The Creeping Shadow

★ 4.5 avg 92 votes

About this book

"A terrible crime forces Lockwood to turn to Lucy for help, setting them on the trail of dark secrets at the heart of London society. Both professionally and personally, their investigation stirs up forces they may not be able to control. . ."--

4.5 ★★★★★ average of 3 sources · 92 votes
Open Library 4.9 7
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Apple Books 5.0 92
Hardcover 4.3 92

Reader Profile

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4.5/5 · 92 readers · 552 pages · ≈ 10 h 13 m · Light

What order should I read the Lockwood & Co. series?

Read The Creeping Shadow first, then follow the publication order above — The Screaming Staircase, then The Whispering Skull, then The Hollow Boy.

How long does it take to read The Creeping Shadow?

About ≈ 10 h 13 m — 552 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mThe Creeping Shadow~10 h 13 m

How many pages is The Creeping Shadow?

552 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320The Creeping Shadow552

What genre is The Creeping Shadow?

It sits on the Ghost Stories, Paranormal, Adventure shelves.

Is The Creeping Shadow in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote The Creeping Shadow?

Jonathan Stroud.

Lockwood & Co. — reading order

  1. → The Creeping Shadow (2016) you are here
  2. 1 The Screaming Staircase (2013)
  3. 2 The Whispering Skull (2014)
  4. 3 The Hollow Boy (2015)