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CONTENTS
SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT
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DEDICATION
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: STEPHANIE
CHAPTER TWO: THE WILL
CHAPTER THREE: LITTLE GIRL, ALL ALONE
CHAPTER FOUR: THE SECRET WAR
CHAPTER FIVE: MEETING CHINA SORROWS
CHAPTER SIX: A MAN APART
CHAPTER SEVEN: SERPINE
CHAPTER EIGHT: GHASTLY
CHAPTER NINE: THE TROLL BENEATH WESTMINSTER BRIDGE
CHAPTER TEN: THE GAL IN BLACK
CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE LITTLE BIT OF CRIME
CHAPTER TWELVE: VAMPIRES
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE RED RIGHT HAND
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ELEMENTAL MAGIC
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE TORTURE ROOM
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: WHAT’S IN A NAME?
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: A FABULOUS RESCUE INDEED
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: ON THE ROOF, AT NIGHT
CHAPTER NINETEEN: THE EXPERIMENT
CHAPTER TWENTY: THE FAMILY CURSE
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: THE CAVE
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: THE SCEPTRE OF THE ANCIENTS
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE: THOUGHTS ON DYING HORRIBLY
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR: PLANNING FOR MURDER
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE: THE WHITE CLEAVER
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX: THE LAST STAND OF…
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN: NO CALM BEFORE THE STORM
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT: CARNAGE
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE: DEEP IN DUBLIN, DEATH
CHAPTER THIRTY: AN END, A BEGINNING
PLAYING WITH FIRE
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DEDICATION
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: HANGING AROUND
CHAPTER TWO: KILLER ON THE LOOSE
CHAPTER THREE: VENGEOUS
CHAPTER FOUR: THE BEAUTY, THE BEAST
CHAPTER FIVE: THE TERROR OF LONDON
CHAPTER SIX: FIREBALLS IN THE PARK
CHAPTER SEVEN: UNWELCOME VISITORS
CHAPTER EIGHT: BILLY-RAY SANGUINE
CHAPTER NINE: THE HIDDEN ROOM
CHAPTER TEN: THE ARMOUR OF LORD VILE
CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE TERRIFYING BRAIN-SUCKER OF LONDON
CHAPTER TWELVE: BARFIGHT
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: ROARHAVEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: SPRINGING JACK
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: POINT BLANK
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE SWITCH
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: GRAVE ROBBING
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: OLD ENEMIES
CHAPTER NINETEEN: ON THE RUN
CHAPTER TWENTY: UNDER THE GROUND
CHAPTER TWENTY ONE: DONNING DARKNESS
CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: BLOOD AND SHADOWS
CHAPTER TWENTY THREE: ELEPHANTS AND BUNNIES
CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR: ARGUs
CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE: A SMATTERING OF SLAUGHTERING
CHAPTER TWENTY SIX: MURDER IN THE NEW MORGUE
CHAPTER TWENTY SEVEN: RISE OF THE GROTESQUERY
CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT: GOOD GUYS CONVENE
CHAPTER TWENTY NINE: PICKING UP A TAIL
CHAPTER THIRTY: FIGHT
CHAPTER THIRTY ONE: THE EDGLEY FAMILY REUNION THING
CHAPTER THIRTY TWO: SHADOW SHARDS
CHAPTER THIRTY THREE: THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR: UNFINISHED BUSINESS
CHAPTER THIRTY FIVE: ATTACK OF THE VAMPIRES
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CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN: TOOTH AND CLAW
CHAPTER THIRTY EIGHT: THOSE ABOUT TO DIE…
CHAPTER THIRTY NINE: FACING VENGEOUS
CHAPTER FOURTY: FIGHT TO THE DEATH
CHAPTER FOURTY ONE: BILLY-RAY SANGUINE’S ERSTWHILE EMPLOYER
CHAPTER FOURTY TWO: BAD THINGS
THE FACELESS ONES
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DEDICATION
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: THE SCENE OF THE CRIME
CHAPTER 2: KILLER ON THE LOOSE
CHAPTER 3: THAT FIRST KISS
CHAPTER 4: THE SEA HAG
CHAPTER 5: TRACKING THE TELEPORTER
CHAPTER 6: FLETCHER RENN
CHAPTER 7: BATU
CHAPTER 8: THE CIVILISED MAN
CHAPTER 9: THE ENEMY
CHAPTER 10: FINBAR’S LITTLE TRIP
CHAPTER 11: WREATH
CHAPTER 12: IN THE OFFICE OF THE GRAND MAGE
CHAPTER 13: THE HOUSE ON CEMETERY ROAD
CHAPTER 14: THE DIABLERIE
CHAPTER 15: BREAKING AND ENTERING
CHAPTER 16: STEALING THE GROTESQUERY
CHAPTER 17: THE DARK LITTLE SECRET
CHAPTER 18: IN THE FLESH
CHAPTER 19: THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING
CHAPTER 20: ARANMORE FARM
CHAPTER 21: OPPORTUNITY RINGS
CHAPTER 22: CONVERSATIONS WITH A LATE UNCLE
CHAPTER 23: ANATHEM MIRE
CHAPTER 24: THE CHANGING HOUSE
CHAPTER 25: THE RAID
CHAPTER 26: THE SCEPTRE
CHAPTER 27: BLINK
CHAPTER 28: SAYING GOODBYE
CHAPTER 29: CELLMATES
CHAPTER 30: BERYL
CHAPTER 31: OLD FRIENDS
CHAPTER 32: THE TRADE
CHAPTER 33: JAILBREAK
CHAPTER 34: THE BATTLE OF ARANMORE
CHAPTER 35: THE THINGS OF IMPOSSIBILITY
CHAPTER 36: ENEMIES
CHAPTER 37: FALLING INTO PLACE
CHAPTER 38: FROM ALL SIDES
CHAPTER 39: CRISIS OF FAITH
CHAPTER 40: KILLING GODS
CHAPTER 41: BLACK LIGHTNING
CHAPTER 42: THE MOMENT
CHAPTER 43: THE GATEWAY
CHAPTER 44: THE TASK
DARK DAYS
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DEDICATION
CONTENTS
1 - SCARAB
2 - HOME INVASION
3 - THE PLAN, SUCH AS IT IS
4 - BRING ME THE HEAD OF SKULDUGGERY PLEASANT
5 - THE REVENGERS’ CLUB
6 - INTO THE SANCTUARY
7 - BACK TO ARANMORE
8 - CALLING DIBS
9 - DEAD NEW WORLD
10 - BLOOD AND BULLETS
11 - THE FACELESS ONES
12 - DOWN THE BARREL
13 - NO THANKS
14 - THE FACT OF THE MATTER
15 - BACK ON CEMETERY ROAD
16 - THE TEMPLE
17 - DEAD MAN TALKING
18 - DARQUESSE
19 - THE NEW PET
20 - THE ZOMBIE HORDE
