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Skulduggery Pleasant
Skulduggery Pleasant (Related to this series)
- Author
- Derek Landy
- Narrator
- various
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 26 September 2024
- Run Time
- 3 hours 49 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Dark fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, or other scary supernatural stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Zombies, ghosts and the undead
What to expect
The audiobook version of the thrilling and innovative narrative podcast, including an exclusive storyline.
Gold Medal Winner at the New York Festivals Radio Awards for Best Ensemble Audiobook.
On a dark and stormy night …
Two ghost-hunting journalists arrive at the most haunted house in Britain – the Hollow Hotel. They’re here to interview the Dark King of television magic, Romeo Gideon.
Instead, they discover the body of a murdered man hanging from the rafters – the work of a killer who wields actual magic as viciously as he does his blade. With the storm closing in, all exit routes cut off, and the killer taking them out one by one, their only hope lies with the two mysterious Irish detectives who seem quite at home with all this bloodshed …
Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain have only hours to figure out who the killer is in a hotel filled with the tortured spirits of the dead, the anguished wails of the dying, and the relentless whines of the living.
Exciting, standalone audio – including characters not featured in the podcast
Critics Review
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‘Skulduggery Pleasant has already entertained a generation, and his latest pacey hunt for a killer is The Haunted House on Hollow Hill’ Sunday Times
Praise for the Skulduggery Pleasant series:
‘A writer at the height of his powers … Whatever your age, read them and enjoy the ride’ Irish Independent
‘Fast and funny’ The Times
‘Skulduggery Pleasant serves up a thoroughly satisfying blend of humour, magic and adventure’ Rick Riordan
‘Landy's witty style will win him fans of all ages’ Irish Mail on Sunday
‘Hugely enjoyable – a thrill-a-minute adventure’ Jonathan Stroud
‘A fast evolving plot and a great mix of scariness and humour’ Sunday Express
‘Exciting, pacy, nicely handled and fun’ Philip Ardagh, Guardian
‘Gripping’ Observer
‘A remarkably accomplished debut with wonderful dialogue’ Irish Times
‘A rip-roaring adventure’ Irish Sunday Independent
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Details
- Author
- Derek Landy
- Narrator
- various
- Duration
- 3 hours 49 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 September 2024
- ISBN
- 9780008708504
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Children’s / Teenage fiction: Dark fantasy, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Friendship stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Horror and ghost stories, chillers, or other scary supernatural stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Thrillers / suspense, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Zombies, ghosts and the undead
Synopsis
The audiobook version of the thrilling and innovative narrative podcast, including an exclusive storyline. Gold Medal Winner at the New York Festivals Radio Awards for Best Ensemble Audiobook. On a dark and stormy night … Two ghost-hunting journalists arrive at the most haunted house in Britain – the Hollow Hotel. They’re here to interview the Dark King of television magic, Romeo Gideon. Instead, they discover the body of a murdered man hanging from the rafters – the work of a killer who wields actual magic as viciously as he does his blade. With the storm closing in, all exit routes cut off, and the killer taking them out one by one, their only hope lies with the two mysterious Irish detectives who seem quite at home with all this bloodshed … Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain have only hours to figure out who the killer is in a hotel filled with the tortured spirits of the dead, the anguished wails of the dying, and the relentless whines of the living. Exciting, standalone audio – including characters not featured in the podcast
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