The second book in this chilling series from global bestselling author, Jonathan Stroud.
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.
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.
*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*
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