Haunted Houses

The Screaming Staircase

by Jonathan Stroud · Lockwood & Co. series

In a London plagued by deadly ghosts, three young psychic investigators take cases the adult agencies won't touch. Armed with salt, iron, and reckless courage, they face the screaming dead in a haunted house where something far worse than ghosts is waiting.

Lockwood & Co. in reading order

• 1. The Screaming Staircase — Jonathan Stroud
• 2. The Whispering Skull — Jonathan Stroud
• 3. The Hollow Boy — Jonathan Stroud
• 4. The Creeping Shadow — Jonathan Stroud
• 5. The Empty Grave — Jonathan Stroud

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