Tobias Sturt

When a magician (second class) chooses to do Christmas duty in the City of London, it's because he's hoping for a nice, quiet , seasonal time; not for ancient magic to break loose, and the enchanted city to be filled with ghosts, monsters, wonder and danger. Not on his watch. Not when he's going...

Alone and loving it one Christmas Eve, the selfish and unfriendly Benedict Nail finds himself shrunk into miniature and lost in the wilderness of his own living room, which turns out to populated by the ghosts of long-dead Londoners. To reverse the enchantment, he must set out on weird...

Someone is keeping a Deadvent Calendar. A series of bizarre murders, one for every day of December, with only one thing linking them: all the victims hated Christmas. Hard to believe, especially for the police, who won't listen to the men who think they have uncovered it, Albert Williams and his...

Timothy Hope, desperate to impress the beautiful but disdainful Lady Misericordia, stows away on Lord Daunt's expedition to the North Pole, and finds himself caught up in an adventure of high seas, deep crevasses, slavering wolves, reindeer sleigh rides and much, much more, with only his wits...

When the enchanted animals of Hexwood discover they soon won't be magical anymore, they have to concoct an unlikely plan to save their village and themselves. The witch is leaving the magical forest of Hexwood. And when the witch leaves, Hexwood will stop being magical. Which is bad news for all...

The Wish List is the story of Alfie, who takes a seasonal job packing boxes at an e-commerce company, only to discover that the warehouse contain a good deal more than just presents. When Alfie takes a holiday job at the Stocking Christmas warehouse, he's simply hoping to earn a little Christmas...