Disappearing Nightly by Laura Resnick
Esther Diamond, a struggling actress in New York, seems destined to attract supernatural mayhem. When bizarre magical disappearances disrupt shows around the city, Esther receives a mysterious warning not to go on with her off-Broadway show. Desperate to stay on stage rather than resort to waiting tables, Esther turns to her new BF, Dr. Maximillian Zadok, a 350-year-old mage whose day job is protecting New York from Evil. Determined to get to the bottom of this mystery without losing her job, Esther and Max team up with a conjuring cowboy, a banker with stage aspirations, and a flock of fearless drag queens. Also on the case is Detective Connor Lopez, a sexy cop who has a thing for Esther, but who fears that she and Max may be a bigger problem than the vanishing performers. Since the show must go on--and the astronomical rent must be paid--Esther, Max, and their friends pursue Evil to its lair in their fearless determination to find the missing performers and restore harmony to the city that never sleeps. Disappearing Nightly is the thrilling first novel of the Esther Diamond series.“A paranormal screwball comedy adventure. Light, happy, fantastically funny!”—Jennifer Cruise, New York Times bestselling author
“A delightful mélange of amateur sleuth mystery, romance and urban fantasy.... Esther Diamond, (is) a protagonist as quirky as Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse…and with the sex appeal of Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake.”—Explorations
Laura Resnick was born in the city of Chicago in the state of Illinois. She was thrown by horses, mauled by dogs, and terrified by the Resnicks' infamous exploding water well as a youngster, which helped her prepare appropriately for her future in publishing. Resnick went on to Georgetown University to study French, Italian, and linguistics, graduating with honors. She spent the next few years tramping about the Old World, looking at wonderful art, working in France, and eventually ending up on a kibbutz in Israel. She studied acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in London and taught English at the University of Palermo in Italy for a tumultuous but rewarding year.
Resnick had sold a dozen romantic novels by the time she was thirty, all but one of them published under the pen name Laura Leone, and Romantic Times magazine had voted her the greatest new writer in her field. She then embarked on a cross-African trek. The award-winning nonfiction book A Blonde In Africa tells you everything you need to know about that 8-month voyage. Resnick was in Africa when she earned the John W.
In appreciation of the short stories she had been writing, she received the Campbell Award for Best New Science Fiction/Fantasy Writer. She created her first fantasy novel, In Legend Born, after warming up her muscles in this way, a effort that made traveling Africa overland appear easy in comparison.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780756407667 |
| ISBN 10 | 0756407664 |
| Title | Disappearing Nightly |
| Author | Laura Resnick |
| Series | Esther Diamond Novel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Astra Publishing House |
| Year published | 2012-06-05 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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