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“Breathtaking . . . A securely woven spiderweb of storyline and a wealthy cast of character types make this a really gripping read.” —Jeffery Deaver, author of The Bodies Remaining Behind
It should be an wide open–and–shut circumstance. Canada’s leading radio–show web host, Kevin Brace, has confessed to getting rid of his young wife. He previously come to the door of his luxury condominium with his hands protected in bloodstream and advised the magazine deliveryman: “I killed her.” His wife’s body lay in the bathtub of their collection, fatal knife wound just underneath the sternum.
Now all which should remain is legal technique: record the crime field, prosecute the truth, and be done with it. The trouble is, Brace refuses to talk to anyone—including his own law firm—after muttering those incriminating words. With the breakthrough that the sufferer was actually a self-destructive alcoholic, the looks of peculiar fingerprints at the criminal offense field, and a revealing courtroom cross-examination, the relatively simple case commences to defend myself against all the complexities of the hotly–contested murder trial.
In the custom of defense attorneys–turned–creators such as Scott Turow and John Grisham, Toronto-based protection counsel Robert Rotenberg delivers a debut legal thriller wealthy with his forensic skill. Tightly rooted in Toronto, from the traditional Don Prison to the sterile morgue and the shadowy corridors of the ancient courthouse, Old City Hall will take the audience inside clattering Italian restaurants and late-night greasy spoons—and external, to open-air skating rinks and parade-filled roadways. Rotenberg leads us on a remarkable tour of the city as fascinating and vital as the motley outfit populating his history: there’s Awotwe Amankwah, the only real black reporter covering the criminal offense; Judge Johnathan Summers, a vintage navy captain who operates his courtroom like he’s still standing up astride the foredeck; Edna Wingate, an eighty-three calendar year old British conflict bride who just is in love with hot yoga; and Daniel Kennicott, a ex - big-firm lawyer who became a cop after his brother was murdered and the investigation hit a dead end.
Douglas Preston rejoices that Rotenberg’s Toronto options “get this to most multicultural city in North America stand out.” Elmore Leonard has Florida; John Lescroart, San Francisco; Robert B. Parker, Boston; Scott Turow, Chicago; George Pelecanos, D.C. And today, with Old City Hall, Rotenberg offers us a page-turning legal thriller occur a diverse and unexpected Toronto filled up with unexpected character types and storyline twists that keep you speculating before very end.
