Skulduggery Pleasant : (1) by Landy, Derek reference

Skulduggery Pleasant : (1) by Landy, Derek referenceAuthor: Landy, Derek Interest age: from c 9 years Published on 18 July 2024 by HarperCollins Publishers (HarperCollins) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Skulduggery Pleasant' series. Paperback 368 pages 130 x 199 x 25 254g 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

lying stabbed in the street

and the nearby island is infected by swarms of gulls

197 x 127 x 18 | 220g

Gospodinov's vision of tomorrow is the nightmare from which Europe knows it must awake

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And what OTHER shapes might be lurking back there

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