“Robert Rotenberg is emerging as one of Canada’s best crime authors with his terrific series featuring Toronto cop Ari Greene. In this excellent prequel to that series, Rotenberg takes us back to 1988 for Greene’s first case and it’s a humdinger.”
— The Globe and Mail
Description
For fans of Lee Child and Brad Thor, an unstoppable thriller set in 1988 when—a mere 100 hours before world leaders gather for the G7 summit—police get a hot tip that an assassin is on the way.
It’s a long-shot mission. No one thinks much of the information the Toronto chief of police receives from a mysterious source: a would-be assassin is about to cross the border into Canada to kill the heads of the seven most powerful countries in the world. Undeterred, he sends young police officer Ari Greene to a sleepy Quebec–Vermont border town to investigate.
During a festive and colourful July 4th parade, Greene spots his unlikely target and gives chase across borders and boundaries. But as the hours and the minutes until the summit tick down, bodies start to pile up…
And no one, not even international heads of state, are safe.
This prequel to Robert Rotenberg’s bestselling series, including What We Buried and Downfall, is an excellent introduction to one of Toronto’s favourite detectives, Ari Greene, on his first-ever case. An enthralling action thriller in the tradition of Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal and Robert Ludlum’s Jason Bourne series, One Minute More is sure to delight readers of Rotenberg’s previous books and attract a whole new audience.
Reviews
“Toronto author Robert Rotenberg returns to his recurring young detective Ari Greene in a novel that serves as a prequel to his popular series.”
— Toronto Star
“Robert Rotenberg has always been a favourite of mine but One Minute More blew me away, a heart-pounding beat-the-clock thriller set against real events and historical figures. If you loved The Jackal, here’s your new favourite assassin.”
— IAN RANKIN, international bestselling author
“One Minute More is a must-read suspense novel, and Ari Greene is a truly compelling protagonist.”
— JOEL NEDECKY, award-nominated author of The Broken Detective
