Lockwood & Co: The Whispering Skull: Book 2

Stroud, Jonathan

ISBN 10 : 0552568058 ISBN 13 : 9780552568050

Editeur : Corgi Childrens, 2015

Synopsis

"Stroud is a genius". (Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series). Ghosts and ghouls beware! London's smallest, shabbiest and most talented psychic detection agency is back. Life is never exactly peaceful for Lockwood & Co. Lucy and George are trying to solve the mystery of the talking skull trapped in their ghost jar, while Lockwood is desperate for an exciting new case. Things seem to be looking up when the team is called to Kensal Green Cemetery to investigate the grave of a sinister Victorian doctor. Strange apparitions have been seen there, and the site must be made safe. As usual, Lockwood is confident; as usual, everything goes wrong - a terrible phantom is unleashed, and a dangerous object is stolen from the coffin. Lockwood & Co must recover the relic before its power is unleashed, but it's a race against time. Their obnoxious rivals from the Fittes agency are also on the hunt. And if that's not bad enough, the skull in the ghost-jar is stirring again...The author of the blockbuster Bartimaeus sequence delivers another humorous and chilling instalment in the critically acclaimed Lockwood & CO. series.

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

Ghosts and ghouls beware! Lockwood & Co. is back.

Life isn’t exactly peaceful for the psychic detective agency. Lucy and George are trying to solve the mystery of the talking skull trapped in their ghost jar, while Lockwood is desperate for an exciting new case.

Things seem to be looking up when the team is called to investigate the grave of a sinister Victorian doctor. As usual, everything goes wrong – a terrible phantom is freed, and a dangerous object is stolen from the coffin. Lockwood & Co must recover the relic before its power is unleashed, but it’s a race against time. And if that’s not bad enough, the skull in the ghost-jar is stirring again . . .

The author of the BARTIMAEUS sequence delivers another humorous and chilling instalment in the critically acclaimed LOCKWOOD & CO. series.

Quatrième de couverture :

Ghosts and ghouls beware!
The smallest, shabbiest, most talented
psychic detection agency is back.

There are strange things happening at one of
London’s biggest cemeteries. A sinister coffin has
been opened and a terrible phantom set free.

When Lockwood & Co. investigate, they discover
a dangerous relic has been stolen – and it’s a race
against time before its full power is unleashed

Jonathan Stroud’s fantastic supernatural series
is setting pulses racing across the world!

‘Will keep you reading late into the night, but
you’ll want to leave the lights on’ Rick Riordan

‘Blending deadpan humour with thrilling action . . .
no shortage of creepy moments’ Guardian

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Corgi Childrens
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0552568058
• ISBN 13: 9780552568050
• Reliure: Livre broché
• Nombre de pages: 496