Skulduggery Pleasant - by Derek Landy (Paperback)

About the Book

He's dead. She's deadly. The bad guys don't stand a chance.

The third book in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series.

Book Synopsis

He's dead. She's deadly. The bad guys don't stand a chance.

The third book in the bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series.

You've seen it all before: some bad guy wants to bring about the end of the world. A few people get hurt, sure, but everything's all right in the end.

Well, not this time...

'A thoroughly satisfying blend of humour, magic and adventure' Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series

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Praise for Skulduggery Pleasant:

'A fast evolving plot and a great mix of scariness and humour' Sunday Express

'A magical mystery that grabs you from the first word and doesn't let go, not even when you're finished, and leaves you gasping for more like a fish out of water. Terrifyingly good!' First News

'A rip-roaring adventure' Irish Sunday Independent

'A thoroughly satisfying blend of humour, magic and adventure' Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series

'Derek Landy has been something of a publishing phenomenon' Irish Post

'Fast and funny' The Times

'It's exciting, pacy, nicely handled and fun' Philip Ardagh, Guardian

'Landy [has the] ability to craft an engaging story from start to finish' Inis

'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

'Thrill-a-minute adventure' Jonathan Stroud, author of the Lockwood & Co. series

'Whatever your age, read and enjoy the ride' Irish Independent

About the Author

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."