• 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.