Valerie Frankel

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1991
  • Latest Book:
    March 2014
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Full Series List in Order

Fringe Girl

1 - Fringe Girl (Apr-2006)
2 - Fringe Girl in Love (Apr-2007)
3 - American Fringe (Jan-2008)
4 - Fringe Benefits (Sep-2008)

A Wanda Mallory Mystery

1 - A Deadline for Murder (Jan-1991)
2 - Murder on Wheels (Mar-1992)
3 - Prime Time for Murder (Jan-1994)
4 - A Body to Die for (Jul-1995)

Book List in Order: 18 titles

  • A Deadline for Murder

    A Wanda Mallory Mystery - 1

    WANDA'S A CLOTHESHORSE, A FLIRT, NOBODY'S FOOL--AND THE SLICKEST PRIVATE EYE ON 'NEW YORK'S MEAN STREETS! Wanda Mallory, P.I., is the tough-talking, chain-smoking, funky-chic owner of the Do It Right Detective Agency in Times Square, New York City...

  • Murder on Wheels

    A Wanda Mallory Mystery - 2

    Approached by Strom Bismark, the leader of the notorious biker gang, Blood and Iron, Wanda agrees to help him find the criminal who ripped off a bundle of dough from Strom's illegal East Village social club. Original....

  • Angel on the Loose

    in Malice Domestic 1

    CHARLOTTE MACLEOD ruffles feathers on Beacon Hill...BARBARA PAUL visits with a fatally clumsy clan...D.R. MEREDITH tells a murderer to go fly a kite...AUDREY PETERSON pursues a shadowy gentleman caller...VALERIE FRANKEL tracks a catnapper in Brooklyn...

  • Heartbreak Handbook

    With the help of two or three (hundred) of their heartbroken friends, as well as numerous bonafide heartbreak therapists, authors Valerie Frankel and Ellen Tien provide traveller's advisories, hands-on strategies, and real-life tales from the heartbr...

  • Prime Time for Murder

    A Wanda Mallory Mystery - 3

    The bodyguard for sultry TV dating-game hostess Sabrina Delorean, Times Square P.I. Wanda Mallory is shocked when a guest on Sabrina's show soon loses his life to a bullet meant for Sabrina....

  • A Body to Die for

    A Wanda Mallory Mystery - 4

    NO PAIN, NO GAIN -- AND NO WAY OUT! A true believer in following one's appetites, Wanda Mallory, P.I., wouldn't be caught dead in a health club...at least until she's hired by former tennis pro Jack Watson to trail his philandering wife, Ameleth...

  • Smart vs. Pretty

    Out-of-work urban professional Francesca Greenfield has always known that she was the "smart" sister. Amanda was the soft and lovely one who, from the beginning, had always garnered most of the attention -- and all the dates. Now they've been throw...

  • The Accidental Virgin

    From: Venus, Goddess of Love, 120 Main, Mt. Olympus To: Stacy Temple, lapsed temptress Stacy, Stacy, Stacy. You were so promising at the beginning: Sexy, smart, personable and funny. Great on dates and really great afterward-if you know w...

  • The Not-So-Perfect Man

    THE DECREE HAS BEEN SET: IT'S TIME TO FIND FRIEDA SCHAST A MAN. As far as her family and friends are concerned, Frieda has been the grieving widow for long enough. At 35, she's still (relatively) young, still (adequately) attractive. Her sex drive i...



  • The Girlfriend Curse

    PEG'S GOT A GIFT. NOW HOW DOES SHE GET RID OF IT? It's uncanny! Within six months of breaking up with her, Peg Silver's ex-lovers always meet and marry the women of their dreams. Even worse than being the eternal bridesmaid, she's the last girlfri...

  • Hex and the Single Girl

    Emma sees naked people (not necessarily a bad thing!) Emma Hutch's upscale Manhattan clients call her the "Good Witch." Her uncanny telepathic abilities enable her to plant images into unsuspecting minds, which has made her New York's most success...

  • Fringe Girl

    Fringe Girl - 1

  • Fringe Girl in Love

    Fringe Girl - 2

    If only there were Cliffs Notes for falling in love... Love is in the air -- at toxic levels… It's a brand new year for Adora Benet. She couldn't wait to get back from winter break -- and go on lots of triple dates with her two best friends. ...

  • I Take This Man

    Here comes the bride . . . there goes the groom. Penny Bracket waited two years to marry dream man Bram Shiraz. Then on the morning of the Big Day, while she's trying on her veil, Penny receives the worst two-line letter of her life: "Penny, I ca...

  • American Fringe

    Fringe Girl - 3

    Spring has arrived, and everything's coming up roses. Not only is Adora Benet madly in love with Nate, she's landed her own teen advice column in he local paper. When her response to an anonymous letter-writer prompts a senator to run for president, ...

  • Fringe Benefits

    Fringe Girl - 4

    You can take the girl out of Brooklyn--or can you? Waitressing at an exclusive tennis and squash club isn't all it's cracked up to be. Just ask Adora Benet. For as long as she can remember, summer has meant European vacations and sleepaway camp. B...

  • Four of a Kind

    Besides the fact that their kids all attend the same fashionable Brooklyn Heights private school, Bess, Robin, Carla, and Alicia have little in common. Thrown together on the tony school's Diversity Committee, the women impulsively turn their awkward...

  • Mom Overboard

    Famous novelist Dorothy Ackerman invites her estranged daughter, Rachel, on a four-day cruise to Bermuda to coincide with Mother’s Day and the girl’s 25th birthday. The trip should be a relaxing vacation and bonding opportunity for them. But they...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Valerie Frankel has published 18 books.

Valerie Frankel does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Mom Overboard, was published in March 2014.

The first book by Valerie Frankel, A Deadline for Murder, was published in January 1991.

Yes. Valerie Frankel has 2 series.
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