Skulduggery Pleasant is a story about a girl and a skeleton detective who solve mysteries together, after the death of her uncle. It takes place in Ireland and is filled with humor, action, and magic. The author is a brilliant writer, who excels at witty banter and fight scenes.Publisher description:
Stephanie's 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 wasn't fiction. Pursued by evil forces, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source--the wisecracking skeleton of a dead sorcerer.