The Chalon Heads [Paperback]

Barry Maitland (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin (2000)
• ISBN-10: 1865082759
• ISBN-13: 978-1865082752
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Third and best so far!, July 29, 2003

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Louis M. Perdue (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Chalon Heads: A Kathy and Brock Mystery (Kathy and Brock Mysteries) (Paperback)

This is an incredible mystery written by someone who is becoming one of my favorite authors very quickly. Each book in this series has been better than the last.

In this story, Kathy & Brock are helping an old acquaintance (actually, an old nemesis of Brock's) with the kidnapping of his much younger wife. The twist is that the ransom is a rare stamp, a Chalon Head (hence the name). There are so many twists and turns in this book that it would be impossible for me to list them all but rest assured, it is not confusing at all, merely enjoyable to the last page.

Congratulations to Mr. Maitland for another creative and well-written book.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic read, as usual!, November 1, 2004

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L. Yang (Auckland, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Chalon Heads: A Kathy and Brock Mystery (Kathy and Brock Mysteries) (Paperback)

Barry Maitland is one of my favorite authors, and this was yet another great book. I highly recommend it. Although I find it puzzling that this is labelled as his third book in this series -in fact it is the fourth. The third is All My Enemies, and I can't seem to find it in this website.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Stamp forgeries and kidnapping, February 5, 2002

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Angel L. Soto (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Chalon Heads: A Kathy and Brock Mystery (Hardcover)

Detective Sergeant Kathy Kolla and Detective Chief Inspector David Brock return in Barry Maitland's latest novel. They are involved in a case involving kidnapping and stolen stamps. This case will affect Brock because aspects of his past are going to be involved in this affair.

There are times in the story when the plot gets to be a bit confusing. The author takes a lot of time bringing out all the players involved. It is not till the end of the novel that we see how one person was manipulating most of the characters. It is not clear exactly one happens but the author puts his effort. We get to see the characters as they are as well as how they pretend to be in other people's company. We get to learn a little bit of Brock's past and we get to see a bit more of Kolla's character.

I preferred Maitland's previous novels to this one. The story here is good but I think THE MALCONTENTA was better. I am looking forward to reading SILVERMEADOW as soon as it becomes available in the United States.