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* ActionGirl: Lucy, as well as all the other female agents.



* BadassLongcoat: Lockwood has a pretty cool-looking greatcoat, which you can see on the cover.

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* BadassLongcoat: Lockwood has a pretty cool-looking greatcoat, tends to wear long coats, one of which you can see on the cover.cover. Of course, RealityEnsues where his coat ends up getting caught in things.



* DeadpanSnarker: All of Lockwood & Co.



* LastNameBasis: Nobody actually calls Lockwood "Anthony."

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* LastNameBasis: Nobody actually calls Lockwood "Anthony."Lockwood. The only person who does call him by his first name--as "Tony"--is Kipps.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Inspector Barnes, while not very pleasant, is perfectly reasonable. He objects to Lockwood & Co. acting without an adult supervisor, and is definitely justified when they accidentally burn down half of a client's house.



* SealedEvilInAJar: Ghosts can be trapped or preserved when their Sources are locked into silver-glass boxes.



* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:Fairfax, the owner of Fairfax Industries, who, in his youth, killed Annabel Ward.]]

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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:Fairfax, the owner of Fairfax Industries, Iron, who, in his youth, killed Annabel Ward.]]

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* RefusalOfTheCall: [[spoiler:When the ghost in George's ghost-jar starts talking to her, and mentions things like being TheOnlyOne for something, Lucy's reaction is to seal up the jar again.]]



* [[SkirtOverSlacks Skirt Over Leggings]]: Lucy's usual choice of wear.



* [[SkirtOverSlacks Skirt Over Leggings]]: Lucy's usual choice of wear.

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* [[SkirtOverSlacks Skirt Over Leggings]]: Lucy's usual choice of wear.SpotOfTea: Naturally, given the setting. Lockwood & Co. have tea before going on investigations.


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* TreacheryCoverup: [[spoiler:Even after revealing that Fairfax was responsible for Annabel Ward's death, Lockwood & Co are kept from revealing it publicly.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:Fairfax, the owner of Fairfax Industries, who, in his youth, killed Annabel Ward.]]

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* FatAndSkinny: George and Lockwood. Lockwood is also tall, while George is a little shorter than Lucy.
* FatSlob: Not as bad as some examples, but George tends to leave a mess wherever he goes; dirty dishes, dropped clothes, etc.



* MysteriousMist: A side-effect of a ghostly manifestation, described as being white-green in color.



* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Quite a lot of types are present or mentioned, from the violent types to the "avenge me!" and "unfinished business" types to those who aren't even aware they're dead.

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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: They're often called "Visitors" here. Quite a lot of types are present or mentioned, from the violent types to the "avenge me!" mentioned and "unfinished business" types to those who aren't even aware they're dead. categorized as:
** Type Ones are the usually harmless, if troublesome variety.
** Type Twos have a purpose of some kind, and can turn violent.
** Type Threes haven't been officially proven; they can supposedly be communicated with. [[spoiler:The ghost in George's ghost jar turns out to be this in the end of the first book, when it tries to talk to Lucy.]]
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* BigEater: George.


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* TheEmpath: Lucy has a variety of this which only applies to ghosts.


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* TheLeader: Lockwood, of the charismatic variety.


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* ObsessedWithFood: George, which goes with being a BigEater.


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* TheSmartGuy: George, of near InsufferableGenius levels.

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* TheCharmer: Lockwood, which is why George and Lucy somehow find themselves still sticking with him, even if they give their boss a lot of flak.



* CrazyPrepared: George keeps ghost-hunting supplies in his bedroom.

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* CrazyPrepared: George keeps a complete set of ghost-hunting supplies in his bedroom.



* HeroInsurance: Averted. Lockwood & Co. faces massive fines and the threat of eviction after burning down a haunted house.



