1876, Victorian London.Minnie Ward, a feisty scriptwriter for the Variety Palace Music Hall, is devastated when her best friend is found brutally murdered. She enlists the help of private detective Albert Easterbrook to help her find justice.

Together they navigate London, from its high-class clubs to its murky underbelly. But as the bodies pile up, they must rely on one another if they're going to track down the killer - and make it out alive...

The first in a sharp, witty series of Victorian mystery novels, The Tumbling Girl fans of Sarah Waters and Elizabeth Macneal, and shows like Miss Scarlet and the Duke.

'A wry, warm and proper rib-tickling slice of dirty Victorian gothic' - Julia Crouch