Alison Reads

Set at the Endinburgh International Festival and Fringe Festival which are held for three weeks each August, this book starts out slowly and it’s hard to keep all the characters in one’s head, but gradually the characters become real and by the end all the separate threads are tied together. I enjoyed learning about pyrotechnics (for the big end-of-festival fireworks display) and about the rigors of being a world-class concert musician and about film camerawork. There is love and hate and fear and suspense in this enjoyable book. It would be a good summer read for those who can’t manage to get to Edinburgh in person.