Melody Malone : Private Detective in Old New York Town Melody Malone : Private Detective in Old New York Town was a memoir and guide , posing as a pulp detective novel . The book . The book centred on an investigation into Weeping Angel s in New York City by hotshot female private detective , Melody Malone , ( in reality , future time - travelling archaeologist River Song ) . Melody described herself as having " ice in her heart , a kiss on her lips , and a vulnerable side which she [ kept ] well hidden . " Her " lipstick was combat ready " and she " pack [ ed ] cleavage that could fell an ox at twenty feet . " In chapter 7 , " The Skinny Guy " , it mentioned that on the night of 3 April 1938 , Melody spied a familiar skinny guy , Rory Williams , whom she followed for two blocks before he turned around and told her that he had just gone to get coffee for her husband , the Eleventh Doctor , and her mum Amy Pond . They greeted each other , " Hello , River . " " Hello , Dad " . The book went on to tell of Melody and her father Rory Williams being taken to the home of mobster Julius Grayle at 406 94th Street , in Manhattan , her restraint by Grayle at the hand of an Angel , Rory ' s basement imprisonment with cherub Angels , and her rescue by her husband and her mother , who knew where and when to arrive by having found the book in the Doctor ' s coat pocket and having read up to that point in Chapters 8 and 9 , " Julius Grayle " and " Calling the Doctor " . Fearful of reading something undesirable and thus creating an unalterable fixed point in time , they proceeded to obtain further insight by reading only the chapter titles in the book ' s table of contents . Even doing that , however , devastated the Doctor when he saw the final two chapters were titled " Death at Winter Quay " and " Amelia ' s Last Farewell " . After living through the events and twice witnessing her parents disappearances through time while risking their lives , River Song proceeded to write the book . The Doctor and the TARDIS could not return to New York ' s past without destroying the city , but River and her vortex manipulator apparently could do so , thereby enabling her to give the manuscript to her mother , Amelia Williams . River also told her grieving husband that she would instruct her mother to write him an afterword , whereupon he flew the TARDIS to Central Park to retrieve the final page which he had earlier discarded . ( TV : " The Angels Take Manhattan " ) Chapters . Afterword , by Amelia Williams . Hello , old friend . And here we are . You and me on the last page . By the time you read these words , Rory and I will be long gone , so know that we lived well and we ' re very happy , and above all else , know that we will love you . Always . Sometimes I do worry about you , though . I think ; once we ' re gone you won ' t be coming back here for a while and you might be alone , which you should never be . Don ' t be alone , Doctor . And do one more thing for me : There ' s a little girl waiting in a garden . She ' s going to wait a long while , so she ' s going to need a lot of hope . Go to her . Tell her a story . Tell her that if she ' s patient , the days are coming that she ' ll never forget . Tell her she ' ll go to sea and fight pirates , she ' ll fall in love with a man who ' ll wait two thousand years to keep her safe , tell her she ' ll give hope to the greatest painter who ever lived , and save a whale in outer space . Tell her this is the story of Amelia Pond , and this is how it ends . ( TV : " The Angels Take Manhattan " ) References . Bertie Potts asked Marcus Gifford if he had ever read any " Melody Malone " , in order to convince him that River was the best person to investigate Jenkins ' murder . ( AUDIO : " I Went to a Marvellous Party " )