* InfantImmortality: Horribly averted. Only children and teenagers can see ghosts, and so they're sent ahead of their adult supervisors and into the most danger when investigating haunted areas.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: George isn't nearly as charming as Lockwood, and he has his own set of bad habits, but he does care for both Lockwood and Lucy.



* InfantImmortality: Horribly averted. Only children and teenagers can see ghosts, and so they're sent ahead of their adult supervisors and into the most danger when investigating crime scenes.
* HeroInsurance: Averted. Lockwood & Co. faces massive fines and the threat of eviction after burning down a haunted house.

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* InfantImmortality: Horribly averted. Only children and teenagers can see ghosts, and so they're sent ahead of their adult supervisors and into the most danger when investigating crime scenes.
* HeroInsurance: Averted.
LastNameBasis: Nobody actually calls Lockwood & Co. faces massive fines and the threat of eviction after burning down a haunted house. "Anthony."



* MagneticHero: Lockwood, which is why George and Lucy somehow find themselves sticking with him.

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* [[BrainInAJar Ghost In A Jar]]: The ghost-jar that George tinkers with. Unlike other contained Sources, the Source in the ghost-jar is active and likes to taunt and scare the people who look at it. [[spoiler:At the end of the first book, a small leak on the ghost-jar allows it to be able to talk to Lucy.]]



* CrazyPrepared: George keeps ghost-hunting supplies in his bedroom.



* ImColdSoCold: Said word for word by a ghost that Lucy and Lockwood encounter.

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* ImColdSoCold: Said nearly word for word by a ghost that Lucy and Lockwood encounter.


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* [[SkirtOverSlacks Skirt Over Leggings]]: Lucy's usual choice of wear.
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* MagneticHero: Lockwood, which is why George and Lucy somehow find themselves sticking with him.


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* TheRival: Quill Kipps, who belongs to the Fittes agency. He knows both George and Lockwood and isn't on very good terms with both of them.

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* BodyHorror: The symptoms of someone who is touched by a ghost: their bodies swell and turn blue. They die very quickly if not given immediate medical attention, [[spoiler:a fate that Lockwood avoided but Fairfax did not.]]



* KillItWithFire: Fire is pretty good against ghosts, both in eliminating the actual ghost or the source, their body. A variety of white-phosphorus grenades are used quite commonly in paranormal agencies.
* InfantImmortality: Horribly averted. Only children and teenagers can see ghosts, and so they're sent ahead of their adult supervisors and into the most danger when investigating crime scenes.



* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Of the "Unfinished Business" type. All of the ghosts in the story have some sort of object still tying them down to earth.
* ParanormalInvestigation: Massive industries are built around this.

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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Of Quite a lot of types are present or mentioned, from the "Unfinished Business" type. All of violent types to the ghosts in the story have some sort of object still tying them down "avenge me!" and "unfinished business" types to earth.
those who aren't even aware they're dead.
* ParanormalInvestigation: Massive industries are built around this.this, from the agencies doing the investigations to the companies providing them the tools to do the investigating.
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* {{Poltergeist}}: One of the Type Two ghosts mentioned in the glossary of the book.


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* ViolenceDetector: Lockwood and others who have his particular seeing Talent see sites of violence as places with particular bright spots of light, known as "death-glows".
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* WhisperingGhosts: Another sign of ghostly activity, but only those with the particular listening Talent, like Lucy, can hear them.

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* ChillOfUndeath: Caused by the presence of ghosts.


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* GhostlyChill: Naturally. A good sign of ghostly activity.


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* ImColdSoCold: Said word for word by a ghost that Lucy and Lockwood encounter.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Hinted with Lockwood.
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* BadassLongcoat: Lockwood has a pretty cool-looking greatcoat, which you can see on the cover.


