Mad Soul Child
Written on Apr 7, 2021
Now a major Netflix series!
Lockwood & Co. might be the smallest (some might say shambolic) Psychic Detection Agency in London. But its three agents - Lockwood, Lucy and George - are exceptional Talents. And they get results. When an outbreak of ghostly phenomena grows to terrifying levels in Chelsea, Scotland Yard is left baffled.
Even more baffling is that Lockwood & Co appear to have been excluded from the huge team of Agents investigating the Chelsea Outbreak. Surely this is the perfect chance for them to show once and for all that they're actually the best in town? Well, that's if they can put aside their personal differences for long enough to march into action with their rapiers, salt and iron . . .
Ghouls and spectres, thrills and tension in this third instalment in Jonathan Stroud's bestselling series.
'Stroud is a genius' - Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series.
- ISBN10 0552573140
- ISBN13 9780552573146
- Publish Date 24 September 2015 (first published 15 September 2015)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Penguin Random House Children's UK
- Imprint Corgi Childrens
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 448
- Language English
Reviews
maggiefan
Written on Dec 29, 2019
limabean74
Written on Dec 30, 2015
pamela
Written on Sep 18, 2015
Like always, Stroud is masterful in his character development and world building. He creates a fast paced plot with some genuinely creepy moments, and his characters are all individuals at the same time flawed, yet perfect. In this instalment he introduces a new character in the form of Lockwood & Co's new assistant, Holly, and with perfection shows the stresses and anxieties that occur when a new entity is thrown head first in to a tight knit group. The relationship between Lucy and Holly is fascinating, without making one or the other seem like a bad person Stroud manages to truly encapsulate the tension when two opposing personalities are brought in to contact.
Stroud's Lockwood & Co makes reading exciting. I haven't been this excited by a series since Harry Potter and John Connolly's Charlie Parker series. What I would like to see in further instalments, which I'm sure Stroud has planned, is a bit more exploration in to the history of 'the problem' and why ghosts are overwhelming London, and I'm certainly excited to see how Lucy's talent will develop. I will be impatiently waiting for the next Lockwood & Co. I plan to follow Lucy, George and Lockwood on all their future adventures!