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The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co.1)
《洛克伍德靈異偵探社：尖叫的階梯》
by Jonathan Stroud
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本作故事的時空背景設置於架空的現代英倫世界裏，五十年前無數幽靈鬼魂從墓塚裡竄出，到處肆虐，造成一片亂象、
大人無法用肉眼看見鬼魂，更無法對抗它們，能與之抗衡的只有能感應到靈體的小孩和青少年；有特殊能力的青年在「靈異事件研究與控制部」的管控下被培訓，並進行調查和驅鬼的工作。
別具天賦的露西離鄉背井到倫敦，在這裡她遇見了洛克靈異偵探所的創立人洛克和負責搜集資料的喬治，更加入了他們成爲偵探所的一員。洛克靈異偵探所不依靠任何大人，所有的營運、調查與驅魔工作都由他們獨立完成，他們也因此注定面臨各種跌宕起伏的挑戰和冒險...
這次，他們三人受委托調查一間鬧鬼的房子，在闖出滔天大禍和面臨巨額賠償之下，他們必須亡羊補牢盡快解決這起事件。隨著調查工作的展開，他們發現這棟鬧鬼的房子與一樁五十年前的女演員失蹤案緊密相扣...
A sinister Problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts, spirits, and specters are appearing throughout the city, and they aren't exactly friendly. Only young people have the psychic abilities required to see and eradicate these supernatural foes. Many different Psychic Detection Agencies have cropped up to handle the dangerous work, and they are in fierce competition for business.
In The Screaming Staircase, the plucky and talented Lucy Carlyle teams up with Anthony Lockwood, the charismatic leader of Lockwood & Co, a small agency that runs independent of any adult supervision. After an assignment leads to both a grisly discovery and a disastrous end, Lucy, Anthony, and their sarcastic colleague, George, are forced to take part in the perilous investigation of Combe Carey Hall, one of the most haunted houses in England. Will Lockwood & Co. survive the Hall's
legendary Screaming Staircase and Red Room to see another day?
