Skulduggery Pleasant
Stephanie Edgley’s Uncle Gordon has died, after his funeral assorted family members attend the reading of the will, to the surprise of everyone, and disgust of several, Gordon leaves most of his publishing fortune to Stephanie. Uncle Gordon made his fortune as the author of some wildly imaginative fantasy books, just imagine how bizarre it would be if it turned out that Gordon didn’t actually have much of an imagination and everything he wrote about was actually true. Cue the arrival of the titular character, Skullduggery Pleasant, a talking, walking, wisecracking, magic-wielding, badass, skeleton detective with a dubious past. Stephanie is bored with her life and sees an opportunity to start afresh, bestowing herself onto Skullduggery as his equally sardonic sidekick. Together they take on a succession of grisly criminals, all of whom seem intent on the return of some awfully bad God-like beings called the Faceless Ones, who were banished from this World years ago. Another series with a strong female lead character, this series starts with a bang and develops nicely, serious bonus points here for the length of the series.
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Demon Road
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