"You'll want to leave the lights on...Stroud is a genius". (Rick Riordan). 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...
It didn't quite catch me, interesting concept with ghosts being a plague on humans and children being more able to to see them, the ability fading with time, which makes them the best people to hunt them. Three children join forces in their own company, A. J. Lockwood & Co., who are in trouble so they have to take on a dangerous job.
It just didn't engage me. I put it down and forgot about it at one stage, but finished it last night and was still underwhelmed but it took off after about 100 pages.
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