Spooksmiths Investigate: Circus of Shadows
Published on 11. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
240 pages
978-1-83540-099-9 (ISBN)
Description
Praise for Spooksmiths Investigate: The Cinderman:
"Brilliantly spooky and funny." Jennifer Killick, author of Dread Wood
"Spine-chilling terror and laughs on every page." S.J. Wills, author of Bite Risk
Roll up, roll up to be terrified out of your wits at the Circus of Shadows!
Run in horror from the phantom clown...
Meet a man made of flies on a real ghost train...
But scariest of all, hide from Hell Mary and her rings made of teeth. Because she has a deadly deal for you...
Spooksmiths Indigo and Rusty can speak to the dead and know how to fight dangerous ghosts. But now powerful spirit Hell Mary has kidnapped their parents - and if they don't agree to track down her cursed crystal ball by sunrise, she'll trap them all in her haunted circus for ever. Will their Spooksmith skills be enough to beat her?
Join the Spooksmith twins on their fast-paced and spine-tingling adventures, for fans of Goosebumps and Dread Wood.
"Brilliantly spooky and funny." Jennifer Killick, author of Dread Wood
"Spine-chilling terror and laughs on every page." S.J. Wills, author of Bite Risk
Roll up, roll up to be terrified out of your wits at the Circus of Shadows!
Run in horror from the phantom clown...
Meet a man made of flies on a real ghost train...
But scariest of all, hide from Hell Mary and her rings made of teeth. Because she has a deadly deal for you...
Spooksmiths Indigo and Rusty can speak to the dead and know how to fight dangerous ghosts. But now powerful spirit Hell Mary has kidnapped their parents - and if they don't agree to track down her cursed crystal ball by sunrise, she'll trap them all in her haunted circus for ever. Will their Spooksmith skills be enough to beat her?
Join the Spooksmith twins on their fast-paced and spine-tingling adventures, for fans of Goosebumps and Dread Wood.
Reviews / Votes
Including fascinating facts about Victorian London, and inspired by the real-life London Necropolis Railways which was used to transport corpses out of the capital, Atkinson's super-spooky, fast-paced and fun-filled adventure reminds us about the importance of family and friends and is a treat for your Halloween tricksters! * Lancaster Post Syndicate News Group *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 9 to 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 197 mm
Width: 133 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
201 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83540-099-9 (9781835400999)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Alex Atkinson loves scary books filled with oddball characters. She blames her idyllic North Yorkshire childhood spent playing murder-in-the-dark and listening to her dad's blood-curdling bedtime stories. After studying English and Politics at Newcastle University, she worked as a website content editor. She now lives in a village in Hertfordshire with her husband, kids, dogs and tortoise, but dreams of abandoned buildings, ghosts and zombies. SPOOKSMITHS INVESTIGATE: THE CINDERMAN is her debut novel.