title: Spider Trap: A Brock and Kolla Mystery (Brock and Kolla Mysteries)
author:  Barry Maitland 
description: This gripping and complex ninth installment of Maitland's Brock and Kolla series (after 2006's <i>No Trace</i>) ties past and present in London's West Indian community. After the bodies of two young girls are found in South London, both shot through the head, media attention precipitates a Scotland Yard investigation. A schoolboy exploring a deserted Brixton rail yard uncovers three unidentified bodies shot with the same gun some 24 years before, at a time of civil unrest and riots. Det. Sgt. Kathy Kolla investigates the girls' murders, while DCI David Brock feels compelled to follow the slim leads to the past as the investigation widens to include an agent from Special Branch and aging ex-con Spider Roach. Some of Spider's family and associates have risen to wealth and prominence, and Brock's queries run up against a suspicious number of walls. Though character development is somewhat lacking, the intricate plot, spot-on dialogue and vivid descriptions will keep readers turning the pages. <i>(Oct.)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  **THE MYSTERY**
  
   **OF**
  
   **THE SILVER SPIDER**
  
   **Robert Arthur**
  
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  **INTRODUCTION**
  
  “We investigate anything” is the motto of The Three Investigators — Jupiter
  Jones, Pete Crenshaw and Bob Andrews. All three boys are from Rocky Beach,
  California, a town not far from Hollywood, on the Pacific Coast. And they live
  up to their motto, as those of you know who have met them in earlier books.
  
  They usually solve local mysteries — ones that happen close to their secret
  Headquarters in The Jones Salvage Yard. That super-junkyard is owned by
  Mathilda and Titus Jones, Jupiter’s aunt and uncle. But this time The Three
  Investigators travel all the way to Europe and get tangled up in a devious
  plot involving a beautiful silver spider.
  
  It’s tempting to let you in on some of the strange events to come, but I’ll
  restrain myself. All I will tell you is that this time my three young friends
  find themselves mixed up in a bigger and more dangerous mys