'Yes.' He hesitated, then took his gun from his jacket. Just when you think you've saved the world! 'You will kill her?' the Torment asked. And if there's anything Skulduggery hates, it's torture! 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. Though he's about to discover that being a skeleton doesn't stop you from being tortured, if the torturer is determined enough. When all hell breaks loose, it's lucky for Skulduggery that he's already dead. Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source - the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn't fiction. 'I know.' 'And technically, you've already died.' 'I know that too.' 'Just so we're clear.' Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. Though you don't actually have a heart,' she said.

'Cross my heart and hope to die.' 'Okay then. With a pair like this on the case, evil had better watch out! 'So you won't keep anything from me again?' He put his hand to his chest. She's! well, she's a twelve-year-old girl. 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.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). And if there's anything Skulduggery hates, it's torture.

Stephanie's uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. Though you don't actually have a heart, she said. So you won't keep anything from me again? With a pair like this on the case, evil had better watch out. 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).

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