21 - THE RAID
22 - THE MAN WHO KILLED ESRYN VANGUARD
23 - CRUX
24 - THE PLOT THICKENS…
25 - LAST VAMPIRE STANDING
26 - KIDNAPPED
27 - WHEN KENSPECKLE MET SCARAB
28 - THE MIDNIGHT HOTEL
29 - THE SIT-DOWN
30 - MID-AFTERNOON OF THE DEAD
31 - BILLY-RAY
32 - THINGS GET WORSE
33 - POSSESSED
34 - THE MEETING
35 - MYRON STRAY
36 - PLAYTIME
37 - CHINA’S DARK SECRET
38 - THE CASTLE
39 - HOLLOW MAN
40 - WITH GORDON
41 - THE EXORCISTS
42 - THE NECROMANCERS
43 - THE ROAD TO CROKE PARK
44 - REVENGE
45 - SEARCHING FOR SCARAB
46 - ENDGAME
47 - CRAZY
48 - A QUIET MOMENT
49 - ESCORTING THE PRISONER
50 - BACK TO HAGGARD
51 - WHISPERS
MORTAL COIL
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DEDICATION
CONTENTS
1 - WREATH’S TASK
2 - THE SMILING DETECTIVE
3 - TESSERACT
4 - GRANDER SCALES
5 - VALKYRIE’S DILEMMA
6 - THE NEW MESSIAH
7 - BLOOD
8 - THE ZOMBIE KING
9 - THE NEW GRAND MAGE
10 - THE BONEBREAKER
11 - THE ROARHAVEN MAGES
12 - KEEPING A STRAIGHT FACE
13 - SUFFERING
14 - DEAD MEN
15 - THE BANSHEE
16 - THE INTERROGATION OF DAVINA MARR
17 - THE JOB
18 - LICKING WOUNDS
19 - CHRISTMAS MORNING AT THE MIDNIGHT HOTEL
20 - ’TIS THE SEASON
21 - NYE
22 - SOUL SEARCHING
23 - THE GRAVE
24 - THE DEAD GIRL
25 - DIRT
26 - THE TRUTH
27 - BACK WITH FINBAR
28 - THE Z-WORD
29 - HER GUARDIAN ANGEL
30 - MEET THE PARENTS
31 - THE FIRST WAVE
32 - SHENANIGANS
33 - THE TWINS
34 - REMNANTS UNLEASHED
35 - SCRUTINOUS
36 - QUIET, PLEASE
37 - ENEMY HANDS
38 - FIGHTING
39 - MURIEL
40 - THE PLAN
41 - THE HEAD IN THE BOX
42 - THE LESSON BEGINS
43 - BY THE SWORD
44 - SIEGE AT THE HIBERNIAN
45 - FRIGHTENING
46 - ACCORDING TO PLAN
47 - STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
48 - PLAN FALLS APART
49 - FOLLOWING THE KEY
50 - MACGILLYCUDDY’S REEKS
51 - THE RECEPTACLE
52 - NEW YEAR’S EVE
53 - TENEBRAE
54 - ENEMIES
55 - THE RETURN
DEATH BRINGER
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DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER 1 - KENNY
CHAPTER 2 - ME AND THE GIRL
CHAPTER 3 - THE CHRISTENING
CHAPTER 4 - CRAVEN
CHAPTER 5 - THE JITTER GIRLS
CHAPTER 6 - CHINA’S SECRET
CHAPTER 7 - THE DEATH BRINGER
CHAPTER 8 - FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES
CHAPTER 9 - FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES
CHAPTER 10 - THE WARLOCK
CHAPTER 11 - ALONE AT LAST
CHAPTER 12 - BUMP IN THE NIGHT
CHAPTER 13 - SHADOWKNIVES
CHAPTER 14 - THE CALL
CHAPTER 15 - THE DOCTOR IS IN
CHAPTER 16 - FULL RECOVERY
CHAPTER 17 - THE ZOMBIE KING - AND CO
CHAPTER 18 - THE ARREST WARRANT
CHAPTER 19 - GODS AND MONSTERS
CHAPTER 20 - RIDING OUT
ChAPTER 21 - THE LOVE OF A VAMPIRE
CHAPTER 22 - THE CHURCH OF THE FACELESS
CHAPTER 23 - THE HOMECOMING
CHAPTER 24 - THE TEMPLE SIEGE
CHAPTER 25 - THE VIVID DEAD
CHAPTER 26 - TERMINAL TWO
CHAPTER 27 - INTO THE TEMPLE
CHAPTER 28 - A VILE HISTORY
CHAPTER 29 - WHO KNOWS WHAT DARKNESS
CHAPTER 30 - TENEBRAE
CHAPTER 31 - FUEL
CHAPTER 32 - A BAD NIGHT IN HAGGARD
