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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1994
  • Latest Book:
    May 2022
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Full Series List in Order

A Kathy and Brock Mystery

1 - The Marx Sisters (1994)
2 - The Malcontenta (1995)
3 - All My Enemies (1996)
4 - The Chalon Heads (Aug-2001)
5 - Silvermeadow (Aug-2002)
6 - Babel (May-2003)
7 - The Verge Practice (Jul-2004)
8 - No Trace (Oct-2006)
9 - Spider Trap (Oct-2007)
10 - Dark Mirror (Oct-2009)
11 - Chelsea Mansions (Nov-2011)
12 - Raven's Eye (Nov-2013)

Book List in Order: 18 titles



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    Detective Kathy Kolla's first case is one for the books. Meredith Winterbottom--a resident of Jerusalem Lane, a quaint section of London inhabited by Eastern European immigrants, and a great-granddaughter of Karl Marx-- is found dead. When a second M...



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    When the apparent suicide of a young physiotherapist starts to take on more sinister aspects, Detective Sergeant Kathy Kolla jumps at the chance to investigate. Soon, questions arise: is a cover-up taking place to protect the reputations of wealthy c...



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    In one of the finest and most pivotal books in this critically acclaimed series, never before published in the U.S., D.S. Kathy Kolla reports to New Scotland Yard and to D.C.I. David Brock's Serious Crime Division. Just before Kolla is to start her ...



  • When Scotland Yard detectives David Brock and Kathy Kolla are summoned to Cabot's, a venerable dealer of rare stamps, they expect a simple case of theft and a pleasant digression from the usual sort of wrongdoing encountered in the Serious Crimes Bra...



  • Two Cases. One location. The first case, a girl gone missing, seems a decidedly local affair. The second, the return of a violent criminal who had fled the country, instantly attracts the interest of Scotland Yard and Detective Inspector David Brock....



  • In Babel, Kathy Kolla and David Brock, Scotland Yard’s brilliant and unconventional crime-solving team, take on an unsettling new mystery that touches many sensitive issues: Arab fundamentalism, genetic engineering, and murder.Following her ordeal ...



  • In The Verge Practice, Kathy Kolla and David Brock, Scotland Yard’s superlative detective duo, take on a puzzling case in the posh world of big-name international architecture, and it has them chasing red herrings and hopping fences from London to ...



  • In a London neighborhood known for its artists and bohemian style, six year old Tracey Rudd is abducted from her home without any warning, or sign of violence. She is the third child abucted under similar circumstances in recent weeks. But this case ...



  • When human bones are discovered in Cockpit Lane, a poor area of inner south London, D.C.I. David Brock and D.S. Kathy Kolla of Scotland Yard are called in to investigate. The first twist in the case comes when Brock and Kolla learn that the victims d...






  • Newly promoted to Detective Inspector, Kathy Kolla of the Serious Crimes Unit is called in by the forensic pathologist regarding the recent sudden death of a London student from what he's determined to be arsenic poisoning. Marion Summers had no reas...



  • The annual Chelsea Flower Show is one of the tourist highlights of London. But this year, the event is tainted by the murder of an American tourist in a random act of violence. But when DCI David Brock's Serious Crime division of Scotland Yard invest...



  • DCI David Brock and DI Kathy Kolla, of Scotland Yard, find themselves pulled into a case of murder, a mysterious death among the houseboats that line the canals around greater London, in Barry Maitland's The Raven's Eye. DI Kathy Kolla of Scotland...



  • A meth-addicted biker shoots a woman during a police siege. An elderly couple commit suicide on the terrace of their favorite café. An unidentified white male is stabbed to death in the street. For Sydney homicide detective Harry Belltree, not long ...



  • Detective Sergeant Harry Belltree is back on the job after a near-fatal confrontation with corrupt colleagues and his presence has become a departmental embarrassment. Because of what happened, he can’t―and doesn’t want to―return to his old p...



  • In this, the final book of the Belltree Trilogy, DS Harry Belltree has gone bush. His obsessive pursuit of justice has cost him everything -- his job, his marriage and his newborn child -- but then his estranged wife disappears, leaving their baby da...



  • Newly promoted Detective Chief Inspector Kathy Kolla investigates a series of brutal murders on Hampstead Heath. Under intense pressure to find answers, she arrests the unlikely figure of Charles Pettigrew, a failing London publisher who lives alone ...





  • Fraud, forgery and murder, set in the high-stakes world of fine art. 'Barry Maitland is one of Australia's finest crime writers.' - Sunday Tasmanian 'Maitland stacks his characters in interesting piles, and lets his mystery burn busily and bright.' -...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Barry Maitland has published 18 books.

Barry Maitland does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Russian Wife, was published in May 2022.

The first book by Barry Maitland, The Marx Sisters, was published in January 1994.

Yes. Barry Maitland has 1 series.