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Gwen Moffat Books in Order

Gwen Moffat has written 32 books, published between 1961 and 2007. The first book is Space Below My Feet (1961) and the newest is Gone Feral (2007). Publication order is the reading order below. 16 of the 32 books listed here are in the Miss Melinda Pink series, which has its own page: Miss Melinda Pink books in order.

Books
32
Published
1961–2007
Pages on record
4,315 in 15 of 32 books
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Gwen Moffat is a British mountaineer and writer, born in 1924. Space Below My Feet (1961) opens a catalogue of 32 books that turns to crime fiction with Miss Melinda Pink, a woman detective and mountaineer whose cases include Lady with a Cool Eye (1973), Miss Pink at the Edge of the World (1975) and Over the Sea to Death (1976). Mountaineering, travel writing and women sleuths run through the list, which ends with Gone Feral (2007).

How many Gwen Moffat books are there?

Gwen Moffat has 32 books, released between 1961 and 2007. 16 of them belong to the Miss Melinda Pink series.

Gwen Moffat Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 32 Gwen Moffat books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Space Below My Feet by Gwen Moffat (1961)
  2. Cover of Hard Option by Gwen Moffat (1975)
  3. Cover of Hard Road West by Gwen Moffat (1981)
  4. Cover of The Buckskin Girl by Gwen Moffat (1982)
  5. Cover of Last Chance Country by Gwen Moffat, book 7 of the Miss Melinda Pink series (1983)
  6. Cover of Snare by Gwen Moffat, book 9 of the Miss Melinda Pink series (1988)
  7. Cover of Rage by Gwen Moffat, book 11 of the Miss Melinda Pink series (1990)
  8. Cover of The Storm Seekers by Gwen Moffat (1992)
  9. Cover of Deviant Death by Gwen Moffat (1995)
  10. Cover of Cue the Battered Wife by Gwen Moffat (1996)
  11. Cover of Pit Bull by Gwen Moffat (1997)
  12. Cover of The Outside Edge by Gwen Moffat (1998)
  13. Cover of The Lost Girls by Gwen Moffat, book 14 of the Miss Melinda Pink series (1998)
  14. Cover of A Wreath of Dead Moths by Gwen Moffat (1999)
  15. Cover of Running Dogs by Gwen Moffat (1999)
  1. 1
    Space Below My Feet1961 · 368 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1961368
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  2. 2
    On My Home Ground1968 · 256 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1968256
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  3. 3
    Survival Count1972 · confirmed 2/4
    1972–
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  4. 4
    Lady with a Cool EyeMiss Melinda Pink #11973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  5. 5
    Miss Pink at the Edge of the WorldMiss Melinda Pink #21975 · confirmed 2/4
    1975–
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  6. 6
    Hard Option1975 · 222 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1975222
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  7. 7
    Over the Sea to DeathMiss Melinda Pink #31976 · confirmed 2/4
    1976–
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  8. 8
    A Short Time to LiveMiss Melinda Pink #41976 · confirmed 2/4
    1976–
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  9. 9
    Persons UnknownMiss Melinda Pink #51978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978–
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  10. 10
    Hard Road West1981 · 198 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1981198
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  11. 11
    The Buckskin Girl1982 · 416 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1982416
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  12. 12
    Die Like a DogMiss Melinda Pink #61982 · confirmed 2/4
    1982–
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  13. 13
    Last Chance CountryMiss Melinda Pink #71983 · 183 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983183
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  14. 14
    Grizzly TrailMiss Melinda Pink #81984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  15. 15
    SnareMiss Melinda Pink #91988 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988278
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  16. 16
    The Stone HawkMiss Melinda Pink #101989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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  17. 17
    RageMiss Melinda Pink #111990 · 207 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990207
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  18. 18
    The Raptor ZoneMiss Melinda Pink #121990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  19. 19
    The Storm Seekers1992 · 360 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1992360
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  20. 20
    Veronica's SistersMiss Melinda Pink #131992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
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  21. 21
    Deviant Death1995 · 221 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1995221
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  22. 22
    Cue the Battered Wife1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  23. 23
    The Corpse Road1996 · confirmed 2/4
    1996–
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  24. 24
    Pit Bull1997 · 432 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1997432
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  25. 25
    The Outside Edge1998 · 400 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998400
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  26. 26
    The Lost GirlsMiss Melinda Pink #141998 · 360 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998360
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  27. 27
    A Wreath of Dead Moths1999 · 222 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999222
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  28. 28
    Running Dogs1999 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1999192
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  29. 29
    Private SinsMiss Melinda Pink #151999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  30. 30
    RetributionMiss Melinda Pink #162002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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  31. 31
    Dying for Love2004 · confirmed 2/4
    2004–
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  32. 32
    Gone Feral2007 · confirmed 2/4
    2007–
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Gwen Moffat series and characters in order

Each link below opens a reading-order page with every book in publication order.

Gwen Moffat books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

16 books

16 Gwen Moffat titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Gwen Moffat books in order?

You only need to read Gwen Moffat books in order within the Miss Melinda Pink series, which holds 16 of the 32 Gwen Moffat books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Gwen Moffat

Start with the first book of the Gwen Moffat series you want to read: Miss Melinda Pink starts with Lady with a Cool Eye (1973) and Miss Pink starts with Lady with a Cool Eye (1973). The earliest catalogued title overall is Space Below My Feet (1961).

What is the newest Gwen Moffat book?

Gone Feral (2007) is the newest Gwen Moffat book released so far.

Is there a new Gwen Moffat book coming?

No next Gwen Moffat book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Gwen Moffat at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Gwen Moffat title on record dates from 2007, 19 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Gwen Moffat books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
4,315 pages across the 15 of 32 books with a recorded length, a median of 256 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Gwen Moffat books, 13 of 32, were published in the 1990s.

What the Gwen Moffat books are about

15 of the 32 Gwen Moffat books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: melinda pink (fictitious character) is tagged on 4 of 15. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.