Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)
Meet Skulduggery Pleasant,Ace Detective,Snappy Dresser,Razor-tongued Wit,Crackerjack Sorcerer,and Walking, Talking, Fire-throwing Skeleton,--as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old.These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil.The end of the world?Over his dead body.