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{{retitle|''Melody Malone Mysteries''}} | {{retitle|''Melody Malone Mysteries''}} | ||
{{You may|River Song|n1=River Song, a frequent user of "Melody Malone" as an alias|Melody Malone|n2=the unrelated fictional character}} | {{You may|River Song|n1=River Song, a frequent user of "Melody Malone" as an alias|Melody Malone|n2=the unrelated fictional character}} | ||
[[File:Melody Malone novel screenshot.jpg|thumb|right|The first novel in the series. ([[TV]]: | [[File:Melody Malone novel screenshot.jpg|thumb|right|The first novel in the series. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}})]] | ||
The '''''Melody Malone Mysteries''''' ([[PROSE]]: | The '''''Melody Malone Mysteries''''' ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ruby's Curse (novel)}}) was a series of crime [[novel]]s ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|About the Authors (feature)}}) written by [[River Song]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ruby's Curse (novel)}}) and her mother, [[Amelia Williams]], ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ruby's Curse (novel)}}, [[WC]]: {{cs|Rory's Story (webcast)}}) who also edited the series. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|About the Authors (feature)}}) | ||
== History == | == History == | ||
The first of these books, ''[[Melody Malone: Private Detective in Old New York Town]]'', was written by River, and was closely based on facts, being a record of Amy and [[Rory Williams|Rory]]'s last adventure with the [[Eleventh Doctor]] before they were catapulted back in time by the [[Weeping Angel]]s; the central character of Melody Malone was revealed to be none other than River herself. It included an afterword was later written by Amy, under the name of Amelia Williams. ([[TV]]: | The first of these books, ''[[Melody Malone: Private Detective in Old New York Town]]'', was written by River, and was closely based on facts, being a record of Amy and [[Rory Williams|Rory]]'s last adventure with the [[Eleventh Doctor]] before they were catapulted back in time by the [[Weeping Angel]]s; the central character of Melody Malone was revealed to be none other than River herself. It included an afterword was later written by Amy, under the name of Amelia Williams. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Angels Take Manhattan (TV story)}}) | ||
Much to the surprise of River, who had only ever intended for the Doctor to read it, the book proved a hit amongst [[1930s]] readers. Her publishers wanted more, and River was commissioned to write a prequel, which she called ''[[The Angel's Kiss]]''. | Much to the surprise of River, who had only ever intended for the Doctor to read it, the book proved a hit amongst [[1930s]] readers. Her publishers wanted more, and River was commissioned to write a prequel, which she called ''[[The Angel's Kiss]]''. | ||
In the wake of its continued popularity, as well as the need to help her parents subsist in their [[Amy and Rory Williams' home (Rory's Story)|newfound home]] of the 1930s, River began to write a third ''Melody Malone'' book in [[1939]]. She retreated to her old cell in [[Stormcage Containment Facility]] in [[5147]] for a quiet place to write. However due to River entering the story to retrieve a reality-altering weapon, the [[Eye of Horus (The Ruby's Curse)|Eye of Horus]], hidden there by [[Ventrion]], ''[[The Ruby's Curse]]'' was rewritten to be an accurate account of River's adventure. As this would expose her parents as time travellers, River and Amy agreed the book | In the wake of its continued popularity, as well as the need to help her parents subsist in their [[Amy and Rory Williams' home (Rory's Story)|newfound home]] of the 1930s, River began to write a third ''Melody Malone'' book in [[1939]]. She retreated to her old cell in [[Stormcage Containment Facility]] in [[5147]] for a quiet place to write. However due to River entering the story to retrieve a reality-altering weapon, the [[Eye of Horus (The Ruby's Curse)|Eye of Horus]], hidden there by [[Ventrion]], ''[[The Ruby's Curse]]'' was rewritten to be an accurate account of River's adventure. As this would expose her parents as time travellers, River and Amy agreed the book wouldn't be published until the early [[2020s]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ruby's Curse (novel)}}) | ||
After the incident with the Eye of Horus, Amy decided to accelerate her plans of taking over the book series, as River was now too close to Melody to really write her. ([[PROSE]]: | After the incident with the Eye of Horus, Amy decided to accelerate her plans of taking over the book series, as River was now too close to Melody to really write her. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Ruby's Curse (novel)}}) Indeed, by [[1946]], Amy had written further books for the series. ([[WC]]: {{cs|Rory's Story (webcast)}}) In a later edition of ''[[Summer Falls]]'', ''The Angel's Kiss'' was included, and in the introduction, Amelia claimed it was the first book she read when she came to New York. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Summer Falls: Introduction (short story)}}) | ||
One ''Melody Malone'' book that was published was ''[[Heart of Stone]]''. "Some" attributed the origin of the stories of the [[Weeping Angel]]s to it. ([[PROSE]]: | One ''Melody Malone'' book that was published was ''[[Heart of Stone]]''. "Some" attributed the origin of the stories of the [[Weeping Angel]]s to it. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)}}) | ||
[[Category:Book series]] | [[Category:Book series]] | ||
