Author: Stroud, Jonathan Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage)Published on 3 July 2014 by Penguin Random House Children's UK (Corgi Childrens) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Lockwood & Co.' series.Paperback | 480 pages198 x 136 x 30 | 336g Now a major Netflix series!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 . . .Suspenseful, supernatural adventure - MetroPut The Screaming Staircase on your 'need to read' list - Rick Riordan
