Books written by Barry Maitland

  • The Malcontenta: A Kathy and Brock Mystery

    Lancashire - Bolton , ' he replied . She nodded . β€œ I was partly brought up in Sheffield , but I still have trouble telling the difference . ' ' I saw the light six years ago . Company I'd been with for the previous fifteen years making ...

  • Spider Trap: A Brock and Kolla Mystery

    Brock was feeling for a pulse at Wayne Ferguson's throat. He shook his head. 'Dead.' 'That's what you'll be, Brock!' Spider rasped, chest heaving. Brock got up from Wayne's body and went to search Spider's pockets.

  • The Promised Land

    Newly promoted Detective Chief Inspector Kathy Kolla investigates a series of brutal murders on Hampstead Heath.

  • Crucifixion Creek: The Belltree Trilogy, Book One

    There is a sharp crack and a searing pain rips the flesh across her back. It takes her breath away. She sucks air into her lungs in panic and there is another crack, another shocking flash of pain, and she begins to scream.

  • No Trace: A Brock and Kolla Mystery

    When little Tracey Rudd, the young daughter of notorious artist Gabriel Rudd, is abducted from her home, the third such child to vanish under similar circumstances, Detective Chief Inspector David Brock and Detective Sergeant Kathy Kolla ...

  • The Raven's Eye: A Brock and Kolla Mystery

    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.

  • The Malcontenta

    THE MALCONTENTA BARRY MAITLAND WINNER OF THE NED KELLY PRIZE FOR CRIME FICTION A Brock and Kolla Mystery THE MALCONTENTA THE MALCONTENTA A Brock and Rolla Mystery BARRY. Front Cover.

  • The Malcontenta: A Kathy and Brock Mystery

    Reassigned to Scotland Yard's Family and Juvenile Crime, Kathy Kolla is assigned to investigate an apparent suicide at a local spa and the resulting cover-up, and joins forces with David Brock, who goes undercover as a new patient, to find ...

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  • Ash Island: The Belltree Trilogy, Book Two

    Washington Times 'The Malcontenta is one of the best-crafted, best-plotted and most convincing British thrillers for decades.' Daily Mirror, UK 'Delightful...at once comic and creepy.' Scotsman 'An intricately plotted novel with some ...

  • Crucifixion Creek: A Belltree Mystery

    When they step outside he points to the steel gantry like a hangman's scaffold, out there across the dry grass. β€œIt's an old mine shaft, deep. I put her down there for the night to loosen her tongue. There were things they wanted me to ...

  • Ash Island: A Belltree Mystery

    It seems he is the providore to many of the Asian ships, including the one that Cheung Xiuying came in on. I was going to take that further, but there were more pressing matters.” Gibb checks his watch. β€œI'm short of time.

  • Dark Mirror

    Barry Maitland, nominated by The Australian as one of the top five crime writers in the world, returns with a vengeance in Dark Mirror.

  • The Verge Practice: A Brock and Kolla Mystery

    ... Verge. McNeil was a recently retired structural engineer, and although he had never met Verge in person, he had seen his picture many times in industry journals, and confidently picked him out later when shown photographs. He didn't ...

  • Chelsea Mansions: A Brock and Kolla Mystery

    "Brock and Kolla's meticulous, psychologically astute sleuthing fascinates.