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The Creeping Shadow

by Jonathan Stroud

Lucy has left Lockwood & Co., but a deadly new case may drag the team back together.

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About The Creeping Shadow

Now working freelance, Lucy is called back when Lockwood needs help with a case for Penelope Fittes: locate and remove the Source of the legendary Brixton Cannibal. Tensions inside the old team make the job harder, while black marketeers, an informant ghost, and shocking secrets threaten to change Lockwood & Co. forever.

Reading signals

Spice
None
Darkness
Balanced
Pacing
Fast

Series

Lockwood & Co. · Book 4 of 5

Content warnings
  • persecution for witchcraft
  • fatmisia
  • body shaming
  • blood
  • gore
  • dead bodies
  • physical injuries
  • dismemberment
  • grief
  • death of friend
  • death of parent
  • death of sibling
  • murder
  • attempted murder
  • knife violence
  • gun violence
  • explosions
  • animal cruelty
  • cannibalism (recounted)
  • child death

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