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 cliffhanger ending, the team learns that someone has been manipulating them all along. . . .
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"I love this series but liked this one better than the last book. The last book had a lot of "GIRL" drama which really got annoying. In this book all of that is settled and the characters really feel like a family. Hard to believe they are only in their teens with the very mature way they work together."
— JB (5 out of 5 stars)
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Jonathan Stroud is the author of the New York Times bestselling Bartimaeus Trilogy, as well as The Leap, The Last Siege, Buried Fire, and Heroes of the Valley. He lives in England with his family.
Emily Bevan, an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator,is an actress who has appeared in numerous television shows, including In the Flesh, The Thick of It, and Comedy Lab. She has also acted in several full-length and short feature films.