Old City Hall

Breathtaking . . . A tightly woven spiderweb of plot and a rich cast of characters make this a truly gripping read. ―Jeffery Deaver author of The Bodies Left BehindThe murder of a Toronto radio host''s wife engulfs the lives of cops lawyers and a journalist in this sprawling legal thriller.It should be an open–and–shut case. Canada''s leading radio-show host Kevin Brace has confessed to killing his young wife. The trouble is after muttering his last incriminating wordes --I killed her-- he now refuses to talk to anyone including his own lawyer.With the discovery of strange fingerprints at the crime scene and a revealing courtroom cross-examination the seemingly simple case begins to take on all the complexities of a hotly contested murder trial.In the tradition of defense lawyers-turned-authors such as Scott Turow and John Grisham Toronto-based defense counsel Robert Rotenberg delivers a debut legal thriller.