Skulduggery Pleasant

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant,<br /><br />Ace Detective,<br />Snappy Dresser,<br />Razor–tongued Wit,<br />Crackerjack Sorcerer,<br />and Walking, Talking, <br />Fire-throwing Skeleton,<br /><br /><br />—as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old.<br /><br />These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil.<br /><br />The end of the world?<br /><br />Over his dead body.