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The Screaming Staircase
A Young Adult Paranormal / Urban Fantasy Novel by Jonathan Stroud
Book 1 of the Lockwood & Co. Series
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Ghost Story,
- Haunted House,
- London
This book is for you if you're into...
- Teens with psychic powers battling ghosts in haunted London
- Snarky team banter and rivalry between supernatural detective agencies
- Dangerous haunted house missions with real stakes
Dive into the first book of this frightfully fun series and join the ghost-hunting gang as they defend our world from the most fearsome phantoms!
A sinister Problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts, spirits, and specters are appearing throughout the city, and they aren't exactly friendly. Only young people have the psychic abilities required to see and eradicate these supernatural foes. Many different Psychic Detection Agencies have cropped up to handle the dangerous work, and they are in fierce competition for business.
In The Screaming Staircase, the plucky and talented Lucy Carlyle teams up with Anthony Lockwood, the charismatic leader of Lockwood & Co, a small agency that runs independent of any adult supervision. After an assignment leads to both a grisly discovery and a disastrous end, Lucy, Anthony, and their sarcastic colleague, George, are forced to take part in the perilous investigation of Combe Carey Hall, one of the most haunted houses in England.
Will Lockwood & Co. survive the Hall's legendary Screaming Staircase and Red Room to see another day?
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