The release date for the English version of 'The Screaming Staircase' by
Jonathan Stroud is Aug 2013. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Lockwood & Co. step in when the dead return to torment the living...
The nation has been plagued by a terrifying ghost pandemic for more than 50 years. Numerous Psychic Investigations Agencies have emerged in an attempt to eliminate the menacing apparitions.
Talented young agent Lucy Carlyle travels to London with the goal of making a big name for herself. Instead, she ends herself working for Anthony Lockwood's charming agency, which is the tiniest and most run-down in the city. Lockwood & Co. have one final opportunity to turn things around when one of their cases goes terribly wrong. Regretfully, this entails attempting to survive throughout the night in one of England's most haunted mansions.
The Screaming Staircase is the first in a horrifying new series full of comedy, suspense, and really terrible ghosts, set in a city plagued by spectres. Your evenings won't be the same after this...