CHAPTER 33 - WILLOW HILL
CHAPTER 34 - VALKYRIE AND FLETCHER
CHAPTER 35 - TEACHING THE TWINS
CHAPTER 36 - CONFIDING IN UNCLE GORDON
CHAPTER 37 - THE WISDOM OF LEONARD COHEN
CHAPTER 38 - BACK AT THE WINDOW AGAIN
CHAPTER 39 - KILLING CRAVEN
CHAPTER 40 - THE END OF THE DEATH BRINGER
CHAPTER 41 - HOME SWEET HOME
CHAPTER 42 - A NEW MISSION
CHAPTER 43 - A & E
CHAPTER 44 - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED
CHAPTER 45 - THE NICEST TOWN IN IRELAND
CHAPTER 46 - THE REQUIEM BALL
CHAPTER 47 - THIS EVENING’S ENTERTAINMENT
CHAPTER 48 - GOING UNDERGROUND
CHAPTER 49 - THE PRE-EMPTIVE STRIKE
CHAPTER 50 - CHINA’S ALLY
CHAPTER 51 - FLIRTING DISASTROUSLY
CHAPTER 52 - ALL FALL DOWN
CHAPTER 53 - THE DEATH BRINGER RISES
CHAPTER 54 - MONSTER, MURDERER
CHAPTER 55 - TUNNEL VISION
CHAPTER 56 - PANIC
CHAPTER 57 - BEHEADED
CHAPTER 58 - THE MAIN EVENT
CHAPTER 59 - HERO AND VILLAIN
CHAPTER 60 - TATTLETALE
CHAPTER 61 - MY TWILIGHT
CHAPTER 62 - THEY WALK AMONG US
KINGDOM OF THE WICKED
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DEDICATION
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE
EPIGRAPH
1. THE BUTTERFLY AND THE WOLF
2. THE WEREWOLF OF DUBLIN
3. COUNCILS MEET
4. ELIZA
5. EARLY NIGHT
6. BACK IN THE SANCTUARY
7. THE STORY OF WALDEN D’ESSAI
8. GAOL TIME
9. HUNTED
10. NADIR
11. SCENES FROM A COFFEE SHOP
12. THE BEDROCK OF INVESTIGATION
13. MANIPULATIONS
14. KRAY
15. KILLING CHRIS
16. THE OTHER HERE
17. KEEPING THE DEMON DOWN
18. A JAR WITH A VIEW
19. JUMPING FROM AIRPLANES
20. LAMENT’S SORCERERS
21. ARGEDDION
22. CONVERSATIONS WITH MY KILLER
23. THE PLOT
24. SEARCHING THE SANCTUARY
25. THE INEVITABLE RETURN OF FLETCHER RENN
26. POOR TOMMY PURCELL
27. MAYHEM
28. HER SECRET AGENDA
29. ALL BECOMES CLEAR
30. THE EXPERIMENT
31. CAROL
32. STRANGERS IN A STRANGE LAND
33. THE MAN IN BLACK
34. INSIDE THE CITY
35. CHIPPING AWAY
36. THE OLD MAN IN CHAINS
37. THE DEBRIEF
38. TWO AGAINST THREE
39. FORCED HANDS
40. OLD FRIENDS
41. THEIR GUIDE
42. COLLECTING THE RESULTS
43. 18 MOUNT TEMPLE PLACE
44. THE WAY IN
45. THE PERFECT BODY
46. THE PROBLEMS WITH MORTALS
47. INTO THE PALACE
48. KITANA’S QUANDARY
49. THE DEAL
50. SUPERCHARGED
51. ARGEDDION FALLS
52. FEARFUL SYMMETRY
53. A LITTLE BIT OF WAR
54. HEAD OVER HEELS
55. A HAPPY ENDING
EPILOGUE
LAST STAND OF DEAD MEN
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DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
CONTENTS
FIVE YEARS AGO
THREE MONTHS AGO
1. THE WITCHES
2. BACK IN ROARHAVEN
3. THE BIG DAY
4. THE SECRET ORIGIN OF …
5. UNFAIR ADVANTAGE
6. STARK REALITIES
7. SARACEN
8. SEARCHING THE AISLES
9. ROARHAVEN’S NUMBER ONE PUBLIC HOUSE
10. THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR
11. BIG, TOUGH MAN
12. THE DEADLINE
13. EYE FOR AN EYE
14. SEEING THE FUTURE
15. SPILLING BLOOD
16. THE SUPREME COUNCIL
17. MUFFINS
18. REGIS
19. LAKEN CROSS
20. OFF TO WAR
21. MAKING PLANS
22. STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE
