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* Jerkass: Quite a few (including more than one BigBad). In ''Disappearing Nightly'' Max's assistant Hieronymous is pretty standoffish towards Esther. Several of the mobsters ''Doppelgänger''. ''Vamparazzi'' gives us Vampire actor Daemon Ravel a pervert who’s obsessed about his own image and displays a keen LackOfEmpathy, Mad Rachel the self-absorbed and shrill ThePrimaDonna and AbhorrentAdmirer {{Paparazzi}} Al Tarr, who gleefully writes lies and half truths accusing a man he knows to be innocent of murder and practically inciting a lynch mob. ''Polterheist'' features Preston Fesnter, a profit-obsessed, Christmas hating, politically incorrect BadBoss and his daughter Elpseth, a snarky LoonyFan {{Goth}} whose obsessed with death and fairly rude to Esther for not living up to the image Elpseth had formed of her from her performance in a play about a vampire.
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* Jerkass: {{Jerkass}}: Quite a few (including more than one BigBad). In ''Disappearing Nightly'' Max's assistant Hieronymous is pretty standoffish towards Esther. Several of the mobsters ''Doppelgänger''. ''Vamparazzi'' gives us Vampire actor Daemon Ravel a pervert who’s obsessed about his own image and displays a keen LackOfEmpathy, Mad Rachel the self-absorbed and shrill ThePrimaDonna and AbhorrentAdmirer {{Paparazzi}} Al Tarr, who gleefully writes lies and half truths accusing a man he knows to be innocent of murder and practically inciting a lynch mob. ''Polterheist'' features Preston Fesnter, a profit-obsessed, Christmas hating, politically incorrect BadBoss and his daughter Elpseth, a snarky LoonyFan {{Goth}} whose obsessed with death and fairly rude to Esther for not living up to the image Elpseth had formed of her from her performance in a play about a vampire.
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* SkepticNoLonger: fairly often with supporting characters. Jeff in ''Unsympathetic Magic'', and the third victim in ''Doppelganger'' are good examples.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: The bad guy of [[spoiler: ''Doppelgänger'']]. who wants to [[spoiler: wipe out three mob families]]. although his lack of concern for innocent casualties keeps him from being an AntiVillain.
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* Jerkass: Quite a few (including more than one BigBad). In ''Disappearing Nightly'' Max's assistant Hieronymous is pretty standoffish towards Esther. Several of the mobsters ''Doppelgänger''. ''Vamparazzi'' gives us Vampire actor Daemon Ravel a pervert who’s obsessed about his own image and displays a keen LackOfEmpathy, Mad Rachel the self-absorbed and shrill ThePrimaDonna and AbhorrentAdmirer {{Paparazzi}} Al Tarr, who gleefully writes lies and half truths accusing a man he knows to be innocent of murder and practically inciting a lynch mob. ''Polterheist'' features Preston Fesnter, a profit-obsessed, Christmas hating, politically incorrect BadBoss and his daughter Elpseth, a snarky LoonyFan {{Goth}} whose obsessed with death and fairly rude to Esther for not living up to the image Elpseth had formed of her from her performance in a play about a vampire.
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* Jerkass: Quite a few (including more than one BigBad). In ''Disappearing Nightly'' Max's assistant Hieronymous is pretty standoffish towards Esther. Several of the mobsters ''Doppelgänger''. ''Vamparazzi'' gives us Vampire actor Daemon Ravel a pervert who’s obsessed about his own image and displays a keen LackOfEmpathy, Mad Rachel the self-absorbed and shrill ThePrimaDonna and AbhorrentAdmirer {{Paparazzi}} Al Tarr, who gleefully writes lies and half truths accusing a man he knows to be innocent of murder and practically inciting a lynch mob. ''Polterheist'' features Preston Fesnter, a profit-obsessed, Christmas hating, politically incorrect BadBoss and his daughter Elpseth, a snarky LoonyFan {{Goth}} whose obsessed with death and fairly rude to Esther for not living up to the image Elpseth had formed of her from her performance in a play about a vampire.
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* SummonABiggerFish: subverted, Sarah tries to sick Alice the tiger on the demon at the climax of ''Disappearing Nightly'' but although it’s a game effort 1) Alice isn’t actually the bigger fish in this scenario and 2) Alice seems to realize this and refuses to attack.
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* SummonABiggerFish: SummonBiggerFish: subverted, Sarah tries to sick Alice the tiger on the demon at the climax of ''Disappearing Nightly'' but although it’s a game effort 1) Alice isn’t actually the bigger fish in this scenario and 2) Alice seems to realize this and refuses to attack.
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* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: The Dragon suffers from this in ''Unsympathetic Magic'', and almost in ''Doppelgänger'', only surviving by luck.
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* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: The Dragon suffers from this in ''Unsympathetic Magic'', and almost in ''Doppelgänger'', only surviving by luck.
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* TheCorruptor: Max, Lucky and Esther speculate that [[spoiler: Rick]]. was this too [[spoiler: Elpseth Fenster]].
* HellbentForLeather: Clarisse Staunton's performing outfit for her and Barclay's act.
* HiddenDepths: Clarisse is a bit of an UpperClassTwit, but is prepared to fight back agains the demon with just a candlestick, takes care of a wounded Dolly, and seems to have been just as passionate about her and Barclay's act as he was.
