• The first in a historical crime series: The Tumbling Girl kicks off the
Variety Palace Mysteries featuring crime-solving duo Minnie and Albert. The
Innocents, book two, will be published in March 2024.
• Prize-winning: the manuscript won the UEA Little,
Brown Award for Crime Fiction 2019.
• Set in the bustling world of vaudeville: The Tumbling Girl takes place against the
thrilling backdrop of the Variety Palace Music Hall in a gritty Victorian
London.
• For fans of Sarah Waters, Stacey Halls and
Elizabeth Macneal: The
Tumbling Girl is guaranteed to delight fans of mysteries such
as The Clockwork Girl and The Circus of Wonders.
• Praise: ‘A sparkling novel and a complete delight to
read. The characters and world are wild, vivid and enchanting. A wry, warm
and proper rib-tickling slice of dirty Victorian gothic . . . I can’t wait
to see what Minnie and Albert are up to next’ Julia Crouch, author of The
Daughters.