Lockwood & Co: The Whispering Skull

The second volume in Jonathan Stroud’s exceptional series … Stroud’s writing is inventive and funny, but be warned: this is packed with grisly ghouls and is not perhaps for the faint-hearted. – Lorna Bradbury * Sunday Telegraph *
Seriously scary, brilliant prose. * Metro *
Plenty of humour alongside the chills. * Financial Times *
I’ve waited with baited breath for the second instalment of Jonathan Stroud’s Lockwood & Co novels. At last, The Whispering Skull is here and it is definitely worth the wait. * Scotsman Teen review *
Stroud delivers another riveting narrative * Booklist *
Rousing adventures for young tomb robbers and delvers into realms better left to the dead * Kirkus *
There was a fight between me and my 11-year-old about who got first to Jonathan Stroud’s Whispering Skull … A blissful read. * Evening Standard *
As in the first volume there are plenty of heart-stopping moments and a generous dollop of gore, but nothing most teens and confident readers can’t handle: in fact, the problem will be to persuade them to put the book down. In short, it’s both gross and engrossing! * The Bookbag *
The Whispering Skull frees Stroud to let his flair for spectacle run riot, resulting in several deftly constructed set-pieces far more akin to true horror than the ghost house antics of the first book. * Starburst *
As in the first instalment, Stroud manages to perfectly balance grisly encounters with gleefully sarcastic humour. * Independent Children’s blog *

Jonathan Stroud was born in Bedford in 1970. After studying English Literature at York University, he moved to London, where he worked as an editor at a publishing firm. He is the author of the best-selling Bartimaeus series; the much-beloved Lockwood & Co. series (now a major Netflix series) as well as The Notorious Scarlett & Browne; Heroes of the Valley; The Last Seige; The Leap and Buried Fire. He lives in Hertfordshire with his family. He has yet to see a ghost, but is keeping his eyes open.

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