* HiddenDepths: Clarisse is a bit of an UpperClassTwit, but is prepared to fight back agains the demon with just a candlestick, takes care of a wounded Dolly, and seems to have been just as passionate about her and Barclay's act as he was.
* InadequateInheritor: the Fenster’s, even the nicer ones, are considered this in comparison to their recently-deceased matriarch. It’s even briefly speculated the phenomena terrorizing the store is her wrathful ghost, whose feeling this trope from beyond the grave.
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* Jerkass: Quite a few (including more than one BigBad). In ''Disappearing Nightly'' Max's assistant Hieronymous is pretty standoffish towards Esther. Just about every mobster besides Lucky and The Shy Don in Several of the mobsters ''Doppelgänger''. ''Vamparazzi'' gives us Vampire actor Daemon Ravel a pervert who’s obsessed about his own image and displays a keen LackOfEmpathy, Mad Rachel the self-absorbed and shrill ThePrimaDonna and AbhorrentAdmirer {{Paparazzi}} Al Tarr, who gleefully writes lies and half truths accusing a man he knows to be innocent of murder and practically inciting a lynch mob. ''Polterheist'' features Preston Fesnter, a profit-obsessed, Christmas hating, politically incorrect BadBoss and his daughter Elpseth, a snarky LoonyFan {{Goth}} whose obsessed with death and fairly rude to Esther for not living up to the image Elpseth had formed of her from her performance in a play about a vampire.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: the antagonists of Polterheist both have somewhat mild versions of this, one realizing that [[spoiler: his]]. partner intends to take thinks a lot further than they'd talked about, and the other upon actually seeing the creature they're summoning in the flesh.
* SummonABiggerFish: subverted, Sarah tries to sick Alice the tiger on the demon at the climax of ''Disappearing Nightly'' but although it’s a game effort 1) Alice isn’t actually the bigger fish in this scenario and 2) Alice seems to realize this and refuses to attack.
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* ThePrimaDonna: Glory Gee in ''Disappearing Nightly'', and Rachel in ''Vamparazzi''.
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* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: The Dragon suffers from this in ''Unsympathetic Magic'', and almost in ''Doppelgänger'', only surviving by luck.
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* TheBeastMaster: zigzagged, when Sarah, one of the kidnapped assistants from ''Disappearing Nightly'' is familiar enough with Alice, the tiger who was kidnapped with her and hasn't been fed in a while, to keep her calm and give a few basic commands, but she isn’t Alice's trainer and has little overall control of her.
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* Jerkass: Quite a few (including a few BigBads). In ''Disappearing Nightly'' Max's assistant Hieronymous is pretty standoffish towards Esther. Just about every mobster besides Lucky and The Shy Don in ''Doppelgänger''. ''Vamparazzi'' gives us Vampire actor Daemon Ravel a pervert who’s obsessed about his own image and displays a keen LackOfEmpathy, Mad Rachel the self-absorbed and shrill ThePrimaDonna and AbhorrentAdmirer {{Paparazzi}} Al Tarr, who gleefully writes lies and half truths accusing a man he knows to be innocent of murder and practically inciting a lynch mob. ''Polterheist'' features Preston Fesnter, a profit-obsessed, Christmas hating, politically incorrect BadBoss and his daughter Elpseth, a snarky LoonyFan {{Goth}} whose obsessed with death and fairly rude to Esther for not living up to the image Elpseth had formed of her from her performance in a play about a vampire.
That man is dead-Daemon Ravel feels this about his birth name even though there really * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ocassinally. One good example is Garry Goudini, whose kind of an EntitledBastard, whose dialogue often screams ItsAllAboutMe. While everyone else is concerned about their missing assistants he largely just focuses on Alice the tiger due to her importance in his act and can barely bother to remember his human assistant Sarah. However he provides many useful and key insights to the investigation in just the couple chapters, praises Max's bookstore to be a relaxing atmosphere, and comforts a hysterical Delilah even after the UnsettlingGenderReveal.
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* Obstructive Bureaucrat: Lysander has some of this although unlike many examples he actually goes into the field and tries to help solve the issue. He does provide some genuine assistance but is a bit of an InsufferableGenius and CommanderContrarian.
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* The PrimaDonna: Glory Gee in ''Disappearing Nightly'', and Rachel in ''Vamparazzi''.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Lopez's boss Detective Napoli is a harsh example of InspectorJavert during ''Doppelgänger'' (although it's undermined by his only appearing in two scenes in the first third of the novel) but when he finally reappears in ''The Misfortune Cookie'', he's more relaxed and sympathetic (although the fact that his division just made a major bust probably helps) and is willing to give Esther some leeway and sympathy when she blows up at Lopez for [[spoiler: not calling her after the first time they had sex, which happened because he was preoccupied unsuccessfully trying to find a way to delay shutting down the money-laundering restaurant she was working at until a time Esther wasn't on duty]].
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* TheBeastMaster: zigzagged, when Sarah, one of the kidnapped assistants from ''Disappearing Nightly'' is familiar enough with Alice, the tiger who was kidnapped with her and hasn't been fed in a while, to keep her calm and give a few basic commands, but she isn’t Alice's trainer and has little overall control of her.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Father Gabriel]] and [[spoiler: Rick]].
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* DetectiveMole: combined with LivingWithTheVillain: in [[spoiler: ''Disappearing Nightly'']]. He even takes the leftovers from the meals that Max, Esther the rest of the AmateurSleuths had while investigating [[spoiler: his]]. crimes and used them to feed his prisoners!
