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The Guilty Plea - Robert Rotenberg

The Guilty Plea

By: Robert Rotenberg

Paperback | 10 November 2011 | Edition Number 1

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On the morning his headline-grabbing divorce trial is due to begin, multi-millionaire Quentin Wyler is found dead on his kitchen floor. He's been stabbed seven times. But the dead man left a clue: a single word, spelled out in letter magnets, is fixed to the fridge door. Detective Ari Greene arrives minutes before the international press, who are obsessed by Wyler's torrid affair with a young Hollywood starlet. Hours after the funeral, Wyler's ex-wife Tamar is charged with the murder. For veteran defence lawyer Ted DiPaulo, widowed and raising two teenagers, his biggest obstacle is his own client. Tamar Wyler is a strange, enigmatic beauty who comes from an old mining town in Northern Ontario. And DiPaulo's up against a determined prosecutor: Jennifer Raglan has recently stepped down as head crown and she's back with her husband - after an affair with Detective Greene . . . What should be a straightforward guilty plea turns into a complex murder trial, and leaves a trail of unanswered questions in its aftermath.
Industry Reviews
'If you like court room dramas rush out and buy this one. It's one of the finest I've read this year with a plot that corkscrews one way and another before taking your breath away in the finale. A rock-solid plot with fascinating characters, it had a wonderful somersault ending that makes it a truly satisfying thriller' - Daily Mail

'Smart and well-executed . . . plenty of realistic behind-the-scenes courtroom finagling . . . a great book for summer reading' - Toronto Globe and Mail

'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. Q.C

'A very good book. Rotenberg is a master of legal mystery craftsman in the rank of writers such as Scott Turow' - Mysteries and More

'A compulsive page-turner . . . it's the author's defence counsel sensibility that powers his novels, his insistence that every story is intensely personal, the way in which his humanizing of seemingly obvious killers raises doubt for the reader as it does at the same pace for the jury' - Maclean's

'This is a legal thriller of great pace and tension. Rotenberg knows how to bring a cast of characters to life' - It's a Crime . . .

'Gritty and engaging. It had me hooked from the moment I started it, and wouldn't let go. Wonderful stuff!' - S. J. Watson, author of Before I Go to Sleep

'A few lawyers are really expert in managing cases - especially criminial 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 Lescroat. His Guilty Plea is a crackling good read. Plan to keep turning pages late into the night' - F. Lee Bailey

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