{"product_id":"skulduggery-pleasant-by-derek-landy-9780008667368","title":"Skulduggery Pleasant","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet the great \u003cem\u003eSkulduggery Pleasant\u003c\/em\u003e: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks and burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. And dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen 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…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“So you won't keep anything from me again?”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe put his hand to his chest. \"Cross my heart and hope to die.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Okay then. Though you don't actually have a heart,\" she said.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I know.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"And technically, you've already died.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I know that too.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Just so we're clear.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStephanie's uncle is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies and leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn't fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source – the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen all hell breaks loose, it's lucky for Skulduggery that he's already dead. Though he's about to discover that being a skeleton doesn't stop you from being tortured, if the torturer is determined enough. And if there's anything Skulduggery hates, it's torture…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWill evil win the day? Will Stephanie and Skulduggery stop bickering long enough to stop it? One thing's for sure: evil won't know what's hit it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46038088679660,"sku":"9780008667368","price":17.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780008667368.jpg?v=1734835996","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/skulduggery-pleasant-by-derek-landy-9780008667368","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}