Praise for Downfall
“A suspenseful descent into a seldom-examined underworld… Well written and fast-paced.”
Beverley McLachlin, former Chief Justice and #1 bestselling author of Full Disclosure
“A well-crafted tale, alive with real characters and a riveting plot, making for another thoroughly compelling read.”
Rick Mofina, USA Today bestselling author of Search for Her
“An unsparing exploration of the hostility between those who have it all, the members of an elite golf club, and those who’ve lost it all, the squatters who make the ravine near the club their home. When two of the homeless are murdered, Ari Greene, the new head of the homicide squad, wads up the banal public relations statement he’s been handed and sets out to learn the truth. Rotenberg gets everything right in this stellar novel, but the scene in which ‘The Three Amigas,’ friends since they articled at the same law firm, have a late-night meeting in the firm’s washroom is such a tender evocation of female solidarity that it brought me to tears.”
Gail Bowen, author of the Joanne Kilbourn Shreve mystery series
“A riveting read that fired my conscience as well as my imagination.”
Ian Hamilton, author of the bestselling Ava Lee series
“Downfall is so much more than a murder-mystery, opening our eyes to what lies in the ravines of our cities and our souls.”
Norman Bacal, bestselling author of Breakdown and Odell’s Fall
“There has never been a better time to be swept up in a new novel by Robert Rotenberg. His characters are as real as the city streets they live in: a perfect antidote to a digital world. Leave it to his imagination to spark yours.”
Dalton McGuinty, former Premier of Ontario
Praise for Heart of the City
“The only complaint I ever have about Robert Rotenberg’s novels is that he takes too long between books.… [Rotenberg] makes his legal-cop dramas spot-on for details, along with terrific plots and characters that evolve.”
The Globe and Mail
“Pleasantly loaded with [complications], each one delivered in Rotenberg’s swift and sure brand of prose.”
Toronto Star
“Rotenberg has created believable and likeable characters, put them into a fast-paced story and sprinkled the mix with astute observations of contemporary urban life. What more can we ask for?”
Maureen Jennings, author of the Murdoch Mysteries series
Praise for Stranglehold
“His fourth and best.”
The Globe and Mail
“Readers of all descriptions will get off on Stranglehold’s courtroom drama.… The action is authoritatively presented… and as twisty as anything from Perry Mason’s worst nightmares.”
Toronto Star
“Rotenberg was in the business of turning Toronto into fiction before Toronto became stranger than fiction.”
Metro News
Praise for The Guilty Plea
“Not since Anatomy of a Murder has a novel so vividly captured the real life of criminal lawyers in the midst of a high-stakes trial. This is a book that every lawyer, law student, and law professor should, no must, read.”
Edward L. Greenspan, QC
“A few lawyers are really expert in managing cases—especially criminal cases—in the courtroom. A small percentage of these are very good at making trials come alive. Robert Rotenberg is one of the few, along with Scott Turow, David Baldacci, John Lescroart. His Guilty Plea is a crackling good read. Plan to keep turning pages late into the night!”
F. Lee Bailey