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Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase

Book 1

Jonathan Stroud author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Random House Children's UK

Published:3rd Jul '14

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The book sensation of the year from global bestselling author, Jonathan Stroud.

Soon to be a major Netflix series!

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

Now a major Netflix series!

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

For more than fifty 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 . . .

Suspenseful, supernatural adventure - Metro

Put The Screaming Staircase on your 'need to read' list - Rick Riordan

This story will keep you reading late into the night, but you'll want to leave the lights on. Stroud is a genius at inventing an utterly believable world which is very much like ours, but so creepily different. Put The Screaming Staircase on your 'need to read' list. * Rick Riordan *
The book is genuinely spooky and suspenseful, with appealing characters and great dialogue, and all shot through with Stroud's dry wit. * Guardian *
A heartily satisfying string of entertaining near-catastrophes, replete with narrow squeaks and spectral howls * Kirkus *
Stroud (the Bartimaeus series) shows his customary flair for blending deadpan humor with thrilling action, and the fiery interplay among the three agents of Lockwood & Co. invigorates the story (along with no shortage of creepy moments). * Publishers Weekly *
In a world overrun by evil spooks, can Paranormal Detection Agency Lockwood & Co do anything about the ghostly problems besetting London? Suspenseful, supernatural adventure. * Metro *

  • Winner of Hampshire Book Award 2014 (UK)
  • Winner of We Read 2015 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2015 (UK)
  • Short-listed for North East Book Award 2015 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Hampshire Book Award 2015 (UK)

ISBN: 9780552566780

Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 29mm

Weight: 335g

480 pages