16 must-read mystery books like The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1) by Bridget Walsh

Cover of The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1) by Bridget Walsh

The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

By: Bridget Walsh

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The first in a sharp, witty series of Victorian mystery novels, The Tumbling Girl sees an unlikely …

If you liked the mystery plot in The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1) by Bridget Walsh , here is a list of 16 books like this:

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1. The Wine of Angels (Merrily Watkins, #1)

By: Phil Rickman

3.90

Format: 630 pages, Paperback

The Rev. Merrily Watkins had never wanted a picture-perfect parish — or a huge and haunted vicarage… read more

Similar categories in Phil Rickman's The Wine of Angels (Merrily Watkins, #1) book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14) by Will Thomas

2. Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14)

By: Will Thomas

4.22

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

London, 1893 - deadly doings are afoot in the British Museum and private enquiry agents Cyrus Barke… read more

Similar categories in Will Thomas's Heart of the Nile (Barker & Llewelyn, #14) book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • historical mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4) by Ashley Weaver

3. Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4)

By: Ashley Weaver

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The fourth instalment in the delightful series following safecracker Electra McDonnell fighting Naz… read more

Similar categories in Ashley Weaver's Locked in Pursuit (Electra McDonnell #4) book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
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4. Death at a Scottish Wedding (A Scottish Isle Mystery)

By: Lucy Connelly

3.86

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Dr. Emilia McRoy is back on the case in the second book in the Scottish Isle mystery series, perfec… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Connelly's Death at a Scottish Wedding (A Scottish Isle Mystery) book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • romance
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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5. Enlightenment

By: Sarah Perry

3.70

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A dazzling new work of literary fiction from the author of The Essex Serpent, a story of love and a… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Perry's Enlightenment book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Thomas [Hart] lived where he'd been born, and where (so he often thought without rancor) he'd very likely die; and if he lived alone he was not lonely, that being a condition not of solitude but of l…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"So I told her this: that it's true I've only rarely been happy, and perhaps more often been sad. But I have been content. I have lived. I have felt everything available to me: I've been faithless, de…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"I wish I could say, James, that we forgave each other in the end. I wish I could say: she put her head on my shoulder and I welcomed it and we laughed and said all was well. But in fact we were quiet…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

"...in the ordinary way we love because we're loved, and give more or less what we're given. But to love without return is more strange and more wonderful, and not the humiliating thing I'd once taken…"

-Sarah Perry, Enlightenment

Cover of The Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5) by Allison Montclair

6. The Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5)

By: Allison Montclair

4.19

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In Allison Montclair's The Lady from Burma, murder once again stalks the proprietors of The Right S… read more

Similar categories in Allison Montclair's The Lady from Burma (Sparks & Bainbridge, #5) book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Of Hoaxes and Homicide (Dear Miss Hermione, #2) by Anastasia Hastings

7. Of Hoaxes and Homicide (Dear Miss Hermione, #2)

By: Anastasia Hastings

3.67

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

The second in the delightful Dear Miss Hermione mystery series from Anastasia Hastings—when you rep… read more

Similar categories in Anastasia Hastings's Of Hoaxes and Homicide (Dear Miss Hermione, #2) book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1) by Patrice McDonough

8. Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1)

By: Patrice McDonough

4.08

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In the twilight streets of Victorian London, a gruesome series of murders unfolds, and Dr. Julia Le… read more

Similar categories in Patrice McDonough's Murder by Lamplight (Dr. Julia Lewis, #1) book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • crime
  • audiobook
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9. The Illusions

By: Liz Hyder

3.94

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

At a time of extraordinary change, two women must harness their talents to take control of their ow… read more

Similar categories in Liz Hyder's The Illusions book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • romance
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1) by Bridget Walsh

10. The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

By: Bridget Walsh

3.95

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

The first in a sharp, witty series of Victorian mystery novels, The Tumbling Girl sees an unlikely … read more

