Though my singular frustration with detective fiction is that it always involves the cops (ACAB), I find it hard not to be charmed by detectives both because they are often quite fun characters and also they highlight the pointlessness of the very institution the genre often supports.
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The Tumbling Girl by Bridget Walsh (Variety Palace Mysteries)
5 stars
1876, Victorian London.
The feisty Minnie Ward is scraping a living as a scriptwriter for the Variety Palace Music Hall …
