Playing with Fire
- Published
- 1 April 2008
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN-13
- 9780061240881
- Type
- novel
About this book
Playing with Fire (April 2008) is the second novel in Phase I, continuing Stephanie Edgley's training from tag-along to genuine magical powerhouse alongside skeleton detective Skulduggery Pleasant. It runs 352 pages.
Key facts about Playing with Fire
Derek Landy wrote Playing with Fire, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1 April 2008. The book has 352 pages.
We list 2 editions of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780061240881 to find the main one.
Playing with Fire is book 2 of 25 in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. The series has 25 published books. However, the series starts with Skulduggery Pleasant (2007). A Soul Full of Shadows is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 26 March 2026.
Additionally, Derek Landy writes Demon Road as a separate series. Those series sit on our fantasy and horror shelves. Meanwhile, A Soul Full of Shadows is the latest published Derek Landy book on file, from 26 March 2026.
About Derek Landy
Derek Landy is an Irish author and screenwriter, born in 1974 in Lusk, County Dublin, who worked on his family's vegetable farm and studied animation before breaking into film: he wrote the IFTA-winning Dead Bodies and the IFTA-nominated Boy Eats Girl, starring Samantha Mumba. See every Derek Landy book in order.
Its place in Skulduggery Pleasant
Playing with Fire is book 2 in the Skulduggery Pleasant series. It follows Skulduggery Pleasant. It is followed by The Faceless Ones. See the full Skulduggery Pleasant reading order.
Twelve-year-old Stephanie Edgley inherits a strange house from her recently deceased uncle and finds herself teamed up with its previous tenant's oldest friend: a wisecracking, magic-wielding, reanimated skeleton detective named Skulduggery Pleasant. Together they investigate a hidden magical Ireland full of sorcerers, monsters, and ancient evils, and Stephanie - who takes the name Valkyrie Cain - trains up from tag-along to genuine magical powerhouse across a saga that keeps escalating in scale and body count as…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780061240898
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780061240881