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* DetectiveMole: combined with LivingWithTheVillain: in [[spoiler: ''Disappearing Nightly'']]. He even takes the leftovers from the meals that Max, Esther the rest of the AmateurSleuths Amateur detectives had while investigating [[spoiler: his]]. crimes and used them to feed his prisoners!
*Jerkass: Quite a few (including a few BigBads). In ''Disappearing Nightly'' Max's assistant Hieronymous is pretty standoffish towards Esther. Just about every mobster besides Lucky and The Shy Don in ''Doppelgänger''. ''Vamparazzi'' gives us Vampire actor Daemon Ravel a pervert who’s obsessed about his own image and displays a keen LackOfEmpathy, Mad Rachel the self-absorbed and shrill ThePrimaDonna and AbhorrentAdmirer {{Paparazzi}} Al Tarr, who gleefully writes lies and half truths accusing a man he knows to be innocent of murder and practically inciting a lynch mob. ''Polterheist'' features Preston Fesnter, a profit-obsessed, Christmas hating, politically incorrect BadBoss and his daughter Elpseth, a snarky LoonyFan {{Goth}} whose obsessed with death and fairly rude to Esther for not living up to the image Elpseth had formed of her from her performance in a play about a vampire.
That man is dead-Daemon Ravel feels this about his birth name even though there really * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ocassinally. One good example is Garry Goudini, whose kind of an EntitledBastard, whose dialogue often screams ItsAllAboutMe. While everyone else is concerned about their missing assistants he largely just focuses on Alice the tiger due to her importance in his act and can barely bother to remember his human assistant Sarah. However he provides many useful and key insights to the investigation in just the couple chapters, praises Max's bookstore to be a relaxing atmosphere, and comforts a hysterical Delilah even after the UnsettlingGenderReveal.
That man is dead-Daemon Ravel feels this about his birth name even though there really * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ocassinally. One good example is Garry Goudini, whose kind of an EntitledBastard, whose dialogue often screams ItsAllAboutMe. While everyone else is concerned about their missing assistants he largely just focuses on Alice the tiger due to her importance in his act and can barely bother to remember his human assistant Sarah. However he provides many useful and key insights to the investigation in just the couple chapters, praises Max's bookstore to be a relaxing atmosphere, and comforts a hysterical Delilah even after the UnsettlingGenderReveal.
* Obstructive Bureaucrat: Lysander has some of this although unlike many examples he actually goes into the field and tries to help solve the issue. He does provide some genuine assistance but is a bit of an InsufferableGenius and CommanderContrarian.
* PetTheDog: Literally, Rachel from ''Vamparazzi'' is a dog person, and spends a lit of time gushing over Neli
* TheObiWannabe: Max wonders if he might have been this to Hieronymus, due to how little they communicate and [[spoiler: feeling neither particularly outraged, saddened or betrayed after discovering Hieronymus was EvilAllAlong]].
* ThatManIsDead: played for laughs with vampire actor and self-proclaimed actual vampire Daemon Ravel's efforts to distance himself from his birth identity.
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* TookALevelInKindness: Lopez's boss Detective Napoli is a harsh example of InspectorJavert during ''Doppelgänger'' (although it's undermined by his only appearing in two scenes in the first third of the novel) but when he finally reappears in ''The Misfortune Cookie'', he's more relaxed and sympathetic (although the fact that his division just made a major bust probably helps) and is willing to give Esther some leeway and sympathy when she blows up at Lopez for [[spoiler: not calling her after the first time they had sex, which happened because he was preoccupied unsuccessfully trying to find a way to delay shutting down the money-laundering restaurant she was working at until a time Esther wasn't on duty]].
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* UnsettlingGenderReveal:Esther’s worried this will be Max’s reaction to finding out Delilah is a drag queen in the first book after having seemed a bit taken with her, but he takes it fairly well. The Great Goudini plays this a bit straighter when he finds out after hitting on her.
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* TheBeastMaster: zigzagged, when Sarah, one of the kidnapped assistants from ''Disappearing Nightly'' is familiar enough with Alice, the tiger who was kidnapped with her and hasn't been fed in a while, to keep her calm and give a few basic commands, but she isn’t Alice's trainer and has little overall control of her.
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* DetectiveMole/LivingWithTheVillain: in [[spoiler: ''Dissapearing Nightly'']]. He even takes the leftovers from the meals that Max, Esther the rest of the AmateurSleuths had while investigating [[spoiler: his]]. crimes and used them to feed his prisoners!
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* DetectiveMole/LivingWithTheVillain: DetectiveMole: combined with LivingWithTheVillain: in [[spoiler: ''Dissapearing ''Disappearing Nightly'']]. He even takes the leftovers from the meals that Max, Esther the rest of the AmateurSleuths had while investigating [[spoiler: his]]. crimes and used them to feed his prisoners!
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* PrimaDonna: Glory Gee in ''Disappearing Nightly'', and Rachel in ''Vamparazzi''.
* The PrimaDonna: Glory Gee in ''Disappearing Nightly'', and Rachel in ''Vamparazzi''.
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* BlackComedyRape: [[spoiler: the misogynistic BigBad of ''Disappearing Nightly'' summons a demon which needs to rape a virgin on arrival, only to be thrown to that demon himself when it arrives. From the next room, Esther and the others hear him screaming, then the demon comes in, looking flushed and satisfied, while the BigBad follows, hunched over and looking furious]].
