"Old City Hall "opens with a bang, or perhaps a stab: Canada's
leading radio show host, Kevin Brace, comes to the door of his
luxury condominium with his hands covered in blood and tells the
newspaper delivery man: "I killed her." The "her" in question is
his young wife, whose body lies in the bathtub of their suite, a
knife wound through the sternum.
So, if he killed her, where's the mystery? That's the question
asked by the detectives plowing through what should be an openand-
shut case. Even Kevin's defense attorney doesn't know what really
happened, because he refuses to talk to her or to anyone else after
muttering those incriminating words. With the discovery that the
victim was actually a self-destructive alcoholic, and the
appearance of strange fingerprints in the Brace apartment, the
mystery gets more complex just as it should be getting simpler.
Robert Rotenberg claims and celebrates the city of Toronto as a
character as exciting and vital as the Dickensian ensemble
populating the story. Douglas Preston rejoices that Rotenberg's
"Toronto settings make this most multicultural city in North
America come alive." Elmore Leonard has Florida; John Lescroart,
San Francisco; Robert Parker, Boston; Scott Turow, Chicago; George
Pelecanos, D.C. And now, in "Old City Hall," Rotenberg creates in
modern-day Toronto a canvas as diverse and surprising as the city
itself.
General
Imprint: |
St Martin's Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2010 |
First published: |
March 2010 |
Authors: |
Robert Rotenberg
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Dimensions: |
213 x 137 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
384 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-312-42940-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Crime & mystery >
General
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LSN: |
0-312-42940-1 |
Barcode: |
9780312429409 |
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