It was yet another crime scene. The Sanctuary, capital for the magical society, sent two of its best Detectives to the scene; Skulduggery Pleasant, over four hundred years old, a powerful and sarcastic sorcerer and oh yea, dead. A living skeleton, literally spoken, and you, his latest Detective partner. Since working with Skulduggery, dangers and enemies have been following you left and right. You get the feeling that, this too, wasn't a normal murder.