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Old City Hall : A Novel by Rotenberg, Robert, 1953- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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'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 BehindIt should be an open–and–shut case. Canada's leading radio–show host, Kevin Brace, has confessed to killing his young wife. He had come to the door of his luxury condominium with his hands covered in blood and told the newspaper deliveryman:'I killed her.'His wife's body lay in the bathtub of their suite, fatal knife wound just below the sternum.Now all that should remain is legal procedure: document the crime scene, prosecute the case, and be done with it. 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 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 rich with
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- Author
- Rotenberg, Robert, 1953-
- Publisher
- New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781439190487
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Mystery, Thriller, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (1,063 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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