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.

Books
32
Published
1961–2007
Pages on record
4,315 in 15 of 32 books

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).

Source: Wikidata

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 November 2026.

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

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.

Miss Melinda Pink in order

16 books
  1. 1. Lady with a Cool Eye
  2. 2. Miss Pink at the Edge of the World
  3. 3. Over the Sea to Death
  4. 4. A Short Time to Live
  5. 5. Persons Unknown
  6. 6. Die Like a Dog
  7. 7. Last Chance Country
  8. 8. Grizzly Trail
  9. 9. Snare
  10. 10. The Stone Hawk
  11. 11. Rage
  12. 12. The Raptor Zone
  13. and 4 more in the table above

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 Space Below My Feet (1961), the earliest published title.

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.

When Gwen Moffat books were published

Publication distribution by decade, showing when Gwen Moffat titles appeared. 1990s was the most productive decade with 13 titles.

1960s
2
1970s
7
1980s
7
1990s
13
2000s
3

32 books total across 5 decades. Decade reflects the year each title was first catalogued.

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.