Skulduggery Pleasant Series

By: Derek Landy

Valkyrie Cain, follows a 400 year old dead sorcerer detective in fabulous suspenseful mysteries.

Quotes;

Doors are for people with no imagination”

“There’s no such thing as winning or losing. There is won and there is lost, there is victory and defeat. There are absolutes. Everything in between is still left to fight for. Serpine will have won only when there is no one left to stand against him. Until then, there is only the struggle, because tides do what tides do–they turn.”

“Cheer up everyone,” he said, a new brightness to his voice. “Since we’re all going to die horribly anyway, what’s there to be worried about?”

“He put on his hat and wrapped his scarf around his jaw, but did without the wig and the sunglasses. He clicked his key chain and the car beeped and the doors locked.
“That’s it?”
He looked up. “Sorry?”
“Aren’t you afraid it might get stolen? We’re not exactly in a good part of town.”
“It’s got a car alarm.”
“Don’t you, like, cast a spell or something? To keep it safe?”
“No. It’s a pretty good car alarm.”

“So what does this all mean?”

“To be honest Ghastly, I haven’t a bull’s notion”

“Elder Bespoke must be addressed by his full title”

“Of course. To be honest your highness, I haven’t a bull’s notion”