In the six months since Anthony, Lucy, and George survived a night in the most haunted house in England, Lockwood & Co. -Publishers Weekly Praise for The Whispering Skull *An occult portal and its spectral guardian nearly cut short the careers of three rising young ghost hunters in this madcap sequel t. invigorates the story (along with no shortage of creepy moments). -Elizabeth Bird, School Library Journal Stroud shows his customary flair for blending deadpan humor with thrilling action, and the fiery interplay among the three agents of Lockwood & Co.
Ghosts, kids on their own without adult supervision, and loads of delicious cookies.
Smart as a whip, funny, witty, and honestly frightening at times, Stroud lets loose and gives readers exactly what they want.
Put The Screaming Staircase on your \'need to read\' list -Rick Riordan A pleasure from tip to tail, this is the book you hand the advanced readers that claim they\'d rather read Paradise Lost than Harry Potter.
Stroud is a genius at inventing an utterly believable world which is very much like ours, but so creepily different.
Praise for The Screaming Staircase This story will keep you reading late into the night, but you\'ll want to leave the lights on. series.
The author of the blockbuster Bartimaeus series delivers another amusing, chilling, and ingeniously plotted entry in the critically acclaimed Lockwood & Co.
Inspector Barnes believes the relic to be highly dangerous, and he wants it found.
Bickerstaff\'s coffin was raided and a strange glass object buried with the corpse has vanished.
Kipps is there too, much to Lockwood\'s annoyance.
Then the team is summoned to DEPRAC headquarters.
Lucy is distracted by urgent whispers coming from the Skull in the ghost jar.
Back home at Portland Row, Lockwood accuses George of making too many careless mistakes.
All goes well-until George\'s curiosity attracts a horrible phantom.
Saunders needs the coffin sealed with silver to prevent any supernatural trouble. to be present at the excavation of Edmund Bickerstaff, a Victorian doctor who reportedly tried to communicate with the dead.
Saunders, hires Lockwood & Co.
Things look up when a new client, Mr.
Finally, in a fit of anger, Anthony challenges his rival to a contest: the next time the two agencies compete on a job, the losing side will have to admit defeat in the Times newspaper.
Quill Kipps and his team of Fittes agents keep swooping in on Lockwood\'s investigations. hasn\'t made much progress.
In the six months since Anthony, Lucy, and George survived a night in the most haunted house in England, Lockwood & Co
