Skulduggery Pleasant And He's The Good Guy By Derek Landy

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant, ace detective, snappy dresser, razor-tongued with, crackerjack sorcerer & walking, taling, fire-throwing skeleton. As well as ally, protector, & mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual & darkly talented twelve-year-old. These two alone must defeat an all-consuming, ancient evil. The end of the world? Over his dead body!