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Playing with Fire (Skulduggery Pleasant, #2)
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avg rating 4.28 — 35,918 ratings — published 2008
Skulduggery Pleasant (Skulduggery Pleasant, #1)
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avg rating 4.18 — 74,648 ratings — published 2007
The Skull King (Skull #1)
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avg rating 4.19 — 10,422 ratings — published 2019
The Skull (Unknown Binding)
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avg rating 4.14 — 17,676 ratings — published 2023
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
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avg rating 3.96 — 391,751 ratings — published 2000
The Skull Ruler (Skull #3)
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avg rating 4.35 — 7,836 ratings — published 2019
The Skull Crusher (Skull #2)
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avg rating 4.28 — 8,197 ratings — published 2019
Death Bringer (Skulduggery Pleasant, #6)
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avg rating 4.47 — 21,498 ratings — published 2011
Mortal Coil (Skulduggery Pleasant, #5)
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avg rating 4.45 — 24,193 ratings — published 2010
The Faceless Ones (Skulduggery Pleasant, #3)
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avg rating 4.40 — 32,038 ratings — published 2008
Dark Days (Skulduggery Pleasant, #4)
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avg rating 4.41 — 26,357 ratings — published 2010
Funeral Girl (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.52 — 1,400 ratings — published 2022
How I'll Kill You (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.65 — 10,230 ratings — published 2023
The Expectant Detectives (The Expectant Detectives, #1)
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avg rating 3.67 — 5,470 ratings — published 2023
Root and Bone (Spencer Sisters, #1)
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avg rating 3.50 — 247 ratings — published 2024
A Dreadful Splendor (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.86 — 8,871 ratings — published 2022
Super Puzzletastic Mysteries: Short Stories for Young Sleuths from Mystery Writers of America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 548 ratings — published 2020
A Tyranny of Petticoats (A Tyranny of Petticoats, #1)
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avg rating 3.72 — 4,315 ratings — published 2016
The City of Dusk (The Dark Gods, #1)
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avg rating 3.59 — 4,442 ratings — published 2022
Ink in the Blood (Ink in The Blood, #1)
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avg rating 3.59 — 1,930 ratings — published 2020
Sisters of the Lost Nation (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.87 — 10,793 ratings — published 2023
League of Liars (The League of Liars, #1)
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avg rating 3.59 — 2,611 ratings — published 2022
Ramón and Julieta (Love & Tacos, #1)
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avg rating 3.45 — 4,603 ratings — published 2022
Goth Girl, Queen of the Universe (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 489 ratings — published 2022
Drew Leclair Gets a Clue (Drew Leclair, #1)
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avg rating 4.06 — 504 ratings — published 2022
Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (Vera Wong, #1)
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avg rating 4.01 — 238,828 ratings — published 2023
The Undertaking of Hart and Mercy (Hart and Mercy, #1)
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avg rating 4.03 — 52,341 ratings — published 2022
Arsenic and Adobo (Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery, #1)
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avg rating 3.53 — 81,439 ratings — published 2021
A Case of Grave Danger (The Violet Veil Mysteries, #1)
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avg rating 3.96 — 630 ratings — published 2021
A Daughter of Fair Verona (Daughter of Montague, #1)
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avg rating 3.74 — 9,036 ratings — published 2024
A Tale of Plagues and Perfumes (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 272 ratings — published
Roohi and Nate Are Not on the Same Page (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.14 — 94 ratings — published
Nancy Spector, Monster Detective: The Case of the Missing Spot (Nancy Spector, Monster Detective, #1)
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avg rating 3.66 — 129 ratings — published 2024
The Chocolate Cat Caper (A Chocoholic Mystery, #1)
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avg rating 3.74 — 4,439 ratings — published 2002
The Girl Who Married a Skull: and Other African Stories (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.85 — 893 ratings — published 2014
Who Done It? (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.24 — 1,208 ratings — published 2013
The Bone Witch (The Bone Witch, #1)
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avg rating 3.67 — 52,864 ratings — published 2017
When I Was Death (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.61 — 1,465 ratings — published 2026
She Drinks the Light (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.57 — 237 ratings — published 2026
Resurrection Militia (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.17 — 6 ratings — published
Tea & Alchemy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.83 — 15,557 ratings — published 2026
Tastes Like Candy (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.59 — 5,459 ratings — published 2020
The Maze of Bones (The 39 Clues, #1)
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avg rating 3.87 — 89,431 ratings — published 2008
The Firelight Apprentice: A Graphic Novel (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.98 — 1,519 ratings — published 2024
Ruinous Creatures (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.36 — 816 ratings — published 2026
Death Meets Cute (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.56 — 2,398 ratings — published 2026
Bone of My Bone (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 3,116 ratings — published 2026
The Bone Queen (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.29 — 889 ratings — published 2026
Weavingshaw (Weavingshaw, #1)
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avg rating 4.12 — 12,894 ratings — published 2026
“What is this animal?”
