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Miss Pink Books in Order

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Read Gwen Moffat's Miss Pink books in order, following climber and magistrate Melinda Pink as she investigates crimes amid remote landscapes and communities.

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Miss Pink books in publication order

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16 books

1

Lady with a Cool Eye

by Gwen Moffat

1973

Bett Martin is found dead in her husband's crashed Jaguar beneath a cliff near Plas Mawr Adventure Centre. Director Melinda Pink questions the apparent accident and investigates, discovering that the centre may conceal more serious activities.

2

Two climbers die on a sea stack off Scotland's coast, and police initially consider their deaths accidental. Their climbing friends argue that murder occurred, making themselves suspects and leaving Miss Pink to untangle the technical evidence.

3

A Short Time to Live

by Gwen Moffat

1976

A landslide isolates the Lake District village of Sandale during torrential rain, trapping Miss Pink amid blackmail and criminal activity. When a woman is murdered and another disappears, she investigates with an enigmatic man claiming to be press.

4

Over the Sea to Death

by Gwen Moffat

1976

Climbing guides and their clients gather at a hotel in Skye's mountains, where jealousy and resentments create a volatile atmosphere. Miss Pink must investigate two disguised murders, drawing on her climbing knowledge and understanding of human motives.

5

Persons Unknown

by Gwen Moffat

1978

Miss Pink visits a Welsh coastal village for Roderick Bowen's birthday after he has defeated plans for a reactor on his land. His suspicious fall and a woman's death in a fire demand a closer investigation.

6

Die Like a Dog

by Gwen Moffat

1982

In Snowdonia, landlord Richard Judson angers local residents by letting trained guard dogs roam a nature reserve. When a vicious dog disappears, followed by Judson and his bailiff, Miss Pink investigates alongside detectives Pryce and Williams.

7

Last Chance Country

by Gwen Moffat

1983

Miss Pink visits a wealthy ranch in California's desert and explores its canyons on horseback. News of two women dying in a car plunging over a cliff draws her into an investigation involving conflicting identities and local secrets.

8

Grizzly Trail

by Gwen Moffat

1984

Miss Pink travels through the winter Rockies and visits friends at a ranch in Cougar Canyon. Nearby residents include wildlife poachers, and when bodies are discovered she questions whether grizzly bears really account for the deaths.

9

Snare

by Gwen Moffat

1988

Miss Pink senses trouble in a Highland crofting village where handyman Ivar Campbell hints at secret intelligence work. After his cottage burns and he is murdered, she investigates residents whose relationships conceal deeper tensions and further danger.

10

The Stone Hawk

by Gwen Moffat

1989

At a Utah ranch, Miss Pink joins the search for Birdie, a girl seeking ancient ruins in the canyons. When Birdie is found murdered and another child vanishes, she investigates dangers hidden within the small community.

11

Rage

by Gwen Moffat

1990

Miss Pink's publisher asks her to locate a travel writer who has disappeared while journeying through the Rockies. She follows his trail to Dogtown, where it ends abruptly and contradictory stories suggest that residents are concealing the truth.

12

The Raptor Zone

by Gwen Moffat

1990

Miss Pink arrives in the Oregon community of Sundown, where writers enjoy a cultivated lifestyle amid threatened wildlife habitats. A screenwriter's troublesome assistant intensifies existing tensions, and apparently civilized neighbors begin taking matters into their own hands.

13

Veronica's Sisters

by Gwen Moffat

1992

Exploring a New Mexico canyon, Miss Pink discovers human remains and a rifle in a cave dwelling. With nobody reported missing nearby, she stays in Regis to investigate secrets surrounding a young woman's recent apparent suicide.

14

The Lost Girls

by Gwen Moffat

1998

A drought exposes remains at a Lakeland reservoir, reviving memories of little Joannie Gardner's disappearance forty-five years earlier. When another violent death follows, Miss Pink investigates connections that the flooded dale had allowed residents to leave buried.

15

Private Sins

by Gwen Moffat

1999

While visiting a friend in the Canadian Rockies, Miss Pink becomes entangled in wealthy Charlie Gunn's family conflicts. His disappearance and violent death prompt an investigation through bitter rivalries, hazardous landscapes and a granddaughter's long-unexplained disappearance.

16

Retribution

by Gwen Moffat

2002

Miss Pink's holiday in a picturesque Lakeland dale reveals fraud, neglected livestock and damaging rumors beneath its welcoming surface. When the village busybody is found in a flooded stream, the elderly amateur detective investigates on the locals' behalf.

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