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: in ''The Misfortune Cookie'', Lopez starts to protest that it hasn't been a week since he called Esther, only to do the math in his head and find out that it has been (which gets him a lot of ribbing and/or stern looks from both his colleagues and the mobsters they're arresting).
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* HateAtFirstSight: played for laughs, off-screen when [[spoiler:Clarisse]]. was summoned by the villains spell and fell face first into a pile of vomit Glory Gee had made when she threw up after her own arrival. Clarisse still seems a bit sore about it (with Glory’s personality probably not helping).
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Both Barclay Preston-Cole and Garry Goudini in ''Disappearing Nightly'' as they recount how their respective assistants disappear during their acts.
* InsufferableGenius: Catherine Livingston and arguable Lysander Singh.
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* IWantMyMommy: Esther's WomanChild co-star Rachel does this a lot in ''Vamparazzi'', both for serious threats and minor irritations.
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* {{Paparazzi}}: Al Tarr in ''Vamparazzi'' is a profile writer, but the direction his profiles actually take cements him as this.
* PrimaDonna: Glory Gee in ''Disappearing Nightly'', and Rachel in ''Vamparazzi''.
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* {{Confessional}}: Its speculated Father Gabriel in ''Doppelgänger'' become a priest hoping to hear more about how his mobster father died via confessions.
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* NeverHeardThatBefore: Catherine Livingston, when Esther greets her by saying, "Dr. Livingston I presume?"
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* {{Confessional}}: Its speculated Father Gabriel in ''Doppelgänger'' become a priest hoping to hear more about how his mobster father died via confessions.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: CampGay, FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: [[spoiler: Esther's agent Thack]]. saying he doesn’t practice blood-drinking and thinks of it as moving past the tradition-oriented and restrictive past of vampire society. This feels a bit like a statement about his sexuality, ironically the opposite of the main themes of TrueBlood with actual vampirism ben an analog for homosexuality. Given the books release date, could have even been an intentional TakeThat.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: CampGay, FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: [[spoiler: Esther's agent Thack]]. saying he doesn’t practice blood-drinking and thinks of it as moving past the tradition-oriented and restrictive past of vampire society. This feels a bit like a statement about his sexuality, ironically the opposite of the main themes of TrueBlood 'Series/TrueBlood'' with actual vampirism ben an analog for homosexuality. Given the books release date, could have even been an intentional TakeThat.
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* WickedStepmother: Bubverted, when looking for motives for the dissapearences in the books, Esther wonders if Dixie resented her father’s assistant Dolly for being his mistress, but the two got along great [[spoiler: and seem to have as strong of a bond as an actual mother and daughter when we see them together]].
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* WickedStepmother: Bubverted, subverted. when looking for motives for the dissapearences disappearances in the books, first book, Esther wonders if Dixie resented her father’s assistant Dolly for being his mistress, but the two got along great [[spoiler: and seem to have as strong of a bond as an actual mother and daughter when we see them together]].
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** Played for laughs when the big bad of ''Disappearing Nightly'' expresses this feeling about New York, due to his inability to find a [[spoiler [[spoiler: VirginSacrifice]].
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?: CampGay, FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: [[spoiler: Esther's agent Thack]]. saying he doesn’t practice blood-drinking and thinks of it as moving past the tradition-oriented and restrictive past of vampire society. This feels a bit like a statement about his sexuality, ironically the opposite of the main themes of TrueBlood with actual vampirism ben an analog for homosexuality. Given the books release date, could have even been an intentional TakeThat.
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* EmergencyTransformation: how [spoiler: Leischneudel]]. became a vampire, having gotten drunk with another vampire, and talking about his health problems (not lethal, but chronic), with causes the equally drunk vampire to turn him out of pity.
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* EverybodyLives: even the villains survive to be arrested in [[spoiler: ''Polterheist'']].
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** In ''Doppelgänger'', right after Max, Esther and Lucky have been meeting with Johnny Be Good Gambello, a witness to another mobster doppelgänger appearing, Esther gets a call from Lopez, who says he'll have to miss their date due to his job.
--> Lopez: Johnny Be Good Gambello was just found dead.
--> Esther: What?
--> Lopez: Yeah, they just fished him out of the east river The initial estimate is that he’s been dead for twenty-four hours.
* WickedStepmother: Bubverted, when looking for motives for the dissapearences in the books, Esther wonders if Dixie resented her father’s assistant Dolly for being his mistress, but the two got along great [[spoiler: and seem to have as strong of a bond as an actual mother and daughter when we see them together]].
** In ''Doppelgänger'', right after Max, Esther and Lucky have been meeting with Johnny Be Good Gambello, a witness to another mobster doppelgänger appearing, Esther gets a call from Lopez, who says he'll have to miss their date due to his job.
--> Lopez: Johnny Be Good Gambello was just found dead.
--> Esther: What?
--> Lopez: Yeah, they just fished him out of the east river The initial estimate is that he’s been dead for twenty-four hours.
* WickedStepmother: Bubverted, when looking for motives for the dissapearences in the books, Esther wonders if Dixie resented her father’s assistant Dolly for being his mistress, but the two got along great [[spoiler: and seem to have as strong of a bond as an actual mother and daughter when we see them together]].
