The Innocents

<p><b>‘Victorian crime at its grittiest, most exciting best'' Essie Fox</b><span><b><br></b></span></p><p><span><b>In the hotly anticipated follow-up to <i>T</i></b></span><b><i>he Tumbling Girl</i>, Minnie and Albert take on a new crime-solving quest in the world of a Victorian music hall.</b></p><p>The Variety Palace Music Hall is in trouble, due in no small part to a gruesome spate of murders that unfolded around it a few months previously. </p><p>Between writing, managing the music hall and trying to dissuade her boss from installing a water tank in the building, Minnie Ward has her hands full. Her complicated relationship with detective Albert Easterbrook doesn’t even bear thinking about. </p><p>But when a new string of murders tears through London, Minnie and Albert are thrown together once more. Strangely, the crimes seem to link back to a tragedy that took place fourteen years ago, leaving 183 chil