Fuzzypeg celebrates his first birthday with lots of presents. Then he goes missing – caught under a little boy’s flowerpot – and has to be rescued by Owl, Moldywarp, Hare, Squirrel and Little Grey Rabbit.
Three kittens and their beautiful mother, Dutchess are captured by Edgar the butler who intends to drown them and claim their mistress's fortune. But the plans are foiled and the cats are rescued by Thomas O'Malley and his alley cat gang.
Reginald Hill - An April Shroud After seeing Inspector Pascoe off on his honeymoon with a few ill-chosen words, Superintendent Andy Dalziel soon runs into trouble and water on his own solitary holiday. Rescued by a bunch of somewhat cheerful mourners, he accompanies them back to their rundown mansion to dry off.
It was in the fierce, icy wilderness that was Alaska in 1895, that he was born. Here in the frozen north, he learned the law of the wild, the law of meat - eat or be eaten! His experiences with the man-gods did not breed love, only respect for brutal power. Then a man rescued him from the jaws of death and showed him kindness and White Fang did not understand.