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The Esther Diamond books are a comedic UrbanFantasy series written by Creator/LauraResnick. Esther Diamond, an actress in New York, was performing as chorus girl in a struggling off-Broadway show when the musicals leading lady vanishes in a magic act. The incident introduced her to Dr. Maximilian Zadok, [[Really700YearsOld a 350 year old mage]] and New York's representative of the Magnum Collegium, an AncientConspiracy dedicated to fighting Evil and upholding TheMasquerade.
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The Esther Diamond ''Esther Diamond'' books are a comedic UrbanFantasy series written by Creator/LauraResnick. Esther Diamond, an actress in New York, was performing as chorus girl in a struggling off-Broadway show when the musicals leading lady vanishes in a magic act. The incident introduced her to Dr. Maximilian Zadok, [[Really700YearsOld a 350 year old mage]] and New York's representative of the Magnum Collegium, an AncientConspiracy dedicated to fighting Evil and upholding TheMasquerade.
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* TheDon: The Shy Don, leader of the Gambinos.
* FirstPersonSmartass: Esther has her moments.
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* TheMafia: Featured prominently in ''Dopplegangster''.
* MagicalSociety: The Magnum Collegium is a group of mages who study magic and fight Evil.
* MagicalSociety: The Magnum Collegium is a group of mages who study magic and fight Evil.
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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The zombies in ''Unsympathetic Magic" more closely resemble VoodooZombies, rather than Hoolywood zombies.
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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The zombies in ''Unsympathetic Magic" more closely resemble VoodooZombies, {{Voodoo Zombie}}s, rather than Hoolywood zombies.zombies.
* PunBasedTitle: All of them.
* PunBasedTitle: All of them.
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* TheDon: The Shy Don, leader of the Gambinos.
* TheMafia: Featured prominently in ''Dopplegangster''.
* TheMafia: Featured prominently in ''Dopplegangster''.
* VirginSacrifice: In ''Disappearing Nightly'', the main characters at some point suspect that the BigBad is after virgins. [[spoiler: Turns out this is true, he needs a virgin to summon a demon, and he has been keeping all the vanished girls and women prisoners, trying to finally get ''one'' who is actually a virgin. Not even the ''tiger'' he accidentally kidnapped is a virgin. He himself, on the other hand, ''is''.]]
* VoodooDoll: They appear, called by their proper name ''poppet'', in ''Unsympathetic Magic''. Puma sells them to tourists. [[spoiler: ZigzaggedTrope: They are incorporated into the big bad's plan.]]
* VoodooDoll: They appear, called by their proper name ''poppet'', in ''Unsympathetic Magic''. Puma sells them to tourists. [[spoiler: ZigzaggedTrope: They are incorporated into the big bad's plan.]]
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* VoodooDoll: They appear, called by their proper name ''poppet'', in ''Unsympathetic Magic''. Puma sells them to tourists. [[spoiler: ZigzaggedTrope: They are incorporated into the big bad's plan.]]
* VirginSacrifice: In ''Disappearing Nightly'', the main characters at some point suspect that the BigBad is after virgins. [[spoiler: Turns out this is true, he needs a virgin to summon a demon, and he has been keeping all the vanished girls and women prisoners, trying to finally get ''one'' who is actually a virgin. Not even the ''tiger'' he accidentally kidnapped is a virgin. He himself, on the other hand, ''is''.]]
* WardrobeMalfunction: Various times, but most memorably in ''Vamparazzi'', where Esther's BeautifulPeriodDress gets torn, leaving her topless.
* VirginSacrifice: In ''Disappearing Nightly'', the main characters at some point suspect that the BigBad is after virgins. [[spoiler: Turns out this is true, he needs a virgin to summon a demon, and he has been keeping all the vanished girls and women prisoners, trying to finally get ''one'' who is actually a virgin. Not even the ''tiger'' he accidentally kidnapped is a virgin. He himself, on the other hand, ''is''.]]
* WardrobeMalfunction: Various times, but most memorably in ''Vamparazzi'', where Esther's BeautifulPeriodDress gets torn, leaving her topless.
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* VirginSacrifice: In ''Disappearing Nightly'', the main characters at some point suspect that the BigBad is after virgins. [[spoiler: Turns out this is true, he needs a virgin to summon a demon, and he has been keeping all the vanished girls and women prisoners, trying to finally get ''one'' who is actually a virgin. Not even the ''tiger'' he accidentally kidnapped is a virgin. He himself, on the other hand, ''is''.]]
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* BlandNameProduct: Esther occasionally guest stars on [[LawAndOrder Crime and Punishment]].
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* BlandNameProduct: Esther occasionally guest stars on [[LawAndOrder [[Series/LawAndOrder Crime and Punishment]].
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The Esther Diamond books are a comedic UrbanFantasy series written by LauraResnick. Esther Diamond, an actress in New York, was performing as chorus girl in a struggling off-Broadway show when the musicals leading lady vanishes in a magic act. The incident introduced her to Dr. Maximilian Zadok, [[Really700YearsOld a 350 year old mage]] and New York's representative of the Magnum Collegium, an AncientConspiracy dedicated to fighting Evil and upholding TheMasquerade.
