A detective and a skeleton, what better male lead can you get? Oh yes, a sassy and attitudinal teenage sidekick who steals the show.

• Across a Dark Plain by Derek Landy (Skulduggery Pleasant #0.25)
• The Horror Writers’ Hallloween Ball by Derek Landy (Skulduggery Pleasant #0.5)
• Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy (Skulduggery Pleasant #1)
• The Lost Art of World Domination by Derek Landy (Skulduggery Pleasant #1.5)