Playing With Fire

Book Description:

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 there's his sidekick, Stephanie. She's… well, she's a twelve-year-old girl. With a pair like this on the case, evil had better watch out…

''You will kill her?'' the Torment asked.

Skulduggery sagged. Yes. He hesitated‚ then took his gun from his jacket. I'm sorry‚ Valkyrie‚ he said softly.

''Don't talk to me‚'' Valkyrie said. Just do what you have to do.

Valkyrie parted her tunic‚ and Skulduggery pointed the gun at the vest beneath.

''Please forgive me‚'' Skulduggery said‚ then aimed the gun at the girl and pulled the trigger.

With Serpine dead‚ the world is safe once more. At least‚ that's what Valkyrie and Skulduggery think‚ until the notorious Baron Vengeous makes a bloody escape from prison‚ and dead bodies and vampires start showing up all over Ireland.

ISBN: 9780007257058
Author(s): Derek Landy

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