coming out of the depression she has been in since their 5-year-old daughter died.

But two of the guests they were joking about turn out to be psychics. And so begin misunderstandings and confusion.

A movie based on "Don't Look Now" was made in 1973. I found a more recent remake of that movie. Let's see what they did with this short story.