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The Esther Diamond books are a comedic UrbanFantasy series written by LauraResnick.Creator/LauraResnick. Esther Diamond, an actress in New York, was performing as chorus girl in a struggling off-Broadway show when the musicals leading lady vanishes in a magic act. The incident introduced her to Dr. Maximilian Zadok, [[Really700YearsOld a 350 year old mage]] and New York's representative of the Magnum Collegium, an AncientConspiracy dedicated to fighting Evil and upholding TheMasquerade.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Max was the inspiration for [[{{Dracula}}}Van Helsing]].
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Max was the inspiration for [[{{Dracula}}}Van [[{{Dracula}} Van Helsing]].
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* ''Dopplegangster'' (2007)
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* ''Dopplegangster'' (2007)(2010)
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* ''The Misfortune Cookie'' (2014)
* ''Abracadaver'' (2017)
* ''Abracadaver'' (2017)
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* ''The Misfortune Cookie'' (2014)
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* ''Abracadaver''(2017)(2014)
* ''Abracadaver''
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* SorryImGay: Lopez's oldest brother claims this to combat their mother's IWantGrandkids. Their other brother says he's becoming a priest.
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Max was the inspiration for [[Dracula Van Helsing]].
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* BeenThereShapedHistory: Max was the inspiration for [[Dracula Van [[{{Dracula}}}Van Helsing]].
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* LockedOutTheLoop: Lopez doesn't know [[spoiler: that he has light/fire powers]].
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* LockedOutTheLoop: LockedOutOfTheLoop: Lopez doesn't know [[spoiler: that he has light/fire powers]].
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* ExpositionOfImmortality: Max occasionally names drops famous figures from history or references past adventures from centuries passed. In Vamparazzi, in lieu of direct involvement in the case, we see flashbacks of Max's last encounter with vampires [[Spoiler: and the reason he avoids Lithuanians]].
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: [[Spoiler: Thackery and Leischneudel]].
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: [[Spoiler: Thackery and Leischneudel]].
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* ExpositionOfImmortality: Max occasionally names drops famous figures from history or references past adventures from centuries passed. In Vamparazzi, in lieu of direct involvement in the case, we see flashbacks of Max's last encounter with vampires [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: and the reason he avoids Lithuanians]].
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire:[[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Thackery and Leischneudel]].
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire:
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* Stripperiffic: Being an actress, Esther often finds herself still in skimpy costumes when facing Evil.
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* Stripperiffic: {{Stripperiffic}}: Being an actress, Esther often finds herself still in skimpy costumes when facing Evil.
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* BlandNamedProduct: Esther occasionally guest stars on [[LawAndOrder Crime and Punishment]].
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* BlandNamedProduct: BlandNameProduct: Esther occasionally guest stars on [[LawAndOrder Crime and Punishment]].Punishment]].
* CapitalLettersAreMagic: Evil.
* CapitalLettersAreMagic: Evil.
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* TrenchcoatBrigade: Max wears a duster bequeathed to him by a gunslinger.
** Lopez's mother is this every way, expect for being Catholic
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* TrenchcoatBrigade: Max wears a duster bequeathed to him by a gunslinger.
** Lopez's motherLatinLover: Detective Lopez, half-Puerto Rican, is this every way, expect for being Catholic''very'' attractive and Esther's love interest.
* LockedOutTheLoop: Lopez doesn't know [[spoiler: that he has light/fire powers]].
** Lopez's mother
* LockedOutTheLoop: Lopez doesn't know [[spoiler: that he has light/fire powers]].
* MeetTheInLaws: In ''Polterheist'', Esther, and the audience, finally meets Lopez's parents. It...doesn't go well.
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* LatinLover: Detective Lopez, half-Puerto Rican, is ''very'' attractive and Esther's love interest.
* LockedOutTheLoop: Lopez doesn't know [[spoiler: that he has light/fire powers]].
* MeetTheInLaws: In ''Polterheist'', Esther, and the audience, finally meets Lopez's parents. It...doesn't go well.
* LockedOutTheLoop: Lopez doesn't know [[spoiler: that he has light/fire powers]].
* MeetTheInLaws: In ''Polterheist'', Esther, and the audience, finally meets Lopez's parents. It...doesn't go well.
* PunBasedTitle: All of them.
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* WretchedLairOfScumAndVillainy: Altuna, Pennsylvania.
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* WretchedLairOfScumAndVillainy: WretchedHiveOfScumAndVillainy: Altuna, Pennsylvania.
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* BlandNamedProduct: Esther occasionally guest stars on [[LawAndOrder Crime and Punishment]].
* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Played with. It's obvious to everyone that Esther and Jeff used to date.
* IWantGrandkids: Lopez's mom.
* TrenchcoatBrigade: Max wears a duster bequeathed to him by a gunslinger.
* LockedOutTheLoop: Lopez doesn't know [[spoiler: that he has light/fire powers]].
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* TrenchcoatBrigade: Max wears a duster bequeathed Stripperiffic: Being an actress, Esther often finds herself still in skimpy costumes when facing Evil.
* TheDon: The Shy Don, leader of the Gambinos.
* TheMafia: Featured prominently in ''Dopplegangster''.
* TheTease: Naughty and Nice, tohim by a gunslinger.elves in ''Polterheist''.
* TheDon: The Shy Don, leader of the Gambinos.
* TheMafia: Featured prominently in ''Dopplegangster''.
* TheTease: Naughty and Nice, to
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* MeetTheInLaws: In ''Polterheist'', Esther, and the audience, finally meets Lopez's parents. It...doesn't go well.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: So far, Esther's encountered dopplegangers, vampires and zombies, among others.
