Deadline for Murder [Mass Market Paperback]

Valerie Frankel (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1, 1991

Hard-core flirt? Check. Arbiter of fashion? Check. Best friend? Mama - a pearl-handled .22 (oh, and her cat, Otis).

Wanda Mallory is the tough-talking, chain-smoking, funkalicious owner of the Do It Right Private Detective Agency - practicing her trade on the mean streets of NYC.

Always ready for a good time and a good friend, Wanda finds herself embroiled in the murder of her former employer and friend, Belle Beatrice, the beautiful (and bitchy) publisher of the women's soft-core porn magazine, Midnight.

According to Belle's strangely prophetic will, Wanda has a one-week deadline to catch the killer. Motivation? (besides friendship, of course!) Half a million bucks.

From Times Square to Soho, Wanda cracks wise on the hunt for Belle's murderer. Obscure and obscene clues take Wanda and her photographer sidekick, Alex Beaudine, on an erotic chase through NYC...as long as they stay one step ahed of the police in a mad dash to stop the killer before he strikes again!!

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Pocket (February 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671730215
• ISBN-13: 978-0671730215
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,908,639 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Valerie Frankel has written twenty-five books, and hopes to write many more. For more info about her books, magazine articles, cats, kids, life in Brooklyn, reviews of other people's books, go to www.valeriefrankel.com.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun and engaging detective story, November 13, 2004

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R.K.M. "RKM" (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Deadline for Murder (Mass Market Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book. I must say the cover didn't impress me all that much. (Yes, I judge books by their covers. For shame.) It looked like one of a series, and said "A Wanda Mallory Mystery" in the corner, but apparently it is the first of the series. It was fun, and I'm definitely going to seek out the next in the series, if there was a next. Also, this was printed in 1991, and I liked that in this book, unlike the Stephanie Plum mysteries, people's fashions don't seem dated. She mentions wearing a black Betsey Johnson dress, or an Hermes bag, but she doesn't mention hot pink and green sweatsuits, so I'm not constantly pulled out of the action by cringing at the fashion choices. I'd certainly reccommend it for a good escapist read.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great, January 3, 2012

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Ppixie2 - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Deadline for Murder (Wanda Mallory Mysteries) (Kindle Edition)

Great book! Great Price! But please do better at editing, tis the only reason it did not get the 5 stars from me. Cannot wait to read the rest of this series