Robert Rotenberg Books in Order

Robert Rotenberg has written 7 books, published between 2009 and 2024. The first book is Old City Hall (2009) and the newest is What We Buried (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
7
Published
2009–2024
Confirmed
7 of 7 titles
Pages on record
1,706 in 5 of 7 books
Reading time
28–43 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,706 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200300 words a minute, covering the 5 of 7 titles with a page count on record.

Toronto is the setting for Robert Rotenberg's legal thrillers, and the Detective Greene series accounts for the whole of his 7-book catalogue. Old City Hall (2009) opens the run and What We Buried (2024) is the newest title, with The Guilty Plea (2011), Stray Bullets (2012) and Downfall (2021) in between. Murder trials, lawyers and the courts supply the material.

How many Robert Rotenberg books are there?

Robert Rotenberg has 7 books, released between 2009 and 2024.

Robert Rotenberg Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 7 Robert Rotenberg books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. 1
    Old City HallDetective Greene #12009 · 372 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2009372
  2. 2
    The Guilty PleaDetective Greene #22011 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2011336
  3. 3
    Stray BulletsDetective Greene #32012 · 304 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2012304
  4. 4
    StrangleholdDetective Greene #42013 · 358 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2013358
  5. 5
    Heart of the CityDetective Greene #52017 · confirmed 3/4
    2017
  6. 6
    DownfallDetective Greene #62021 · 336 pages · confirmed 3/4
    2021336
  7. 7
    What We BuriedDetective Greene #72024 · confirmed 3/4
    2024

Robert Rotenberg books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Do you have to read Robert Rotenberg books in order?

You only need to read Robert Rotenberg books in order within the Detective Greene series, which holds 7 of the 7 Robert Rotenberg books listed here. The numbered table above gives every book in publication order.

Where to start with Robert Rotenberg

Start with Old City Hall (2009), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Robert Rotenberg book?

What We Buried (2024) is the newest Robert Rotenberg book released so far.

Is there a new Robert Rotenberg book coming?

No next Robert Rotenberg book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Robert Rotenberg at a glance

Still publishing
Robert Rotenberg published a book as recently as 2024.
Release pace
Robert Rotenberg books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
1,706 pages across the 5 of 7 books with a recorded length, a median of 336 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Robert Rotenberg books, 4 of 7, were published in the 2010s.

What the Robert Rotenberg books are about

5 of the 7 Robert Rotenberg books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: legal stories is tagged on 3 of 5. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.