All the Hidden Truths -- Facts

 

The novel is set in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh is Scotland's compact, hilly capital. It has a medieval Old Town and elegant Georgian New Town with gardens and neoclassical buildings.

The accident that Moira witnessed at the beginning of the book took place at the Old Royal, a hospital where Moira had worked as a young woman. The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh  is the oldest voluntary hospital in Scotland. It was established in 1729.

Ryan uses three modified starting guns to commit the murders. A starting pistol or starter pistol is a blank handgun or, more recently, an electronic toy gun or device with a button connected to a sound system that is fired to start track and field races and with the change to electronic devices, competitive swimming races.

The police invetigate Men's Rights Activists (MRA). Men's Rights Activists (MRAs) are people who argue that men are systematically disadvantaged and believe that feminism has created a society that favors women.

Some forum group claim that the shooting was a false flag and Ryan did not die. A false flag operation is an act committed with the intent of disguising the actual source of responsibility and pinning blame on another party. The term today extends to include countries that organize attacks on themselves and make the attacks appear to be by enemy nations or terrorists, thus giving the nation that was supposedly attacked a pretext for domestic repression or foreign military aggression.

The public funeral takes place in St Giles Cathedral. St Giles' Cathedral, founded in 1124 by King David I, has been a working church for over 900 years. St Giles' is situated on the historic Royal Mile, halfway between Edinburgh Castle and the Palace of Holyrood.