"Edinburgh. Genteel home to ladies who lunch, attend concerts, art exhibitions and - for this is not a showycity - do good by stealth. Ladies for whom chanterelle mushrooms in their omelettes are the only hint of the twenty-first century. Ladies such as Isabel Dalhousie.
But behind Edinburgh's regimented Georgian façades, its moral compasses are spinning with greed, dishonesty, lust and murderous intent. Isabel knows this. Isabel, in fact, rather relishes it. An accomplished philosopher and editor of the Review of Applied Ethics, she knows all about the difference between good and bad. [...]"
(from the dust cover)

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Picked up at meetup and will be used in my 50 book release challenge during the Edinburgh Festival - thanks

During the Edinburgh Festival 2010 I wild released 50 books around various venues to 'celebrate' my birthday. I got 9 'catches' which I thought was pretty good going.

It proved to be quite addictive, so for the 5th year in a row I thought I'd do it again. Collecting 50 books to release is quite a challenge, so not all the books are ones that I've read, if they are then my journal entry will be somewhere above.

Expect releases to take place between 1st August 2014 and 1st September 2014.

Thank you for picking up this book. I hope you enjoy reading it & look forward to reading your journal entry & those that follow. You don't have to join to journal (you can do that anonymously) but it's free, so if you're a bookworm that likes to pass on books, why not join in.

I will try & update these release notes with the actual details ASAP after release and will tweet their location as I go (@cassandra2020)

Released as part of my annual challenge to release 50 books during the Edinburgh Festival - if you've picked this book up I hope you enjoy it!

left in the foyer area