'Bayard packs his novel with detail, grotesques and plenty of fog and hansom cabs ... it scores full marks for atmosphere.' The Bookseller Louis Bayard's Mr. Timothy proves once again that John Murray's new fiction lit can do no wrong’

In Louis Bayard’s brilliantly imagined novel, Tiny Tim of 'Christmas Carol' fame has cast his crutches aside. Determined to cut his financial ties to his Uncle Ebenezer, he now spends his nights dredging the Thames for dead bodies and the treasure hidden in their pockets. One day he comes across a girl’s body, branded with a mysterious ‘G’. Then he finds another girl with a similar brand – but she is still alive. Determined to protect Philomela and get to the bottom of the mystery, Tim embarks on an astonishing adventure…
With wonderful characters, a compelling plot and the vivid atmosphere of Victorian London, this is a page-turner of a novel and a perfect Christmas read.

Half-English, half-American, Louis Bayard now lives in Washington DC. MR TIMOTHY is his first novel to be published in the UK.