Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase: Book 1

By Author / Illustrator

Jonathan Stroud

Genre

Mystery & Detective

Age range(s)

11+

Publisher

Penguin Random House Children's UK

ISBN

9780552566780

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

03-07-2014

Synopsis

When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in . . .

For more than 50 years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions.

Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career. Instead she finds herself joining the smallest most ramshackle agency in the city, run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood. When one of their cases goes horribly wrong, Lockwood & Co. have one last chance of redemption. Unfortunately this involves spending the night in one of the most haunted houses in England, and trying to escape alive.

Set in a city stalked by spectres, The Screaming Staircase is the first in a chilling new series full of suspense, humour and truly terrifying ghosts. Your nights will never be the same again . . .

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