What an incredible listen, barely have I enjoyed a book quite as much. Granted it's pretty gruesome content, but presented with so much humour and such well rounded characters, it was easy to overlook the horror within the tale.
Beautifully written with warmth and well researched historical context, I really couldn't fault it in any way.
As for the narration, an absolutely faultless performance with completely believable characters.
This book will join my list of favourites and I cannot wait to discover more gems by Bridget Walsh.
A huge thank you to the author and NetGalley for my advance copy of The Tumbling Girl.

Yes to this book. Big yes. It was fab and entertaining from the very beginning. I loved the vibes and atmosphere in this book, a perfect blend of historical fiction and detective drama mystery.

Albert and Minnie - two great characters to follow as they take you around Victorian London and all that comes with it.

With the variety palace music hall at its centre, when one of the girls goes missing, Minnie takes it upon herself (along with Albert of course - he doesn’t have much of a say in her involvement !) to find out what unfortunate circumstance befell her. As more bodies drop and threats start flying, it becomes all the more important to get to the bottom of it all…

I always looked forward to going back to this one and to uncover more bit by bit to find out how it was going to end. It was well written and effortless in its entertainment factor and I can’t wait to read more from this author in the future.

I listened to the audio of this, and a round of applause please for the narrator who was spot on.

It was great fun.
The music hall setting just gives off slightly magical, slightly seedy vibes, that I'm definitely here for.
A fantastic cast of characters (Yes I did almost cheer to see its book one, implying there's a book 2)
Minnie and Albert will definitely become favourites with me, but the lesser characters were great too.
I even enjoyed the bad guy, who was a bit of a pantomime villain.
Cracking ending.
All very enjoyable