Pre-Owned Chelsea Mansions (Hardcover) by Barry Maitland

from pgchuis

I was disappointed in this one. An American tourist is (literally) thrown under a bus, but then she is forgotten at the expense of a Russian oligarch (yawn!). The Ugandan with the infectious disease was wholly irrelevant to the plot and seems to have been included solely to get Brock out of the w...

from pgchuis

I was disappointed in this one. An American tourist is (literally) thrown under a bus, but then she is forgotten at the expense of a Russian oligarch (yawn!). The Ugandan with the infectious disease was wholly irrelevant to the plot and seems to have been included solely to get Brock out of the w...

from austcrimefiction

With any long term series, it's not surprising to see an author rejigging the relationships just a little, bringing in new perspectives or adjusting the expectations. CHELSEA MANSIONS is the ninth Brock and Kolla book from Barry Maitland, and in the last book there were hints that there is a litt...

from McHenrysPlace

This is my first Brock and Kolla Mystery, and I usually never start this far along in a series (this is the 11th novel). However, this was the only one in the library at the time so I gave it a try. Glad I did--I like the characters, and I care about what they are up to and this is the first prer...

from smik

A worthwhile read, #11 in Maitland's long standing Brock & Kolla series, the first published in 1994. DCI Brock and DI Kolla have been together through so many cases that they have developed a very close relationship despite the difference in their ages. I have included this in my lists for both ...