Old City Hall

English language

Published Jan. 31, 2009 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

ISBN:
978-0-374-22542-1
Copied ISBN!

View on OpenLibrary

A celebrity confesses to murder, then refuses to say anything more, leading to a strange trial when contradictory evidence appears.

3 editions

Review of 'Old City Hall' on 'LibraryThing'

No rating

For 4MA discussion. A character-driven story about the police, the prosecutors, and the defense lawyer involved in a slam-dunk case in which a radio personality confesses to the man who delivers his newspaper that he has just murdered his wife. Old-fashioned, leisurely, and with a surprise twist, the multiple protagonists get perhaps a bit too much development and those involved in the crime a bit too little. I found the ending convoluted and dissatisfying, but the well-developed characters were pleasant company.

Subjects

  • Radio personalities -- Fiction
  • Uxoricide -- Fiction
  • Toronto (Ont.) -- Fiction