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| Title | : | The Marx Sisters: A Kathy Kolla and David Brock Mystery (Brock & Kolla #1) |
| Author | : | Barry Maitland |
| Book Format | : | ebook |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 999 pages |
| Published | : | January 23rd 2012 by Arcade (first published 1994) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Fiction. European Literature. British Literature |
Barry Maitland
ebook | Pages: 999 pages Rating: 3.75 | 1616 Users | 135 Reviews
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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. Was she the victim of greedy real-estate developers, or was she killed for the politics of another age? When a second Marx sister is killed, David Brock, Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard, is brought in to help. As Kathy and Brock delve into the Lane's eccentric melting pot, they find unpublished letters from Marx to Engels; a possible fourth volume of Das Kapital; an endless list of shady suspects; and a plot to end Kathy's investigating days for good. Can they unravel the mystery before Kathy's first case is her last?
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| Original Title: | The Marx Sisters |
| ISBN: | 1611459877 (ISBN13: 9781611459876) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Brock & Kolla #1 |
| Characters: | Eleanor, Caroline Winter, Kathy Kolla, David Brock, Meredith Winterbottom, Peg Blythe, Eleanor Harper, Terry Winter, Bren Gurney, Leon Desai, Gregory Thomas "Upper" North |
| Setting: | London, England(United Kingdom) |
| Literary Awards: | CWA New Blood Dagger (1994) |
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Ratings: 3.75 From 1616 Users | 135 ReviewsAppraise About Books The Marx Sisters: A Kathy Kolla and David Brock Mystery (Brock & Kolla #1)
Since I inadvertently started reading this series with book #10, Dark Mirror, I decided that it was pretty decent and there are all these other books in the series, and now I have to read them all. So I immediately ordered books 1 & 2 from the library, in hopes of being able to get through these books quickly. (Not because they're not good, but just because I have so many other books I also need to read. NEED.)What I had liked about Dark Mirror was that it involved so many details aboutThe death of the elderly Meredith Winterbottom could easily have been from natural causes but lead investigator Detective Sergeant Kathy Kolla was suspicious. Living with her two sisters, Eleanor and Peg, the three women were refusing to leave their apartment in Jerusalem Lane in London, where developers were gradually buying everyone out in the surrounding area. But the ladies were determined to stay where they had been for many years.Partnering Kathy for this case was Scotland Yard Inspector
The Marx Sisters is the first in a long-running series called Brock and Kolla. Brock is Scotland Yard Chief Inspector David Brock, an experienced officer. Kolla is the much younger Kathy Kolla, a much more inexperienced officer. This first case is set in a little forgotten enclave in the middle of central London, an area where longtime Eastern European immigrants live in the old houses they moved into decades earlier, in between the shiny office blocks.The Marx Sisters of the title are some of
"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 Marx sister is killed, David Brock, chief inspector of Scotland Yard, is brought in to help. As Kathy and Brock delve into the Lane's eccentric melting pot, they find unpublished letters from Marx to Engels: a possible fourth volume of Das Kapital
If you love to learn fascinating things about obscure studies, you'll love reading the Brock and Kolla series. This is the second of the series that I've read. I guess I wasn't paying attention at the time, reading volume 4 (the subject there was stamps). In this one the study is old manuscripts and in particular the writings of Karl Marx. There are several bodies and Kolla is almost killed. The author should do a search on her name in this one because several times she refers to herself as
I really enjoyed The Marx Sisters and I was very happy to spend time with two relatively normal police officers leading relatively normal lives. I sometimes get tired of the alcoholics (and worse) who feature as 'great' detectives in many books in this genre.Due to the fact that Brock and Kolla, so far anyway, do not have huge personal issues the author had time to treat us to an excellent story with lots of solid police procedure and many twists and turns in the plot. The characters of both
My library, which I love, adore and think is completely fabulous, recently started using the BorrowBox system. With this system, library members download the BorrowBox app and use it to borrow eBooks and audiobooks. I'm always happy to give anything that increases my access to books a go (especially if I can access the books for free without leaving the house!) so I was pretty keen to try it out. There aren't many ebooks available so my choice was pretty limited. The first book I downloaded was
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