* AlternateHistory: Lithuania faced a vampire epidemic.
* AncientConspiracy: Part of the Magnum Collegium's role is to prevent "mundanes" from discovering magic.
* AlternateHistory: Lithuania faced a vampire epidemic.
* AncientConspiracy: Part of the Magnum Collegium's role is to prevent "mundanes" from discovering magic.
*BeenThereShapedHistory: Max was the inspiration for [[Dracula Van Helsing]].
* ExpositionOfImmortality: Max occasionally names drops famous figures from history or references past adventures from centuries passed. In Vamparazzi, in lieu of direct involvement in the case, we see flashbacks of Max's last encounter with vampires [[Spoiler: and the reason he avoids Lithuanians]].
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: [[Spoiler: Thackery and Leischneudel]].
* FirstPersonSmartass: Esther has her moments.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: [[Spoiler: Thackery and Leischneudel]].
* FirstPersonSmartass: Esther has her moments.
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* ManOfKryptonite: [[spoiler: Al Tar]], the big bad of ''Vamparazzi'' is a vampire and can only be killed by decapitation and fire. Too bad he's caught by [[spoiler: Detective Lopez]]
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* ManOfKryptonite: [[spoiler: Al Tar]], the big bad of ''Vamparazzi'' is a vampire and can only be killed by decapitation and fire. Too bad he's caught by [[spoiler: Detective Lopez]]Lopez]].
* MagicalSociety: The Magnum Collegium is a group of mages who study magic and fight Evil.
* MagicalSociety: The Magnum Collegium is a group of mages who study magic and fight Evil.
* MuggleBestFriend: Esther to Max.
* OccultDetective: Max is an older, more research-oriented version of this.
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* StereotypeRactionGag: ''All'' real vampires hate goths and vampire wannabes in ''Vamparazzi''.
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* StereotypeRactionGag: StereotypeReactionGag: ''All'' real vampires hate goths and vampire wannabes in ''Vamparazzi''.''Vamparazzi''.
* TrenchcoatBrigade: Max wears a duster bequeathed to him by a gunslinger.
* TrenchcoatBrigade: Max wears a duster bequeathed to him by a gunslinger.
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* VoodooZombies: Resnick [[ShownTheirWork showed her work]] in her research for ''Unsympathetic Magic''.
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* WhamLine: "Does it mean anything to you, Dr. Zadok, when I tell you that I’m...Lithuanian?"
* WhamLine: "Does it mean anything to you, Dr. Zadok, when I tell you that I’m...Lithuanian?"
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Played for laughs. Lucky, a mafia hitman, won't let anyone mess with Santa.
* HollywoodVoodoo: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]]. The Voudoun in ''Unsympathetic Magic'' is rich and varied.
* HollywoodVoodoo: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] and [[DiscussedTrope discussed]]. The Voudoun in ''Unsympathetic Magic'' is rich and varied.
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* OurZombiesAreDifferent: The zombies in ''Unsympathetic Magic" more closely resemble VoodooZombies, rather than Hoolywood zombies.
* Really700YearsOld: Max is around 350 years old, but looks around 70. When he was young, his alchemy master gave him a potion to slow his aging without Max knowing.
* Really700YearsOld: Max is around 350 years old, but looks around 70. When he was young, his alchemy master gave him a potion to slow his aging without Max knowing.
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* VoodooDoll: They appear, called by their proper name ''poppet'', in ''Unsympathetic Magic''. Puma sells them to tourists. [[spoiler: ZigzaggedTrope: They are incorporated into the big bad's plan.]]
* VoodooDoll: They appear, called by their proper name ''poppet'', in ''Unsympathetic Magic''. Puma sells them to tourists. [[spoiler: ZigzaggedTrope: They are incorporated into the big bad's plan.]]
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* InsistentTerminology: Don't call what Max does and deals with ''supernatural'' unless you're ready for a lecture.
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* ChristmasEpisode: ''Polterheist'' is set in a department store, where Esther is picking up work as a (Jewish) elf.
* InsistentTerminology: Don't call what Max does and deals with''supernatural'' "supernatural" unless you're ready for a lecture.lecture.
** Likewise, don't call Nellie, Max's canine familiar, a "dog".
* JewishMother: Esther mom is always nagging her to find a nice man and pick more respectable roles.
** Lopez's mother is this every way, expect for being Catholic
* ManOfKryptonite: [[spoiler: Al Tar]], the big bad of ''Vamparazzi'' is a vampire and can only be killed by decapitation and fire. Too bad he's caught by [[spoiler: Detective Lopez]]
* LatinLover: Detective Lopez, half-Puerto Rican, is ''very'' attractive and Esther's love interest.
* InsistentTerminology: Don't call what Max does and deals with
** Likewise, don't call Nellie, Max's canine familiar, a "dog".
* JewishMother: Esther mom is always nagging her to find a nice man and pick more respectable roles.
** Lopez's mother is this every way, expect for being Catholic
* ManOfKryptonite: [[spoiler: Al Tar]], the big bad of ''Vamparazzi'' is a vampire and can only be killed by decapitation and fire. Too bad he's caught by [[spoiler: Detective Lopez]]
* LatinLover: Detective Lopez, half-Puerto Rican, is ''very'' attractive and Esther's love interest.
