An assured and absorbing debut … Immensely pleasurable reading. Ms Pulley's prose is strong and energetic, with a wry edge … The Watchmaker of Filigree Street might be compared to one of Mori's clockwork birds: intricate, charming and altogether surprising

Helene Wecker, New York Times, Editors Choice

Ten out of ten

Spectator

Impressively competent: steam-punk meets Zuleika Dobson

Michèle Roberts, author of Daughters of the House

Forget steampunk. Welcome to tickpunk … Part Susanna Clarke, part Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is a delightful read that benefits from wonderfully colourful characters and a lyrical prose style full of esoteric detail … A compelling read

SFX Magazine

A charming, quirky, clever tale, filled with intricate detail, and a plot that feels as deftly crafted as a precision timepiece

Joanne Harris

Rare and precious … Humour, wit, mystery and danger are threaded through the book in musical measure. It dances between genres and makes partners of several … Pulley's capacity for making antagonists out of fully realized and sympathetic characters is impressive, as is her ability to keep one guessing as the plot ticks along. There's nothing quite like putting down a delightful, relentlessly charming and deeply moving book and then finding out it's the authors first … A remarkable debut

Los Angeles Times Book Review