Skulduggery Pleasant Book 1

Skulduggery Pleasant Book 1 by Derek Landy. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780007937554.

Stephanies uncle Gordon 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 wasnt fiction. Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source – the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard. When all hell breaks loose, its lucky for Skulduggery that hes already dead. Though hes about to discover that being a skeleton doesnt stop you from being tortured, if the torturer is determined enough. And if theres anything Skulduggery hates, its torture… Will evil win the day? Will Stephanie and Skulduggery stop bickering long enough to stop it? One things for sure: evil wont know whats hit it.