Similar categories in Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1) book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • romance
  • historical mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of The Nightingale Affair (Inspector Charles Field, #2) by Timothy   Mason

11. The Nightingale Affair (Inspector Charles Field, #2)

By: Timothy Mason

3.75

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

In this twisty new Victorian detective thriller from the author of The Darwin Affair , Inspector Ch… read more

Similar categories in Timothy Mason's The Nightingale Affair (Inspector Charles Field, #2) book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • historical mystery
  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
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12. Death in the Details

By: Katie Tietjen

3.72

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the real life Frances Lee Glessner and featuring a whip-smart, intrepid sleuth in post-… read more

Similar categories in Katie Tietjen's Death in the Details book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • historical mystery
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
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13. Rare Singles

By: Benjamin Myers

4.09

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul mu… read more

Similar categories in Benjamin Myers's Rare Singles book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • fiction
  • british literature
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14. The Moonlight Market

By: Joanne Harris

3.54

Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Joanne Harris comes a richly imagined and captivating novel … read more

Similar categories in Joanne Harris's The Moonlight Market book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • romance
  • fiction
  • audiobook
" Love never ends--- but it changes. In some cases, it grows like a tree, stronger and more fruitful. In others, it changes nature, like chrysalis to butterfly. "

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"And, at that, picking up his parcel of books, Spider began to walk purposefully down the road, a river of light at his ragged heels, his spindly shadow beside him."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"He was close to her now, close enough to smell her scent, which was like bluebells in the rain, and the aroma of a forest in spring, and the peppery sweetness of petrichor."

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

"There's daylight names and midnight names. Daylight names are safe enough. A spider brings good luck before midnight, but bad luck after. And you look to me like the kind of young man who needs good …"

-Joanne Harris, The Moonlight Market

Cover of The Betrayal of Thomas True by A.J.  West

15. The Betrayal of Thomas True

By: A.J. West

4.33

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

It is the year 1710, and Thomas True has arrived on old London Bridge with a dangerous secret. One … read more

Similar categories in A.J. West's The Betrayal of Thomas True book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
Cover of The Grand Illusion by Syd Moore

16. The Grand Illusion

By: Syd Moore

3.40

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Historical fiction inspired by the War Office response to the Nazi obsession with the occult Step … read more

Similar categories in Syd Moore's The Grand Illusion book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Guilty by Definition by Susie Dent

17. Guilty by Definition

By: Susie Dent

4.12

Format: 416 pages, Kindle Edition

The debut murder mystery from the resident genius of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent. … read more

Similar categories in Susie Dent's Guilty by Definition book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
  • audiobook
Cover of Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) by Allison Montclair

18. Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6)

By: Allison Montclair

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another … read more

Similar categories in Allison Montclair's Murder at the White Palace (Sparks & Bainbridge, #6) book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery
  • audiobook
Cover of The Seventh Veil of Salome by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

19. The Seventh Veil of Salome

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

4.05

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine — but the real drama … read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's The Seventh Veil of Salome book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • romance
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • audiobook
Cover of The Queen City Detective Agency by Snowden Wright

20. The Queen City Detective Agency

By: Snowden Wright

3.63

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Following an unforgettable cast of characters and a jaded female P.I. enmeshed in a criminal conspi… read more

Similar categories in Snowden Wright's The Queen City Detective Agency book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • crime
Cover of Murder at King’s Crossing (Wrexford & Sloane, #8) by Andrea Penrose

21. Murder at King’s Crossing (Wrexford & Sloane, #8)

By: Andrea Penrose

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Miss Scarlet and the Duke and Bridgerton—a masterfully plotted mystery that combines en… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Penrose's Murder at King’s Crossing (Wrexford & Sloane, #8) book and Bridget Walsh's The Tumbling Girl (Variety Palace Mysteries #1)

  • british literature
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • historical mystery

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Will Thomas

4.22

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Ashley Weaver

4.26

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Deanna Raybourn

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C.J. Archer

4.07

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Jacqueline Winspear

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