Silvermeadow

A killer resurfaces and a girl goes missing—two cases in one location for Scotland Yard’s David Brock and Kathy Kolla, from the author of Slaughter Park.
 
When he learns that his longtime nemesis, the amphetamine-juiced killer and thief known as “Upper” North, may have surfaced, Det. David Brock assembles his team and summons Det. Srgt. Kathy Kolla. Their manhunt centers on Silvermeadow, the supermall on the outskirts of London where North was spotted. Brock and Kolla camouflage their search for North by taking on the case of a missing mall employee. They lie in wait, hoping to catch North before he can strike with a new crime. Yet what should they make of rumors of other young girls disappearing from Silvermeadow? Is there a predator on the loose within the apparent safety of a carefully orchestrated aura of order and control? Very quickly, the mall itself—and its colorful cast of characters—becomes key to the dual investigations. This is Maitland at his cunning best.
 
“Barry Maitland is a master of mysteries.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review