Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase: Book 1

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 . . . Review This story will keep you reading late into the night but youll 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 RiordanThe book is genuinelyspooky and suspenseful with appealing characters and great dialogue and all shot through with Strouds dry wit. ―GuardianA heartily satisfying string of entertaining near-catastrophes replete with narrow squeaks and spectral howls ―KirkusStroud (theBartimaeus series) shows his customary flair for blending deadpan humor withthrilling action and the fiery interplay among the three agents of Lockwood & Co. invigorates the story (along with no shortage of creepy moments). ―Publishers WeeklyIn a world overrun by evil spooks can Paranormal Detection Agency Lockwood & Co do anything about the ghostly problems besetting London?Suspenseful supernatural adventure. ―Metro About the Author Jonathan Stroud was born in Bedford in 1970. After studying English Literature at York University he moved to London where he worked as an editor in a publishing firm. He is also the author of the best-selling BARTIMAEUS sequence which is published in 35 languages and has sold 6 million copies worldwide and also of four other novels: HEROES OF THE VALLEY THE LAST SIEGE THE LEAP and BURIED FIRE. He lives in Hertfordshire with his family. He has yet to see a ghost but is keeping his eyes open.