Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone

Derek Landy
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Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone - not least himself. One moment he was in his study, seven words into the twenty-fifth sentence of the final chapter of his new book, And the Darkness Rained upon Them, and the next he was dead. A tragic loss, his mind echoed numbly as he slipped away. ✨ Derek Landy (2015). Skulduggery Pleasant -, p.11, HarperCollins UK
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