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* FreeRangeChildren: Invoked in the agency of Lockwood & Co., which is run by just the three kids without any adult supervision. However, they are licensed--at least Lockwood is, fully, and thus acts as de facto leader--and other agencies and their clients doubt their abilities and efficiency. They are also still required to take care of adult things, like fines for damages incurred on their jobs.
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# The Screaming Staircase (2013)
# The Whispering Skull (2014 - In progress)

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# The ''The Whispering Skull Skull'' (2014 - In progress)

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* LethallyStupid: Anthony Lockwood has shades of this. For example, when he was pushing his employees to explore the Hall with him.

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* LethallyStupid: Anthony FreudianTrio: Our heroes. Lucy is the Id, sensitive to the emotions of the undead, George is the Superego, insistent on research and preparation above Talent, and Lockwood has shades of this. For example, when he was pushing his employees to explore is the Hall with him.Ego, balancing the two and making the decisions.


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* LethallyStupid: Anthony Lockwood has shades of this. For example, when he was pushing his employees to explore the Hall with him.

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Lockwood & Co. is a fantasy series written by Creator/JonathanStroud, following the adventures of a ghost detection agency of the same name. The first novel, The Screaming Staircase, was published in 2013.

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Lockwood & Co. is a fantasy series written by Creator/JonathanStroud, following the adventures of a ghost detection agency of the same name. The first novel,

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* Short Stories: [[http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/series/halloween-story-lockwood-co Halloween Interactive Adventure (In 6 parts)]]

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* HeroInsurance: Averted. Lockwood & Co. faces massive fines and the threat of eviction after burning down a haunted house.



* ParanormalInvestigation

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* OccultDetective: Whole agencies of them, of which Lockwood & Co. is one.


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* BeforeTheDarkTimes: Before the first emergence of The Problem, the world here was relatively normal and much like our own.

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When a mysterious locket and a botched investigation cause the employees of Lockwood & Co. to face the threat of home- and joblessness they become heavily involved in the investigation of a nefarious crime, and the haunting of an old mansion with a dark past.

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When a mysterious locket and a botched investigation cause the employees of Lockwood & Co. to face the threat of home- home and joblessness they become heavily involved in the investigation of a nefarious crime, and the haunting of an old mansion with a dark past.



* AdultsAreUseless: Only children and teenagers are able to see ghosts, so adults have a harder time dealing with the Problem.
* AlternateUniverse: About 50 years prior to the start of the story, ghosts start popping up all over the world and attacking people, prompting the creation of agencies intended to fight them.

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* AdultsAreUseless: Only children and teenagers are able to see ghosts, so adults have a harder time dealing must rely on them and their senses in order to deal with the Problem.
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* AlternateUniverse: About 50 years prior to the start of the story, ghosts start popping up all over the world and attacking people, prompting the creation of agencies intended to fight them.



* ChillOfUndeath: The presence of ghosts makes room the are in get colder.
* LethallyStupid: Anthony Lockwood has shades of this, pushing his employees to explore the Hall with him
* HauntedCastle: Combe Carey Hall, an old abbey that is one of the most haunted places in England.

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* ChillOfUndeath: The Caused by the presence of ghosts makes room the are in get colder.ghosts.
* LethallyStupid: Anthony Lockwood has shades of this, this. For example, when he was pushing his employees to explore the Hall with him
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* HauntedCastle: Combe Carey Hall, an old abbey that is one of the most haunted places locations in England.



* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Of the "Unfinished Business" type. All of the ghosts in the story have something object still tying them to earth.

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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Of the "Unfinished Business" type. All of the ghosts in the story have something some sort of object still tying them down to earth. earth.



* PsychicChildren: Children and teenagers are the only ones who can clearly detect and deal with ghosts.
* PowerTrio: The three main characters
* SilverHasMysticPowers: Like the other series by the same author, ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'', silver is used in fighting the supernatural.
* TemptingFate: Lockwood has a habit of this.

