Disappearing Nightly
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.56 (878 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0373802595 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2015-01-09 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This explains how I wound up prancing around stage half naked the night Golly Gee -- the female lead in the off-Broadway show "Sorceror!" -- disappeared into thin air. Along with psychotics, vamps, housewives and hookers. Now other performers are also vanishing, and a mysterious stranger is warning me: There is evil among us. But the producers want me to take over Golly's part. Translation: beggars can't be choosers. Looks as if I'm going to need a little magical help if I want to keep my starring role .. Literally. I'm not a heroine -- I just play one. As my agent is fond of pointing out, there are more actors in New York than there are people in most other cities
Light, happy, fantastically funny!" -- Jennifer Crusie, New York Times bestselling author of Bet Me"Celebrate! Disappearing Nightly is the start of a new urban fantasy series that is smart, cool and wicked funny." -- New York Times bestselling author Mary Jo Putney. "A paranormal screwball comedy adventure
. Growing up in a family of writers, daughter of SF writer Mike Resnick, she never thought she would end up in a writing career, herself. A cum laude graduate of Georgetown University, where she studied languages and linguistics. After college, she moved overseas for a few years, where she studed acting at London's Webbe
"Cheesy but fun" according to Deborah Wiley. Laura Resnick creates the oddest assortment of characters to investigate a series of disappearances that occur onstage during a magician's act. Women (and one tiger) are disappearing regularly right at the peak of the illusion act involving a vanishing box. The magician's vary- from Joe the perpetually n. (3.5) Fluffy and Fun Kelly (Fantasy Literature) _Disappearing Nightly_ is a lot of fun. It was just what I needed after reading a couple of really dark novels.Both the heroine and the plot are highly original in the urban fantasy subgenre. Esther is a struggling actress, not a hard-boiled vigilante. No vampires or werewolves appear in her story, eithe. enchanting novel A Customer Actress Esther Diamond knows she should have had the lead of Venus in the play Sorcerers instead of Golly Gee but while she is the current understudy, she hopes that Golly will get sick and she will have the chance to play the part. During the latest performance, Golly steps into an ordinary crystal cage