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Fiction Thrillers

Old City Hall

by (author) Robert Rotenberg

Publisher
Scribner
Initial publish date
Mar 2012
Category
Thrillers, General, General
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781439190487
    Publish Date
    Dec 2009
    List Price
    $9.99 USD
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781416592853
    Publish Date
    Mar 2009
    List Price
    $29.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781451673494
    Publish Date
    Mar 2012
    List Price
    $23.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781416592860
    Publish Date
    Sep 2009
    List Price
    $16.99

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The murder of a Toronto radio host’s wife engulfs the lives of cops, lawyers, and a journalist in this sprawling legal thriller.

Nominated for the UK Crime Writers Association John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award

Finalist for the Elle magazine (France) Best Crime Novel of the Year

Nominated for the Forest of Reading Evergreen Award 2010

DID CANADA’S FAVOURITE RADIO HOST COMMIT MURDER?

Kevin Brace, Canada’s most famous radio personality, stands in the doorway of his luxury condominium, hands covered in blood, and announces to his newspaper delivery man: “I killed her.” His wife lies dead in the bathtub, fatally stabbed. It would appear to be an open-and-shut case.

The trouble is, Brace refuses to talk to anyone—including his own lawyer—after muttering those incriminating words. With the discovery that the victim was actually a self-destructive alcoholic, the appearance of strange fingerprints at the crime scene, and a revealing courtroom cross-examination, the seemingly simple case takes on all the complexities of a hotly contested murder trial.

In the tradition of defence lawyers turned authors like Scott Turow and John Grisham, Robert Rotenberg delivers a legal thriller rich with his forensic skill and insider knowledge, taking readers on a tour of Toronto from the Don Jail to the towers of Bay Street and into the shadowy corridors of the Old City Hall courthouse.

About the author

Robert Rotenberg is one of Toronto’s top criminal lawyers and the author of several bestselling novels, including Old City Hall, The Guilty Plea, Stray Bullets, and Stranglehold. He lives in Toronto with his wife, television news producer Vaune Davis, and their three children. Visit him at RobertRotenberg.com or follow him @RobertRotenberg.

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