Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase : Book 1

by Stroud, Jonathan

Children's, Teenage & educational

Published 03/07/2014 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Corgi Childrens) in the United Kingdom as part of the Lockwood & Co. series.

Paperback | 480 pages

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