After every great end there is a new beginning, a premise that reigns true with Derek Landy's Skulduggery Pleasant series. Set to have finished with the last instalment, Landy has returned with new stories to tell and an explosive reawakening of this long-loved series.
From the blurb;
'Six years ago, the universe ended.
'When it restarted, blinking back into existence, it brought with it a darkness that remains hidden from the mortal population.
'A week ago - fuelled by unimaginable hatred and unstoppable rage - a masked sorcerer killed one of those mortals. Then he killed another. And another.
'With their time running out, Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain must work to solve the puzzles the killer leave behind before more innocents die, embarking on a journey that will force them to deal with the apocalypse they failed to prevent the first time around.'
As we enter a new era of Skuldguggery Pleasant with older, wiser, and generally more bad-ass lead characters Landy brings the novels back to their core elements. Unpredictable magic and a powerhouse crime solving duo.
As we delve into this who-done-it style novel we are drawn back into the lives of our heroes, Valkyrie Cain and Skulduggery Pleasant, as they continue to adjust to the new world they have heralded into existence, and the repercussions of what happened.
Never one to leave the weight of a story on one character, Landy also takes the opportunity to introduce new character Winter as she finds her footing in the worlds magical school, Corrival Academy, quickly becoming mixed up in the kind of adventure that will cross her path with the likes of the crime fighting duo, but unlike young characters before her Winter has no desire to get close to the infamous Cain and Pleasant.
Plot twists lace this exciting new venture into this familiar world, and alongside intelligent humour and well driven emotion, keep the story running at pace as we dive gleefully back into this world of magic and plots.
Fans will be thrilled by this return to the world of Skulduggery Pleasant and eager for the next two instalments in this new phase of the stories arc.
We give A Mind Full of Murder four stars
ISBN - 978-0-00-870023-2 Hard Back Cover Price - £16.99 First published in the United Kingdom by HarperCollins Children's Books in 2024
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