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Miss Melinda Pink Books in Order

Miss Melinda Pink by Gwen Moffat contains 16 books, published between 1973 and 2002. The first book is Lady with a Cool Eye (1973) and the newest is Retribution (2002). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
16
Published
1973–2002
Pages on record
1,028 in 4 of 16 books
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Miss Melinda Pink is a Gwen Moffat mystery series featuring the fictitious character Melinda Pink, with women detectives and women mountaineers among the series subjects. The 16 books were published from 1973 to 2002. Lady with a Cool Eye (1973) is the first, followed by Miss Pink at the Edge of the World (1975), Over the Sea to Death (1976) and A Short Time to Live (1976). Scotland and missing persons also appear in the subjects. Grizzly Trail (1984) and The Stone Hawk (1989) are later entries, and Retribution (2002) is the last.

How many Miss Melinda Pink books are there?

Miss Melinda Pink has 16 books, released between 1973 and 2002.

Miss Melinda Pink Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 16 Miss Melinda Pink 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 Last Chance Country by Gwen Moffat, book 7 of the Miss Melinda Pink series (1983)
  2. Cover of Snare by Gwen Moffat, book 9 of the Miss Melinda Pink series (1988)
  3. Cover of Rage by Gwen Moffat, book 11 of the Miss Melinda Pink series (1990)
  4. Cover of The Lost Girls by Gwen Moffat, book 14 of the Miss Melinda Pink series (1998)
  1. 1
    Lady with a Cool Eye1973 · confirmed 2/4
    1973–
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  2. 2
    Miss Pink at the Edge of the World1975 · confirmed 2/4
    1975–
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  3. 3
    Over the Sea to Death1976 · confirmed 2/4
    1976–
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  4. 4
    A Short Time to Live1976 · confirmed 2/4
    1976–
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  5. 5
    Persons Unknown1978 · confirmed 2/4
    1978–
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  6. 6
    Die Like a Dog1982 · confirmed 2/4
    1982–
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  7. 7
    Last Chance Country1983 · 183 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1983183
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  8. 8
    Grizzly Trail1984 · confirmed 2/4
    1984–
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  9. 9
    Snare1988 · 278 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1988278
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  10. 10
    The Stone Hawk1989 · confirmed 2/4
    1989–
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  11. 11
    Rage1990 · 207 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1990207
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  12. 12
    The Raptor Zone1990 · confirmed 2/4
    1990–
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  13. 13
    Veronica's Sisters1992 · confirmed 2/4
    1992–
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  14. 14
    The Lost Girls1998 · 360 pages · confirmed 2/4
    1998360
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  15. 15
    Private Sins1999 · confirmed 2/4
    1999–
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  16. 16
    Retribution2002 · confirmed 2/4
    2002–
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Is there a chronological order for Miss Melinda Pink?

No separate chronological order is on record for Miss Melinda Pink, because none of the book listings this catalogue draws on publishes one; the publication order above is the only order given.

Do you have to read Miss Melinda Pink books in order?

You should read the Miss Melinda Pink books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Miss Melinda Pink book also stands alone.

Where to start with Miss Melinda Pink

Start with Lady with a Cool Eye (1973), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Miss Melinda Pink book?

Retribution (2002) is the newest Miss Melinda Pink book released so far.

Is there a new Miss Melinda Pink book coming?

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

Miss Melinda Pink at a glance

No recent titles
The newest Miss Melinda Pink title on record dates from 2002, 24 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
Release pace
Miss Melinda Pink books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
Length
1,028 pages across the 4 of 16 books with a recorded length, a median of 242 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Miss Melinda Pink books, 5 of 16, were published in the 1990s.

What the Miss Melinda Pink books are about

4 of the 16 Miss Melinda Pink 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 3 of 4. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.

More books by Gwen Moffat

The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.

Characters in the Miss Melinda Pink books

The character linked below has its own reading-order page.