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* PsychicChildren: Children and teenagers are the only ones who can clearly detect and deal with ghosts.
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* PowerTrio: The three main characters
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* SilverHasMysticPowers: Like the other series by the same author, ''Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy'', silver is used in fighting off the supernatural.
* TemptingFate: Lockwood has a habit of this. "ItsProbablyNothing" and "WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong" are two examples of this.
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Lockwood & Co. is a fantasy series written by Jonathan Stroud, following the adventures of a ghost detection agency of the same name. The first novel, The Screaming Staircase, was published in 2013.

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Lockwood & Co. is a fantasy series written by Jonathan Stroud, Creator/JonathanStroud, following the adventures of a ghost detection agency of the same name. The first novel, The Screaming Staircase, was published in 2013.

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Lockwood & Co. is a fantasy series written by Creator/JonathanStroud , following the adventures of a ghost detection agency of the same name.

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In an alternate London where the dead haunt the living, Lucy Carlyle, a talented ghost hunter recently employed at Lockwood & Co, must save her new job, career and sanity with the help of her partners Anthony Lockwood and George Cubbins.

When a mysterious locket and a botched investigation cause the employees of Lockwood & Co. to face the threat of home- and joblessness they become heavily involved in the investigation of a nefarious crime, and the haunting of an old mansion with a dark past.

Lockwood & Co. is a fantasy series written by Creator/JonathanStroud , Jonathan Stroud, following the adventures of a ghost detection agency of the same name.
name. The first novel, The Screaming Staircase, was published in 2013.



* ChekhovsGun: The locket that Lockwood and Lucy find on a skeleton.

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* ChekhovsGun: The locket that Lockwood and Lucy find on a skeleton. skeleton.
* ChillOfUndeath: The presence of ghosts makes room the are in get colder.
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* Chekhov's Gun: The locket that Lockwood and Lucy find on a skeleton.

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* Chekhov's Gun: ChekhovsGun: The locket that Lockwood and Lucy find on a skeleton.



* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* ParentalAbandonment

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* OurGhostsAreDifferent
OurGhostsAreDifferent: Of the "Unfinished Business" type. All of the ghosts in the story have something object still tying them to earth.
* ParentalAbandonmentParentalAbandonment: Lucy's mother ships her off to train as a ghost inspector.

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%%* AlternateUniverse: It is possible that without [[ForWantOfANail the Problem]] the world would be the same as ours.
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%%* LethallyStupid: Antony Lockwood has shades of this
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%%* HauntedHouse: Basically every single housecall.
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%%* TemptingFate: Lockwood has a habit of this. (see also: WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong )
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[[LaResistance the Resistance]]

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[[LaResistance the Resistance]]%%* LaResistance: The Resistance.



* AlternateUniverse: It is possible that without [[ForWantOfANail the Problem]] the world would be the same as ours.
* Chekhov's Gun: The locket
* Chill of Undeath
* LethallyStupid: Antony Lockwood has shades of this
* HauntedCastle: Or old abbey. Combe Carey Hall.
* HauntedHouse: Basically every single housecall.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent
* ParentalAbandonment
* PsychicChildren
* PowerTrio: The three main characters
* SilverHasMysticPowers: Like the other series by the same author, Literature/TheBartimaeusTrilogy, silver is used in fighting the supernatural.
* TemptingFate: Lockwood has a habit of this. (see also: WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong )
* WhoYouGonnaCall: Lockwood & Co. along with all the other ghosthunting agencies.

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Lockwood & Co. is a fantasy series written by Jonathan Stroud, following the adventures of a ghost detection agency of the same name.

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* AlternateUniverse: It is possible that without [[ForWantOfANail the Problem]] the world would be the same as ours.
* Chekhov's Gun: The locket
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* LethallyStupid: Antony Lockwood has shades of this
* HauntedCastle: Or old abbey. Combe Carey Hall.
* HauntedHouse: Basically every single housecall.




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* TemptingFate: Lockwood has a habit of this. (see also: WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong )
* WhoYouGonnaCall: Lockwood & Co. along with all the other ghosthunting agencies.
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