num_pages: 440
description: When the dead come back to haunt the living Lockwood &amp; 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 &amp; 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 . . .
language: English
title: The Screaming Staircase
publisher: Doubleday Children’s Books