Lockett & Wilde: The Ghosts of the Manor

First in a series for 8+, this atmospherically illustrated story is comic, cosy and just eerie enough for a satisfying frisson.

First in a series for 8+, this atmospherically illustrated story is comic, cosy and just eerie enough for a satisfying frisson.

“[a] well-told new series... The ghost story has morphed into humour and mystery and is delightfully embellished by the illustrators’ illustrator, Pam Smy.”

An enchanting new cosy gothic mystery series

“This book has more shadowy mysteries than twelve graveyards and more delicious twists than my favorite pretzel. All hail Lockett & Wilde

"A stunningly spooky mystery where every pen stroke is perfect and leaps off the page. A veritable showstopper."

Lucy Strange is the bestselling author of The Secret of Nightingale Wood, the Waterstones Prize-shortlisted Our Castle by the Sea and The Island at the Edge of Night. Her books capture elements of classic children’s literature in a style that is engaging and accessible for today’s readers. Often inspired by the gothic genre, folklore and fairy tales, Lucy combines British landscapes and historical settings with touches of the supernatural, creating convincing worlds in which anything might happen... Right now, Lucy is probably sitting in her writing shed at the bottom of her garden, gazing out over the misty meadows of the Kent countryside, dreaming up her next fantastical tale.

Pam Smy is the award-winning author-illustrator of Thornhill (shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Illustration and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize) and The Hideaway. She has illustrated many other books for children and is Senior Lecturer on the MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art.