When the dead come back to haunt the living, Lockwood & Co. step in . . . The bestselling series soon to be available as a graphic novel from artist Rachele Raka.
For more than fifty years, the country has been affected by a horrifying epidemic of ghosts. A number of Psychic Investigations Agencies have sprung up to destroy the dangerous apparitions.
Lucy Carlyle, a talented young agent, arrives in London hoping for a notable career. Instead she finds herself joining the smallest most ramshackle agency in the city, run by the charismatic Anthony Lockwood. When one of their cases goes horribly wrong, Lockwood & Co. have one last chance of redemption. Unfortunately this involves spending the night in one of the most haunted houses in England, and trying to escape alive.
Set in a city stalked by spectres, The Screaming Staircase is the first in a chilling new series full of suspense, humour and truly terrifying ghosts. Your nights will never be the same again . . .
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ALSO ADAPTED INTO A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES
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FR Publisher: Rue de Sevres, January 2026
Editor: Elsa Sztulcman
Primary Agent: Veronique Baxter
Film/ TV agent: The Haworth Agency
Age: 8-12 years
Extent: 64 pages
Illustrations: Full colour by Rachele Raka
Co-agents: Chinese Bardon Chinese Media; Japanese Tuttle Mori
Rights sold: German (under offer)
Originating Publisher: Rue de Serves, January 2027
Editors: Chritsabelle Roucheray, Elsa Stzuclman
WEL Publisher: Titan Publishing Group, Autumn, 2027
Editor: Duncan Baizley
Primary Agent: Veronique Baxter
Film/TV Rights: The Haworth Agency
Age: 8-12 years
Extent: 64 pages
Illustrations: Full colour by Rachele Raka
Co-agents: Chinese Bardon Chinese Media, Japanese Tuttle-Mori
All rights available
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 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. 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...
Jonathan Stroud is the author of three internationally bestselling series: the award-winning Bartimaeus sequence, which has been published in 36 languages, the critically acclaimed Lockwood & Co, adapted into a hit Netflix series, and the Carnegie Medal-nominated Scarlett and Browne trilogy. He lives near London with his wife and three children.
Rachele Raka is an illustrator based in Italy. She frequently collaborates with French publishers on comics and graphic novels and has over 30,000 followers on social media.
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FRENCH MARKETING ASSETS
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Promotional Posters:
[Ghosts are our business!]
[Holograhic card included with your purchase! – NEW SERIES]
Holographic postcard (gifted with the book)
Dress your own Anthony Lockwood paper doll