{"product_id":"the-whispering-skull","title":"The Whispering Skull","description":"\u003cp\u003eNOW A NETFLIX SERIES  In this spine-tingling next book of the Lockwood \u0026amp; Co series  the ghost-hunting gang take on terrifying new challenges.  In the six months since Anthony  Lucy  and George survived a night in the most haunted house in England  Lockwood \u0026amp; Co. hasnt made much progress. Quill Kipps and his team of Fittes agents keep swooping in on Lockwoods investigations. Finally  in a fit of anger  Anthony challenges his rival to a contest: the next time the two agencies compete on a job  the losing side will have to admit defeat in the Times newspaper.  Things look up when a new client  Mr. Saunders  hires Lockwood \u0026amp; Co. to be present at the excavation of Edmund Bickerstaff  a Victorian doctor who reportedly tried to communicate with the dead. Saunders needs the coffin sealed with silver to prevent any supernatural trouble. All goes well-until Georges curiosity attracts a horrible phantom.  Back home at Portland Row  Lockwood accuses George of making too many careless mistakes. Lucy is distracted by urgent whispers coming from the skull in the ghost jar. Then the team is summoned to DEPRAC headquarters. Kipps is there too  much to Lockwoods annoyance. Bickerstaffs coffin was raided and a strange glass object buried with the corpse has vanished. Inspector Barnes believes the relic to be highly dangerous  and he wants it found.  The author of the blockbuster Bartimaeus series delivers another amusing  chilling  and ingeniously plotted entry in the critically acclaimed Lockwood \u0026amp; Co. series.  Praise for The Screaming Staircase:  \"This story will keep you reading late into the night  but youll want to leave the lights on. Stroud is a genius at inventing an utterly believable world which is very much like ours  but so creepily different. Put The Screaming Staircase on your need to read list!\" -- Rick Riordan  \"A pleasure from tip to tail  this is the book you hand the advanced readers that claim theyd rather read Paradise Lost than Harry Potter. Smart as a whip  funny  witty  and honestly frightening at times  Stroud lets loose and gives readers exactly what they want. Ghosts  kids on their own without adult supervision  and loads of delicious cookies.\" -- Elizabeth Bird  School Library Journal  \"Stroud shows his customary flair for blending deadpan humor with thrilling action  and the fiery interplay among the three agents of Lockwood \u0026amp; Co. invigorates the story (along with no shortage of creepy moments).\" -- Publishers Weekly  \"A heartily satisfying string of entertaining near-catastrophes  replete with narrow squeaks and spectral howls.\" -- Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44944711614517,"sku":"ByrdShop_142316492X","price":59.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781423164920.jpg?v=1769840336","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-whispering-skull","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}