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  1. Rec 34

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    Lucy Carlyle never found that advertisement in the paper, and is an unlicensed freelancer trying to stay under DEPRAC's radar while working solo in London. Lockwood's fresh off a case gone horribly wrong, and just wants his best friend back. Lucy can relate. Maybe they can both get what they want. If, of course, they manage to survive that long.

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    21 Mar 2025

  2. Rec 7

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    I sat there, thinking back across that long, hard winter, to the awful day I’d left the company. To walking with Lockwood through the park as he tried to talk me out of it; to our final dreadful conversation in a cafe while three successive cups of tea grew cold. - Lucy Carlyle, The Creeping Shadow, pg 73.

    That winter day.
    That park.
    That cafe.
    That conversation.

    Lockwood tries. Lucy tries harder.

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    25 Jul 2024

  3. Rec 6

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    After their paths cross at the furnaces, from across London, Lockwood and Lucy share a sleepless night.

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    20 Jul 2024

  4. Rec 12

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    Lockwood braced himself to hear the words that he knew from experience were coming next. “Remember also, Lord, your servants Donald and Celia Lockwood, who have gone before us with the sign of faith and rest in the sleep of peace,” the priest proclaimed.

    Lockwood closed his eyes for a moment and took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, Lucy was staring at him with her mouth in a small ‘o’ shape.

    “Is today…?” she mouthed, understanding washing over her face.

    Lockwood gave her a small nod.

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    On the anniversary of an important day, Lockwood invites Lucy to come along as he remembers his family and reminisces about the past. Also known as: the complicated web of faith, family, memories, and grief.

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  5. Rec 69

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    After everything that has happened at Wythburn Mill, Lockwood & Co. are preparing to go home, back to London, and let the past rest. But when something dark follows them and a grizzly streak of murders targets one of their members in particular, it seems that old lies don't want to stay buried, after all.
    With their enemies stronger than ever before and time becoming a thing to race against, will Lockwood, Lucy, and George be able to uncover the truth before it is too late?

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    Part 1 "the bones of our past" has to be read before this trust me

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    28 Jun 2024