Add Derek Landy's Skulduggery Pleasant (also published as Scepter of the Ancients) to your read-alike list for the Percy Jackson books, not because it has anything to do with Greek mythology, but because it's very funny, features a great cast of characters, and tells an exciting and imaginative tale of magical adventure and derring-do. Stephanie Edgley's uncle dies at the beginning of the book, and she discovers that her famous-author uncle left her his house and most of his fortune. She makes the aquaintance of one of her uncle's good friends, a living skeleton detective named Skulduggery Pleasant. Stephanie is soon swept into Skulduggery's magical world as she helps him investigate her uncle's murder. She finds the danger she encounters there both terrifying and exhilarating. Cool villains with clever names, lots of witty wordplay, combined with a buddy cop story set in a magical world make this one a winner! There have been three books published in the U.S. so far. Books 4, 5, & 6 are available in the U.K.
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