After leaving Lockwood & Co. at the end of
The Hollow Boy,Lucy is a freelance operative, hiring herself out to agencies that value her ever-improving skills. One day she is pleasantly surprised by a visit from Lockwood, who tells her he needs a good Listener for a tough assignment. Penelope Fittes, the leader of the giant Fittes Agency wants them--and only them--to locate and remove the Source for the legendary Brixton Cannibal. They succeed in their very dangerous task, but tensions remain high between Lucy and the other agents. Even the skull in the jar talks to her like a jilted lover. What will it take to reunite the team? Black marketeers, an informant ghost, a Spirit Cape that transports the wearer, and mysteries involving Steve Rotwell and Penelope Fittes just may do the trick. But, in a shocking cliffhanger ending, the team learns that someone has been manipulating them all along. . . .Jonathan Stroud (www.jonathanstroud.com) is the author of four books in the Lockwood & Co. series as well as the
New York Timesbest-selling Bartimaeus books, and the stand-alone titles
Heroes of the Valley,
The Leap,
The Last Siege,
and
Buried Fire. He lives in England with his wife and three children.
PRAISE FOR THE WHISPERING SKULL Stroud shows his customary flair for blending deadpan humor with thrilling action, and the fiery interplay among the three agents of Lockwood & Co. invigorates the story (along with no shortage of creepy moments).
Publishers WeeklyPRAISE FOR THE WHISPERING SKULLL* An occult portal and its spectral guardian nearly cut short the careers of three rising young ghost hunters in this madcap sequel toThe Screaming Staircase(2013). For all their internecine squabbling, the three protagonists make a redoubtable team-and their supporting cast, led by the sneering titular skull in a jar, adds color and complications aplenty.l.
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