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436 pp.
| Disney/Hyperion |
September, 2014 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4231-6492-0$17.99
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4-6Lockwood & Co. series.
The ragtag juvenile ghost-hunter agency, Lockwood & Co., takes on its second big-ticket case, this one involving sinister artifacts with possible links to the genesis of Britain's ghost "Problem." Stroud unfolds an intricate plot that inches readers closer to the central supernatural mystery, offering a cozy, creepy tale that balances ghostly peril with hefty helpings of stiff-upper-lip snark. Glos.