23. THE DARK AND STORMY KNIGHT
24. STAGNANT WATER
25. THE OLD GANG BACK TOGETHER
26. THE PURSUIT BEGINS
27. MANTIS
28. THE STICK
29. TANITH’S TRUE LOVE
30. DEAD MEN’S TALES
31. WOLFSONG
32. THE GHOST TOWN
33. MONSTER HUNTERS AND ME
34. RUDE AWAKENING
35. SNEAKING IN
36. LOSING BLOOD
37. CHARIVARI
38. THE KEEP
39. ENEMY COMBATANTS
40. WOLVES AT THE DOOR
41. GUNNING FOR ODE
42. MISDIRECTION
43. UNDERCOVER
44. THE CALL TO ACTION
45. UNDER ATTACK
46. THE NEW CAPTAIN
47. AJUOGA
48. ASSASSINS
49. INTIMIDATION TECHNIQUES
50. THE BATTLE AT THE KEEP
51. THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN EYES
52. A REASONABLE REACTION
53. IN HER HEAD
54. STEPHANIE EDGLEY
55. REFUGE
56. THE DOCUMENTARY
57. SUNBURN
58. THE BRIDES OF BLOOD TEARS
59. THE RISE
60. ONE LITTLE WORD
61. THE REAL GIRL
62. ROARHAVEN REVEALED
63. THE TRAP
64. THE TRAP IS SPRUNG
65. THE WARLOCKS
66. THE SIEGE AT ROARHAVEN
67. WRAITHS
68. BLACK SMOKE, WHITE FLAME
69. QUIET MOMENTS
70. SUPERCHARGED
71. IN THE SANCTUARY
72. RESCUE
73. WAR DESPONDENT
74. THE THICK OF IT
75. UNEVEN ODDS
76. CHINA’S FINAL ACT
77. THE SACRIFICE
78. AFTER THE WAR
79. THE PACKAGE
THE DYING OF THE LIGHT
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DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
CONTENTS
1. MEEK RIDGE
2. LIVING IN THE SHADOW
3. THROWING DOWN THE GAUNTLET
4. FRIENDS AND FOE
5. TO WATCH THE WORLD BURN
6. MY NORMAL LIFE
7. VISIONS
8. CURIOSITY
9. SIGNATE
10. GIRLS’ NIGHT OUT
11. HONEY, I’M HOME
12. THE CAULDRON
13. MY FRIEND. MY FURNITURE.
14. A COMMON ENEMY
15. FINBAR’S DREAM
16. THE NATIONAL BLACK BELT REVIEW BOARD
17. A VOICE FROM THE DARKNESS
18. BROGUES AND BURRS
19. ME AND HER
20. HOME DELIVERY
21. THE EVICTION
22. THE RETURN OF VALKYRIE CAIN
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24. A FINE PAIR OF SPECIMENS
25. GOING TO AMERICA
26. WEIRD FEELINGS
27. THE GNARL
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29. THOSE WHO LIVE IN DARKNESS
30. FORGIVEN
31. CREEPY KID
32. THE JOB OFFER
33. MISADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING
34. SAYING GOODBYE
35. THE LOSS
36. JOINING THE STREAM
37. BROOKING NO ARGUMENT
38. ENEMY TERRITORY
39. FINDING THE FOUNTAIN
40. FAMOUS LAST WORDS
41. HERE BE DRAGONS
42. BRAINSTORM
43. SHUNTING RAVEL
44. A BETTER PERSON
45. A BRUTAL ACT OF KINDNESS
46. THE CONVERSATION
47. THE DEATH BRINGER WAKES
48. A NEW ROARHAVEN
49. STOPPING FOR GAS
50. THE CARD TRICK
51. THE TEMPLE OF THE SPIDER
52. THE DEVIL COMES TO PLAY
53. THE END IS NYE
54. THE DEAL
55. THE EXILED
56. TOE TO TOE
57. A WORLD OF PAIN
58. VALKYRIE’S AFFLICTION
59. THE CORPSE TRAIL
60. FREAKS
61. THE PLAN
62. THE KNOCK ON THE DOOR
63. THE CITY BELOW
64. CHASING ALICE
65. THE SECOND TEST
66. TABLE MANNERS
67. LIGHTNING
68. THE HOURGLASS
69. STRANGE BEDFELLOWS
70. RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD
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