Children's Fiction

The Whispering Skull

by Jonathan Stroud · Lockwood & Co. series

Psychic investigators Lockwood, Lucy, and George face professional rivalry and supernatural peril in ghost-plagued London. When Anthony Lockwood challenges his competitor to a contest, the stakes escalate beyond mere reputation into life-threatening danger. A blend of spectral mystery and wit.

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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