Brock and Kolla Books in Order
Barry Maitland has written 14 Brock and Kolla books, published between 1994 and 2021. The first book is The Marx Sisters (1994) and the newest is The Russian Wife (2021). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 14
- Published
- 1994–2021
- Confirmed
- 14 of 14 titles
- Pages on record
- 3,871 in 12 of 14 books
- Reading time
- 65–97 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 3,871 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 12 of 14 titles with a page count on record.
Brock and Kolla pairs the fictitious police characters David Brock and Kathy Kolla in a London police procedural series by Barry Maitland. The pair appear across 14 books from The Marx Sisters (1994) to The Russian Wife (2021). The Malcontenta, The Chalon Heads, Silvermeadow, Babel, No Trace and Dark Mirror are among the titles. Maitland's series list names the run Brock and Kolla, also given as Kathy and Brock. No book has followed since 2021.
How many Brock and Kolla books are there?
Brock and Kolla has 14 books, released between 1994 and 2021.
Brock and Kolla Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 14 Brock and Kolla books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 119943143/4
- 219953483/4
- 31996–3/4
- 419983263/4
- 520003463/4
- 620022803/4
- 720033133/4
- 820043203/4
- 920063303/4
- 1020093293/4
- 112011–3/4
- 1220133253/4
- 1320193203/4
- 1420213203/4
Do you have to read Brock and Kolla books in order?
You should read the Brock and Kolla books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Brock and Kolla book also stands alone.
Where to start with Brock and Kolla
Start with The Marx Sisters (1994), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Brock and Kolla book?
The Russian Wife (2021) is the newest Brock and Kolla book released so far.
Is there a new Brock and Kolla book coming?
No next Brock and Kolla book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Brock and Kolla at a glance
- Paused
- No new Brock and Kolla title has appeared for 5 years. The last was published in 2021.
- Release pace
- Brock and Kolla books have appeared about one every 2 years on average.
- Length
- 3,871 pages across the 12 of 14 books with a recorded length, a median of 322 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Brock and Kolla books, 6 of 14, were published in the 2000s.
What the Brock and Kolla books are about
All 14 Brock and Kolla books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: kathy kolla (fictitious character) is tagged on 10 of 14. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Kathy Kolla (Fictitious character) 10 of 14 books
- Police 9 of 14 books
- David Brock (Fictitious character) 8 of 14 books
- Policewomen 6 of 14 books
- Brock, david (fictitious character) 4 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective, police procedural 4 of 14 books
- Mystery & detective 3 of 14 books
- London (England) 2 of 14 books
- Policewomen in fiction 2 of 14 books
More books by Barry Maitland
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
- Barry Maitland books in order 18 books