Derek Landy
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Derek Landy

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Derek Landy lives near Dublin. Before writing his children's story about a sharply-dressed skeleton detective, he wrote the screenplays for a zombie movie and a murderous horror film. "I think my career-guidance teacher is spinning in her grave," he says, "or she would be if she were dead."
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    • Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 1
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    • Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
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    She's 12. He's dead. But together they're going to save the world. Hopefully....

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    • The Dying of the Light

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    • Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 7
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    Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic, they are unwittingly endangering their own lives and the lives of the people around them....

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    War has finally come. But it's not a war between good and evil or light and dark - it's a war between Sanctuaries. For too long, the Irish Sanctuary has teetered on the brink of world-ending disaster, and the other Sanctuaries around the world have had enough....

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    • The Faceless Ones

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    She's 12. He's dead. But together they're going to save the world. Hopefully. The third book in the best-selling Skulduggery Pleasant series....

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    • Dark Days

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    Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior. Oh yes. And dead....

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    • excellent.<br />

    • By Anthony Bonomini on 09-15-18

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    • Mortal Coil

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    • By Patrice on 09-08-18

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    • Playing with Fire

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    She's 12. He's dead. But together they're going to save the world. Hopefully....

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    • I love skulduggery the series is beautifully done

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    • Death Bringer

    • Skulduggery Pleasant, Book 6
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    Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer, warrior. Oh yes. And dead....

    • 4 out of 5 stars

    • Can’t wait for the next book

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    The notorious Baron Vengeous makes a bloody escape from prison, and dead bodies and vampires start showing up all over Ireland....

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    • Heaps of fun to listen to.

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