Miss Pink, an intrepid and unconventional murder investigator, is on her way to the remote estate of millionaire Jack Nielsen. She faces a hazardous journey alone, across the empty desert of Death Valley and through formidable mountain passes before reaching an animal sanctuary where wildlife is protected. Miss Pink is soon investigating puzzling murders, with Nielsen's staff as suspects.
Miss Melinda Pink's attempt to finish her manuscript in the quit Scottish village of Sgoradale is hampered by anonymous letters, blackmail, a disappearance, and murder
Commissioned by Dorset Press to trace the path of their delinquent star author, Timothy Argent, through the Sierras, gothic writer and mountain climber Miss Melinda Pink soon discovers that Argent's trek may prove fatal for all involved
'Cool, incisive tale of collusive amorality - from one of the crime shelf's defter hands' - THE GUARDIAN 'Gwen Moffat creates vivid characters, and not only manages a fast-moving, well-patterned plot but also shows an apptitude for brilliant, atmospheric set pieces' - DAILY MAIL When a Lakeland dale is flooded to form a reservoir there are no protests, only relief. The rising water should cover the remains of little Joannie Gardner, and folk can forget both the child and the man who left the dale shortly after her disappearance. Forty-five years on, as the water recedes in a prolonged drought, a dog's ghastly find revives the events and rumours surrounding Joannie's disappearance. Then another violent death occurs and it is amateur sleuth Melinda Pink who makes the connections to reveal more horrors than had ever been suspected.