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When it was suggested that the next book should be an anthology of crime stories we decided to do something a little different and approached an eclectic range of authors, from the Scottish crime writing community, and from far beyond, to see if they would like to write a new story, set in Edinburgh, and featuring a crime. The result is an astonishing line-up, showcasing some of the very best contemporary writers. The contributors each responded differently – some comically, some politically, some historically – but all unexpectedly.

The book was launched at the Edinburgh International Book Festival with an authors' event featuring contributors Ian Rankin, AL Kennedy and James Robertson.

It is often said that crime fiction holds a mirror up to society; and what we see when we look at Edinburgh is a city full of beauty and potential, but divided by inequality. The OneCity Trust is committed to tackling the poverty that causes exclusion – the poverty of resources, of expectation, of opportunity, of care and understanding – by funding grass-roots projects which empower individual communities to work for social justice. One of the great benefits of literature is that it can open our eyes to lives beyond the narrow compass of our own, and expand our sympathies for those on the margins.

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