PositiveThe Skinny (UK)It is a testament to Fagan’s skill at her craft to write so many very different characters from different eras so deftly. Luckenbooth is an ode to Edinburgh’s crumbling Old Town, but as ever with Fagan the supernatural underlies everything within its pages. It would be easy for a novel like this to feel disjointed, but the sense of place and the presence of something other throughout make the transitions of time and character effortless.
