Ralph Lister

As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed to violent death, but the mutilated female body found on Limehouse Pier one chilly December morning moves him with horror and pity. The victim's name is Zenia Gadney. Her waterfront neighbors can tell him little, only that the same unknown gentleman had visited her once a month for many years. She must be a prostitute, but, described as quiet and kempt, she doesn't appear to be a fallen woman. ...

Basil leads an expedition up a towering Swiss mountain in search of a colony of mice who have been missing for centuries, but before he can solve the mystery he must confront a mysterious snow mouse and evil Professor Ratigan.

When Basil the mouse detective sets out to discover if miniature cats really exist, danger appears at every turn as Basil gets closer to the mysterious miniature cats and their mouse king.

Desperate to save her father, Princess Lazuli, the daughter of the ruler of a magical kingdom called Abaton, enlists the help of the automa Pinocchio and his master, wanted criminal and alchemist Geppetto, who are trying to discover why Pinocchio seems to be changing from a wooden servant into a living, human boy.

A magic man of ancient Dartmoor creates an enchanted charm, the Flint Heart, that has the power to change the wearer's tenderness and compassion into cruelty and evil. When it is found thousands of years later by a kindly farmer, Billy Jago, who is transformed into a cruel and merciless person, two of his children, Charles and Unity, and their dog venture into the world of enchantment where the magical power of the Flint Heart can be resolved and...