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* AgentScully: Detective Lopez always misses the mystical parts of the case and therefore believes the Max is crazy and drugging Esther.
*InsistentTerminology: Don't call what Max does and deals with ''supernatural'' unless you're ready for a lecture.
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* VirginSacrifice: In ''Disappearing Nightly'', the main characters at some point suspect that the BigBad is after virgins. [[spoiler: Turns out this is true, he needs a virgin to summon a demon, and he has been keeping all the vanished girls and women prisoners, trying to finally get ''one'' who is actually a virgin. Not even the ''tiger'' he accidentally kidnapped is a virgin. He himself, on the other hand, ''is''. Hilarity ensues.]]
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* RunningGag: Max asking people if they're Lithuanian.
* TitleDrop: ''Dopplegangster'' and Vamparazzi.
** If the exact title doesn't get dropped, it will come close, as in ''Unsympathetic Magic''.
* VirginSacrifice: In ''Disappearing Nightly'', the main characters at some point suspect that the BigBad is after virgins. [[spoiler: Turns out this is true, he needs a virgin to summon a demon, and he has been keeping all the vanished girls and women prisoners, trying to finally get ''one'' who is actually a virgin. Not even the ''tiger'' he accidentally kidnapped is a virgin. He himself, on the other hand, ''is''. Hilarity ensues.]]
* TitleDrop: ''Dopplegangster'' and Vamparazzi.
** If the exact title doesn't get dropped, it will come close, as in ''Unsympathetic Magic''.
* VirginSacrifice: In ''Disappearing Nightly'', the main characters at some point suspect that the BigBad is after virgins. [[spoiler: Turns out this is true, he needs a virgin to summon a demon, and he has been keeping all the vanished girls and women prisoners, trying to finally get ''one'' who is actually a virgin. Not even the ''tiger'' he accidentally kidnapped is a virgin. He himself, on the other hand, ''is''.
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The Esther Diamond books are a comedic UrbanFantasy series written by LauraResnick. Esther Diamond, an actress in New York, was performing as chorus girl in a struggling off-Broadway show when the musicals leading lady vanishes in a magic act. The incident introduced her to Dr. Maximilian Zadok, [[Really700YearsOld a 350 year old mage]] and New York's representative of the Magnum Collegium, an AncientConspiracy dedicated to fighting Evil and upholding TheMasquerade.
Since then, Esther's jobs (acting or otherwise) invariably bring her, Max and her sometimes boyfriend, [[AgentScully Detective Lopez]], involved in [[strike:supernatural]] ''[[InsistentTerminology mystical]]'' forces.
The series includes 7 books so far, with 3 more announced:
* ''Disappearing Nightly'' (2005)
* ''Dopplegangster'' (2007)
* ''Unsympathetic Magic'' (2010)
* ''Vamparazzi'' (2011)
* ''Polterheist'' (2012)
* ''The Misfortune Cookie'' (2014)
* ''Abracadaver'' (2017)
* ''Goldzilla'' (TBA)
* ''EstherDiamond #9'' (TBA)
* ''EstherDiamond #10'' (TBA)
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In ''Dopplegangster'', Esther screams at the BigBad for his various horrible deeds while hitting him, ending with the fact he nearly ''ruined'' her ''audition''. To be fair, she's an actress and that ''was'' pretty important for her.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: ''Vamparazzi'' shows us what amount to three different varieties, all rooted in an AlternateHistory of Lithuania.
* VirginSacrifice: In ''Disappearing Nightly'', the main characters at some point suspect that the BigBad is after virgins. [[spoiler: Turns out this is true, he needs a virgin to summon a demon, and he has been keeping all the vanished girls and women prisoners, trying to finally get ''one'' who is actually a virgin. Not even the ''tiger'' he accidentally kidnapped is a virgin. He himself, on the other hand, ''is''. Hilarity ensues.]]
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Since then, Esther's jobs (acting or otherwise) invariably bring her, Max and her sometimes boyfriend, [[AgentScully Detective Lopez]], involved in [[strike:supernatural]] ''[[InsistentTerminology mystical]]'' forces.
The series includes 7 books so far, with 3 more announced:
* ''Disappearing Nightly'' (2005)
* ''Dopplegangster'' (2007)
* ''Unsympathetic Magic'' (2010)
* ''Vamparazzi'' (2011)
* ''Polterheist'' (2012)
* ''The Misfortune Cookie'' (2014)
* ''Abracadaver'' (2017)
* ''Goldzilla'' (TBA)
* ''EstherDiamond #9'' (TBA)
* ''EstherDiamond #10'' (TBA)
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!! Tropes in her other works:
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In ''Dopplegangster'', Esther screams at the BigBad for his various horrible deeds while hitting him, ending with the fact he nearly ''ruined'' her ''audition''. To be fair, she's an actress and that ''was'' pretty important for her.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: ''Vamparazzi'' shows us what amount to three different varieties, all rooted in an AlternateHistory of Lithuania.
* VirginSacrifice: In ''Disappearing Nightly'', the main characters at some point suspect that the BigBad is after virgins. [[spoiler: Turns out this is true, he needs a virgin to summon a demon, and he has been keeping all the vanished girls and women prisoners, trying to finally get ''one'' who is actually a virgin. Not even the ''tiger'' he accidentally kidnapped is a virgin. He himself, on the other hand, ''is''. Hilarity ensues.]]
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