Praise for Skulduggery Pleasant:

?A gripping debut?Observer

?Landy's witty style will win him fans of all ages? Irish Mail on Sunday

?Hugely enjoyable ? a thrill-a-minute adventure? Jonathan Stroud, author of the BARTIMAEUS TRILOGY

?Exciting, pacy, nicely handled and fun? Philip Ardagh, Guardian

?Skulduggery Pleasant serves up a thoroughly satisfying blend of humour, magic and adventure? Rick Riordan, author of the PERCY JACKSON series

?Remarkably accomplished? Irish Times

?A rip-roaring adventure? Irish Sunday Independent

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."