by Robin Pilcher
Rated 3 stars
I keep hoping that Robin Pilcher will finally write a book that is just HALF as good as his Mother's. Sadly that doesn't seem to be happening. I had sworn off him but then he wrote this one about the Edinburgh Festival and I couldn't resist.
From the Book Jacket: It's Edinburgh in August. A group of people, drawn to the city for the forthcoming Festival, meet for the first time, little knowing that the events of this long hot summer , and the arrival of Angelique Pascal, a talented and beautiful violinist, will throw their lives into turmoil. Angelique Pascal is in Edinburgh to headline at the Festival's finale and her fiery spirit is already making waves. Tired of being controlled by her overbearing tutor, Albert, Angelique finds herself yearning for a moment's respite from both the constant touring and the restrictions of her celebrity status. But when events take a sinister turn and Angelique must flee in terror from all that she has known, she finds safety in the most unexpected place.
This all sounds good in the blurb but to me he had way to many characters and each one had their own story so he was bouncing around between POV's so much that it all got confusing and he didn't do justice to any of them. Had he had only used half of them it would have been helpful. Also some of the things they did were just plain stupid. Real peope wouldn't have done or said those things. All in all it was a typical Robin Pilcher book. Not very good.
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