Robert Rotenberg on King Street East, near his office in downtown Toronto, January 2021. (Robert Sarner)
The George Street Diner in downtown Toronto where a scene takes place in Robert Rotenberg's book, January 2021. (Photo by Robert Rotenberg)
Robert Rotenberg in downtown Toronto near his office, January 2021. (Robert Sarner)
Robert Rotenberg at the launch of his first book, 'Old City Hall,' in Toronto, March 2009. (Photo by Ted Feld)
TORONTO — For the past 22 years, Canadian criminal defense lawyer and bestselling author Robert Rotenberg has wrestled with homicide detective Ari Greene’s tribulations. As the main protagonist in each of Rotenberg’s six murder mysteries, Greene has loomed large in his creator’s life since he conceived of the master sleuth in 1999 while writing his first crime thriller.