Barnaby Grimes, a punctual lad who runs errands around the city, seeks out mysteries to solve, is attacked one night by a huge dog, and gets caught up in a world of corrupt doctors, strange potions, and expensive furs.
Soon after Victorian messenger Barnaby Grimes is attacked by a huge beast while crossing London's rooftops, he becomes entangled in a mystery involving patent medicine, impoverished patients, and very expensive furs.
Shortly after making his way into the competitive world of photography, Barnaby Grimes learns of an experiment gone horribly wrong and soon finds himself in pursuit of an evil chemist with a penchant for suddenly vanishing.
Barnaby Grimes, a boy who collects and delivers information throughout Victorian London, faces his biggest challenge yet when he is confronted by a horde of living corpses.
Weird and evil events at a London boarding school provide messenger Barnaby Grimes an opportunity to test his budding knowledge of the ancient Chinese art of yinchido, in which one focuses on silences and empty spaces.
