Skulduggery Pleasant

Derek Landy

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Harper Collins
01 January 2025

Series: Skulduggery Pleasant

Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course).

Oh yeah. And dead.

Then there's his sidekick, Stephanie. She's… well, she's a twelve-year-old girl. With a pair like this on the case, evil had better watch out…

â€œSo you won't keep anything from me again?""

He put his hand to his chest. ""Cross my heart and hope to die.""

""Okay then. Though you don't actually have a heart,"" she said.

""I know.""

""And technically, you've already died.""

""I know that too.""

""Just so we're clear.""

Stephanie's uncle is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn't fiction.

Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source â€“ the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard.

When all hell breaks loose, it's lucky for Skulduggery that he's already dead. Though he's about to discover that being a skeleton dœsn't stop you from being tortured, if the torturer is determined enough. And if there's anything Skulduggery hates, it's tortureâ€¦ Will evil win the day? Will Stephanie and Skulduggery stop bickering long enough to stop it? One thing's for sure: evil won't know what's hit it.

By: Derek Landy
Imprint: Harper Collins
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: (1)
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 28mm
Weight: 260g
ISBN: 9780008667368
ISBN 10: 0008667365
Series: Skulduggery Pleasant
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 01 January 2025
Recommended Age: From 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , Children / Juvenile
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Derek Landy lives near Dublin. Before writing his children's story about a sharply-dressed skeleton detective, he wrote the screenplays for a zombie movie and a murderous horror film. ""I think my career-guidance teacher is spinning in her grave,"" he says, ""or she would be if she were dead."" www.skulduggerypleasant.com"

Reviews for Skulduggery Pleasant

Praise for Skulduggery Pleasant: ‘A gripping debut’ Observer ‘A thoroughly satisfying blend of humour, magic and adventure’ Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series ‘Thrill-a-minute adventure’ Jonathan Stroud, author of the Lockwood & Co. series ‘It's exciting, pacy, nicely handled and fun’ Philip Ardagh, Guardian ‘Whatever your age, read and enjoy the ride’ Irish Independent ‘Landy’s witty style will win him fans of all ages … It’s a good job Harry's [Potter] resigning before he's forcibly retired’ Irish Mail on Sunday ‘A remarkably accomplished debut with wonderful dialogue’ Irish Times ‘A rip-roaring adventure’ Irish Sunday Independent ‘Landy [has the] ability to craft an engaging story from start to finish’ Inis ‘Derek Landy has been something of a publishing phenomenon’ Irish Post