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A walking, talking, wisecracking skeleton who solves crimes with magic and a very good line in sarcasm. There aren’t many heroes like Skulduggery Pleasant. Half the fun is that he’s funny and genuinely creepy at the same time. One minute he’s bickering with his teenage sidekick Valkyrie Cain, the next they’re up against something that […]
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