“A horse.”
The chief smiled slightly, and then shouted something to his men in Sioux. They laughed heartily.
“The white eye should stay out of the sun,” said the chief.
Marsh couldn’t help but become a little defensive.
“Wait. You’ve seen a horse’s bones, haven’t you?”
The chief nodded.
“Look at it closely.”
Marsh held the tiny skull up alongside the head of Red Cloud’s mount, comparing the two. The chief reached down and took the skull gingerly, and peered at it intently, turning it in his enormous but surprisingly dexterous hands.
“A small horse?”
“Precisely,” said Marsh, indicated the size with his hands. “Very small.”
The other Sioux laughed, but Red Cloud was fascinated.
“Where are these small horses? Show me one.”
“I’m sorry, I can’t. They are all dead. They died many, many years ago. Many snows. We search for their bones.”
“Why?”
“To . . . to honor them. To learn from them.”
“They speak to you?”
Marsh smiled. “Oh yes.”
“What do they say?”
“They tell us of their world. A world that has long since vanished.”
The chief looked down at the skull, then at Marsh. He shouted again to his men, in Sioux, and they lowered their rifles. He dismounted and turned to face Marsh.
“I am Red Cloud.”
“My name is Professor Marsh.”
“Marsh.” Red Cloud tested the name out loud, and then nodded in approval. “I will hear what these small horses have to teach.”
―
“A horse.”
The chief smiled slightly, and then shouted something to his men in Sioux. They laughed heartily.
“The white eye should stay out of the sun,” said the chief.
Marsh couldn’t help but become a little defensive.
“Wait. You’ve seen a horse’s bones, haven’t you?”
The chief nodded.
“Look at it closely.”
Marsh held the tiny skull up alongside the head of Red Cloud’s mount, comparing the two. The chief reached down and took the skull gingerly, and peered at it intently, turning it in his enormous but surprisingly dexterous hands.
“A small horse?”
“Precisely,” said Marsh, indicated the size with his hands. “Very small.”
The other Sioux laughed, but Red Cloud was fascinated.
“Where are these small horses? Show me one.”
“I’m sorry, I can’t. They are all dead. They died many, many years ago. Many snows. We search for their bones.”
“Why?”
“To . . . to honor them. To learn from them.”
“They speak to you?”
Marsh smiled. “Oh yes.”
“What do they say?”
“They tell us of their world. A world that has long since vanished.”
The chief looked down at the skull, then at Marsh. He shouted again to his men, in Sioux, and they lowered their rifles. He dismounted and turned to face Marsh.
“I am Red Cloud.”
“My name is Professor Marsh.”
“Marsh.” Red Cloud tested the name out loud, and then nodded in approval. “I will hear what these small horses have to teach.”
―
“Nothing is tough but your skull so think out of the skull box and let the thoughts fly.”
― You By You
― You By You
