“I’ve waited with baited breath for the latest instalment of Jonathan Stroud’s Lockwood & Co novels. 'Jonathan Stroud was born in Bedford in 1970. “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. "A delicious mixture of bone-dry wit and spooky shocks." I was excited when I saw some interesting vocab - i.e. Instead of opening up slowly into a world of ghosts, where we naturally fall in love with the characters, The Screaming Staircase thrusts us into the main conflict from the get-go. He’s terrific at mixing the macabre with high-school-level repartee.” 3/5: DNF at 50 - I wanted to read this before I watched the Netflix adaption, but I ended up feeling underwhelmed. “With the same sophisticated imagination that made his Bartimaeus series such a success, Stroud’s writing is assured and nimble. The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co., 1) Stroud, Jonathan Published by Little, Brown Books for Young (2014) ISBN 10: 1423186923 ISBN 13: 9781423186922 New Paperback Quantity: 7 Seller: Save With Sam (North Miami, FL, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Paperback. When one of their cases goes horribly wrong, Lockwood and Co. Instead she finds herself joining the smallest most ramshackle agency in the city, run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood. "Fantastic characters, fast-paced action, and truly alarming in places." Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career.
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