In this series Stroud creates a new London in which ghosts haunt the living and only children have the extra senses to detect the paranormal activity. “I’ve waited with baited breath for the latest instalment of Jonathan Stroud’s Lockwood & Co novels. The Screaming Staircase: Lockwood & Co., Book 1 (Audio Download): Jonathan Stroud, Miranda Raison, Random House Audiobooks. For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. “A dashing teenage hero, a ghostly cult leader and a girl gravedigger with serious personal hygiene issues are just some of the delights that lie in wait in The Whispering Skull, Jonathan Stroud’s second book in the Lockwood & Co. Books similar to The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., 1) The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., 1) by Jonathan Stroud. "A delicious mixture of bone-dry wit and spooky shocks." He’s terrific at mixing the macabre with high-school-level repartee.” A heartily satisfying string of entertaining near-catastrophes, replete with narrow squeaks and spectral howls. Lucy’s keen ability to hear the ghostly dead leads them to discover the source of the. Despite being well-stocked with scream-worthy ghastlies, this lively opener makes a light alternative for readers who find the likes of Joseph Delaney’s Last Apprentice series too grim and creepy for comfort. (Anthony) Lockwood investigating a haunting at the site of a recentseemingly accidentaldeath. “With the same sophisticated imagination that made his Bartimaeus series such a success, Stroud’s writing is assured and nimble. The Screaming Staircase, book one in the five-volume series, begins with Junior Field Operative Lucy Carlyle (the protagonist) and Agency Director A.J. "Fantastic characters, fast-paced action, and truly alarming in places." For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts.
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