Having worked in magazines, film and radio, Robert Rotenberg established his own criminal law practice seventeen years ago. He lives in Toronto with his wife, a television producer at C.B.C. News, their three children and their dog. Old City Hall is his first novel.

'Breathtaking . . . and all the more so because this is the author's first novel. A tightly woven spiderweb of plot and a rich cast of characters make this a truly gripping read. And of particular interest is the setting: Robert Rotenberg does for Toronto what Ian Rankin does for Edinburgh'