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). Oh yeah. And dead. Then theres his sidekick, Stephanie. Shes well, shes a twelve-year-old girl. With a pair like this on the case, evil had better watch out

Combining elements of Buffy, Dr Who and Ghostbusters, this childrens fantasy features a sharply dressed skeleton detective. There will be a massive consumer marketing campaign and awareness driven through schools for this paperback edition.