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Old city hall / Robert Rotenberg.
The story opens with Canada's most famous radio personality, Kevin Brace, coming to the door of his Toronto condominium, blood on his hands and telling his newspaper delivery man, "I killed her." It seems to be an open and shut case of murder but all the pieces do not fit together. The Dickensian ensemble cast of characters makes this a unique and exciting debut thriller.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781451673494 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 372 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: Touchstone export edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
- Copyright: ©2009
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "A Touchstone book." |
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| Subject: | Radio personalities > Fiction. Uxoricide > Fiction. Toronto (Ont.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Thrillers (Fiction) Legal fiction (Literature) |
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- 0 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Roten | 31681010070118 | FICTION | Checked out | 07/29/2025 |
- Simon and Schuster
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 CANADAâS FAVOURITE RADIO HOST COMMIT MURDER?
Kevin Brace, Canadaâs most famous radio personality, stands in the doorway of his luxury condominium, hands covered in blood, and announces to his newspaper delivery man: âI killed her.â 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 anyoneâincluding his own lawyerâafter 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.
