Old City Hall

OLD CITY HALL bills itself as a legal thriller but ... ... I believe it would be more accurate to describe this as a low key legal procedural or a mystery. A celebrated Canadian radio host, Kevin Brace, confesses to killing his wife in their Toronto apartment. But, once he's done confessing he refus......more

Old City Hall is a legal mystery – calling it a thriller would be pushing it. Toronto radio talk show host Kevin Brace is accused of murdering his wife and to all involved it appears to be an open and shut case – which of course it isn’t. There is an interesting – but at times overdeveloped – cast o......more

I have read/heard many readers say that if they know by the 2nd chapter who the murderer is, it isn't a very good mystery. Sometimes there are other features of such a book that redeem it, but it wouldn't be a mystery. So what do I do when, on page 6 (!) I read "I killed her, Mr. Singh, I killed her......more

Nice mystery set in Toronto in a good way that captures parts of the city in an amazing fashion...the identity of the suspected killer is a neat twist. Has all the earmarks of a potential series.......more