Deadline for Murder

by Valerie Frankel

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671730215
• ISBN13: 9780671730215
• Release Date: February 1991
• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.1" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

Fun and engaging detective story

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.