The 7th instalment in the explosive "Skulduggery Pleasant" series is also the first book in the last trilogy which follows on from the "Faceless Ones" and the "Necromancer" trilogies. The final "Darquesse" trilogy will see Valkyrie finally come into her destiny which will ultimately result in the end of everything. Readers should prepare to have their minds totally and utterly blown. 'This is a writer at the height of his powers and Landy is getting better with every book... Whatever your age, read them and enjoy the ride' "Irish Independent"

Derek Landy lives near Dublin. Before writing his children's story about a sharply-dressed skeleton detective, he wrote the screenplays for a zombie movie and a murderous horror film. "I think my career-guidance teacher is spinning in her grave," he says, "or she would be if she were dead."