A city besieged by spirits? A cannibal risen from the dead? But Lockwood &CO is an agent down- Lucy Carlyle is now a freelance operative. And they have a lot on their plate:monstrous handprints on a window, sinister chopping sounds from a haunted kitchen…… Not to mention the Creeping Shadow- a hulking menace that stalks a village churchyard, raising spectres from their graves. The team desperately need Lucy’s help. If she can be persuaded to return…….