A multicultural nexus, Toronto`s Indian, Portuguese, African, Italian & Chinese neighbourhoods are backdrops for Toronto Noir`s corrosive exposes. In tales of stressed Beaches yuppies, jazz musicians stuck in the limbic Humber Loop & high-rollers committing lurid acts in Rosedale mansions, 16 of the city`s best literary crime fiction writers lay bare the scars of a city that loves to hate itself.