The Whispering Skull

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4.5

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Jonathan Stroud

'Stroud is a genius' Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson series. Ghosts and ghouls beware! Londonâe(tm)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 âe" 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 itâe(tm)s a race against time. Their obnoxious rivals from the Fittes agency are also on the hunt. And if thatâe(tm)s not bad enough, the skull in the ghost-jar is stirring againâe¦ The author of the blockbuster BARTIMAEUS sequence delivers another humorous and chilling instalment in the critically acclaimed LOCKWOOD & CO. series.

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Author

Jonathan Stroud

Pages

496

Publisher

Doubleday

Published Date

2014

ISBN

0857532650 9780857532657

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"i honestly don’t even know what to say for this book but it was SO GOOD!!!"

lexi

"oh my gosh it was left on a cliff hanger again"

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Kaitlin Lantz

"Oh Jonathan Stroud, he of the fantastic ideas, middle grade appropriate scares and fun plots, if only you stopped slob/fat shaming one of your best characters and cut out your antiquated gender normative tendencies , you would drift into 5 star territory.<br/><br/>Until then my 11 year old daughter and I will continue to enjoy this series while occasionally cringing and giving you 4.3 stars"

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Cainim Truax

"This book had the disservice of being read after watching the TV series. Book alone it has a compelling mystery and clues leading up. Having seen the show prior, I did think the mystery was done a bit better on Netflix end. That said good book and it's worth the read. "

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Nova Quartz

"I enjoyed the first one a bit more than this one but this one was still very entertaining! I liked some of the cliff hanger chapters and the new characters it brought in. I think I would be tempted to look in the mirror. <br/><br/>This isn't a fault of the author's but I'm listening to this series via audiobook and was a little disappointed that the narrator was changed from the first book to the second book. The narrator for this book did a pretty good job with the voices but I was very disappointed in her voice for George. I think the first narrator did an awesome job with all three main characters. But the narrator for the second book lacked George's personality. Someone else will be narrating books 3-5 and I really hope they do just as good of a job as the first narrator did in the first book."

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Genna Wells

"This novel was a great sequel to the first novel in the Lockwood and Co. series. I love that Lucy can speak to ghosts! The fact that the skull was alive during the events being investigated by Lockwood, Lucy and George felt a bit forced, however. Lockwood’s character also felt a bit off from how he acted in the first book, which was a little weird. Unsure as to why?? Apart from that, this book had a solid plot, characters and is a captivating story. 3.5/5 stars."

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Jeremy Lussier

"IS WHAT I THINK IS BEHIND THAT DOOR REALLY BEHIND THAT DOOR ????!!!!"

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Hali Dinwiddie

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