Silvermeadow: A Kathy and Brock Mystery (Kathy and Brock Mysteries)
When Detective Chief Inspector David Brock and Sergeant Kathy Kolla of  Scotland Yard's Serious Crimes Task Force get a tip that a vicious armed robber  who's gotten away from them before has been sighted at the Silvermeadow shopping  mall near London, they use the investigation into the disappearance of a  teenaged mall employee as an excuse to surveil the mall in case the robber  returns. Then the girl's body turns up in a trash-compacting plant not far from  the mall, and Brock and Kathy's search for her killer takes them and their squad  back to Silvermeadow, where rumors of other missing girls last seen at the mall  soon come to their attention. Maitland's riveting police procedural makes the  most of this setup with an intricately layered plot that never fails to surprise  the reader, a number of well-drawn and picaresque minor characters, and a  pulse-pounding denouement.--Jane Adams