The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street - Natasha Pulley

A recent graduate of the University of East Anglia's prestigious creative writing course (previous alumni including Ian McEwan and Kazuo Ishiguro, amongst countless others), 25-year-old English author Pulley debuts with this delightful historical fantasy.
In 1883, Home Office worker Thaniel Steepleton narrowly avoids death thanks to a watch given to him by Keita Mori, a mysterious immigrant seemingly able to predict the future. Adding to the intrigue is Oxford-based theoretical physicist Grace Garrow, whose fate becomes bound up with Thaniel and Keita, leading to an exhilarating finale.
Told in an unfussy classical style, The Watchmaker... heralds the arrival of a major literary talent, and an exciting new voice in the fantasy genre.