Order of Brock and Kolla Books
Australian crime writer Barry Maitland created the Brock and Kolla series, sometimes known as the Kathy and Brock series, featuring a pioneering male-female detective partnership within London's Metropolitan Police. These novels broke new ground by centering the narrative around this dual protagonist structure, with the seasoned, older Detective Chief Inspector Brock paired alongside the ambitious Detective Sergeant Kathy Kolla.
The dynamic between these characters evolves throughout the series - initially, Kathy looks to Brock as a mentor while she develops her investigative skills, but as the books progress, she grows into her own confident detective while earning Brock's increasing respect and trust.
Launched in 1994 with The Marx Sisters, this ongoing crime fiction series continues to follow the Metropolitan Police duo through their cases. The books listed below follow both their publication sequence and the chronological order of the characters' adventures:
| # | Title | Year | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  The Marx Sisters | 1994 | |
| 2 |  The Malcontenta | 1995 | |
| 3 |  All My Enemies | 1996 | |
| 4 |  The Chalon Heads | 1998 | |
| 5 |  Silvermeadow | 2000 | |
| 6 |  Babel | 2002 | |
| 7 |  The Verge Practice | 2003 | |
| 8 |  No Trace | 2004 | |
| 9 |  Spider Trap | 2006 | |
| 10 |  Dark Mirror | 2009 | |
| 11 |  Chelsea Mansions | 2011 | |
| 12 |  The Raven's Eye | 2013 | |
| 13 |  The Promised Land | 2019 | |
| 14 |  The Russian Wife | 2021 |