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The Misfortune Cookie

por Laura Resnick

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Series: Esther Diamond (6)

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Esther Diamond's year gets off to a rocky start when NYPD's Detective Connor Lopez, who slept with her and then didn't call, shuts down the Little Italy restaurant where Esther works between acting jobs and gets her arrested. Once she's out of handcuffs, Esther takes a small role in a grad student's film project in Chinatown--where her friend, semi-retired hit man Lucky Battistuzzi, is hiding out in a Chinese-Italian mortuary. Esther and Lucky soon realize that something strange is going on in Chinatown, where mysterious gourmet fortune cookies are inflicting deadly mystical curses on the hapless victims who receive them as gifts--and before long, Esther learns that Detective Lopez is one of the recipients. As preparations heat up for the Chinese New Year, when the icy streets will be filled with costumed lion dancers, firecrackers, and dense crowds, Esther and Lucky summon the help of their friend Max, a semi-immortal mage, to help them save Chinatown and Lopez--though he doesn't deserve it--from the menace of a maniacal murderer. The Misfortune Cookie is the sixth installment of the acclaimed Esther Diamond series.… (más)
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Esther is cast in an indie film set in Chinatown. She is lucky to get that role as she lost her last job as a singing waitress when the restaurant was raided and shut down by the Organized Crime Bureau for laundering money for the Mafia. Meanwhile, Lucky is hiding out from the NYPD in Chinatown when he uncovers a suspicious death that everyone else thinks is an accident. Lucky suspects the man was murdered through mystical means and summons Esther and Max to investigate the death.

The scene where the NYPD and the Organized Crime Bureau (including Lopez) raid the restaurant where Esther is working is one of the most hilarious scenes I've ever read. This book also introduces John, a part-time mortician, as a possible new love interest for Esther. ( )
  soraki | Jun 20, 2022 |
The Misfortune Cookie
(Esther Diamond #6)
by Laura Resnick
This series is such fun! Esther always finds trouble or trouble finds her! It's never normal trouble but supernatural kind! This time someone is killing by cursed fortune cookies! The gang is there to help and of course her straight laced cop would-be boyfriend thinks she is a bit crazy! Lots of witty craziness! Plenty of fun! ( )
  MontzaleeW | Dec 20, 2021 |
When we last saw Esther, she and her cop boyfriend were snuggly in the sack. And then he didn't call. For a week. Esther literally spends the first 25% of this book obsessing about that detail and being very, very angry. In all honesty this portion of the book had nothing to do with the mystery--not even with setting it up--but since it was absolutely hilarious I didn't care.

When the mystery does begin it's because Lucky, on the run from the cops, is hiding out in a Chinatown funeral home. And he's bored. Very bored. So when he sees a death that makes him curious, he calls in Esther and Max. From then on it's curses, indie movies, and, seriously, he didn't call for a week?!

Funny as usual. ( )
  tldegray | Sep 21, 2018 |
I love this series. At this point, it's one of the few "urban fantasy" series that I'm keeping up with, and it's my favorite.

I did love the Chinatown setting for this one, though it did mean there were a few pretty solid info-dumps at the beginning to provide context. They were well-done info-dumps, though, and while I knew most of the info, if you didn't- it'd help.

The rest was really well done. I must say, I think it's time for Esther and Lopez wot work it out, damnit! even though the ambiguity can be pretty fun, like in one of the initial scenes here. Lopez's arc looks like it's going in an interesting direction, and I'm hoping that in the next few novels, some movement happens; right not, both Esther and Lopez are STUCK, which is not much fun.

I'm not sure whether this is one of the best in the series- and it's certainly not the place to start!- but it was a really fun novel with a good premise, and i enjoyed it utterly.

I can hardly wait for the next one! ( )
  cissa | Jan 22, 2014 |
This time out, Esther finds herself trapped in another mystical mystery as she tries to help her friend Lucky solve a murder in Chinatown. Everyone thinks it was just an accident, but Lucky knows magic when he sees it and he is sure that the fortune cookie left for the victim was cursed. Meanwhile, Esther is trying to stay mad at her true love, Lopez, who has recently arrested her (long story). Much fun ensues.

This series is just getting better and better. The stories are so much fun. By now I know most of the characters pretty well and I look forward to seeing them. Esther must be the unluckiest person in NYC but she always manages to survive the magical mayhem around her. If you have not read these marvelous books, shame on you. You are missing all the fun. ( )
  TheLibraryhag | Dec 26, 2013 |
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Esther Diamond's year gets off to a rocky start when NYPD's Detective Connor Lopez, who slept with her and then didn't call, shuts down the Little Italy restaurant where Esther works between acting jobs and gets her arrested. Once she's out of handcuffs, Esther takes a small role in a grad student's film project in Chinatown--where her friend, semi-retired hit man Lucky Battistuzzi, is hiding out in a Chinese-Italian mortuary. Esther and Lucky soon realize that something strange is going on in Chinatown, where mysterious gourmet fortune cookies are inflicting deadly mystical curses on the hapless victims who receive them as gifts--and before long, Esther learns that Detective Lopez is one of the recipients. As preparations heat up for the Chinese New Year, when the icy streets will be filled with costumed lion dancers, firecrackers, and dense crowds, Esther and Lucky summon the help of their friend Max, a semi-immortal mage, to help them save Chinatown and Lopez--though he doesn't deserve it--from the menace of a maniacal murderer. The Misfortune Cookie is the sixth installment of the acclaimed Esther Diamond series.

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