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  • The Creeping Shadow

  • Lockwood & Co., Book 4
  • By: Jonathan Stroud
  • Narrated by: Emily Bevan
  • Length: 12 hrs and 57 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (1,282 ratings)

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The Creeping Shadow

By: Jonathan Stroud
Narrated by: Emily Bevan
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After leaving Lockwood & Co. at the end of The Hollow Boy, Lucy is a freelance operative hiring herself out to agencies that value her ever-improving skills. One day she is pleasantly surprised by a visit from Lockwood, who tells her he needs a good Listener for a tough assignment. Penelope Fittes, the leader of the giant Fittes Agency, wants them - and only them - to locate and remove the Source for the legendary Brixton Cannibal. They succeed in their very dangerous task, but tensions remain high between Lucy and the other agents. Even the skull in the jar talks to her like a jilted lover.

What will it take to reunite the team? Black marketeers, an informant ghost, a Spirit Cape that transports the wearer, and mysteries involving Steve Rotwell and Penelope Fittes just may do the trick. But in a shocking cliff-hanger ending, the team learns that someone has been manipulating them all along.

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"Emily Bevan’s narration is as spine-tingling as the adventures in this fourth Lockwood & Co. story.... Bevan’s rendition of the wry skull is laugh-out-loud perfect. Also spot-on is the suspense she brings to the drama of a threatening spirit, the sinister forces behind it, and Lucy’s joy at being reunited with her friends." (AudioFile)

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listened in a day

Just keeps getting better with every book! I am well pleased and at ease with the new reader now after she has performed this 4th book.
I just don't know how I'm going to wait till the next book!

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Fantastic!

Great from beginning to end. Narration is really wonderful. This is one of my favorite series.

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To good to put away!

Every chapter made me hang on the end of my chair. The description was perfect and it made me feel like I was there in the room every time. Plus the relationship between Lockwood and Lucy makes me melt.

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Brilliant work

Jonathan Stroud crafts a great story and builds the magical and charming world of Lockwood & Co. with a relatable narrator in Lucy Carlisle. Lockwood & Co.’s adventures are stories that I enjoy experiencing again and again.

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Best One Yet

I love this book!!! They just get better. I will now have to wait for the next installment. I hope it comes in the next year because now I'm a diehard fan of Lockwood and Co. !!!
And love the relationship between Lucy and Skull.

Five Stars!!!

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I don’t want this series to end!!!

Uh oh. I have binged all the Lockwood books but one. I want to savor the last book but I know I’ll consume it as fast as possible. I really hope more stories will be written soon!

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It’s so good

The book was amazing I cannot wait for the next one in the series. It’s a must read.

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Hence down favourite of the entire series

This is such a masterful book that I didn't realize. It was the fourth in the series the first time I read it. This was my introduction to Lockwood and co, and it has been a favorite series of mine ever since. Just read the book; you won't regret it.

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excellently written

I loved this installment of the Lockwood and Co series! Riveting and fun! The only negative is, I really dislike how the voice actor portrays all of the male voices in the series, it is very grating and ridiculous sounding. Other than that the book was excellent!

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mysterious and spooky

its a great book definitely worthy of a read as the gang at Lockwood and Co are off to yet another adventure with twists and turns I didn't see coming

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