Bridget Walsh

A Variety Palace

1 - The Tumbling Girl (Jun-2023)

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  Daughters of the Famine Road
  

  • Mar-2022
  • / Historical
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  Annie Power and Jane Keating have much in common. As young Irish women in the 1840s, they know the value of family, home and friendship. Even more importantly, they understand the need to survive against a backdrop of famine, disease and cruel coloni...

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  Daughters in Exile
  

  • Oct-2022
  • / General Fiction
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  Annie and Jane leave Ireland at the height of the Famine. Annie takes her brother and sister to their aunt in New York. She is determined to help other young exiles like herself.Jane, now a convict, is transorted to New South Wales. Vulnerable and al...

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  The Tumbling Girl
  

  • Jun-2023
  • / Historical Mystery
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  A Variety Palace - 1
  

  SHORTLISTED FOR THE HWA DEBUT CROWN AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA JOHN CREASEY DAGGER AWARD'Splendid' Wall Street Journal'A wry, warm and proper rib-tickling slice of dirty Victorian gothic' Julia Crouch 1876, Victorian London. Minnie Ward, a feisty s...

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  The Innocents
  

  • Apr-2024
  • / Historical Mystery
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  ‘Victorian crime at its grittiest, most exciting best' Essie Fox In the hotly anticipated follow-up to The Tumbling Girl, Minnie and Albert take on a new crime-solving quest in the world of a Victorian music hall. The Variety Palace Music Hal...

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  The Spirit Guide
  

  • Mar-2025
  • / Historical Mystery
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  ‘Triumphant . . . Vivid period detail, clever plotting, and thoughtful characterizations. This series merits a long run' Publishers Weekly (starred review) Fiery scriptwriter Minnie Ward and dapper ex-police officer Albert Easter...

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