Lockwood & Co: The Empty Grave cover art

Lockwood & Co: The Empty Grave

Book 5

 Preview
Try Premium Plus free
1 credit a month to buy any audiobook in our entire collection.
Access to thousands of additional audiobooks and Originals from the Plus Catalogue.
Member-only deals & discounts.
Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Lockwood & Co: The Empty Grave

By: Jonathan Stroud
Narrated by: Emily Bevan
Try Premium Plus free

Auto-renews at $16.45/mo after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $26.99

Buy Now for $26.99

About this listen

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Lockwood & Co: The Empty Grave by Jonathan Stroud, read by Emily Bevan.

Want to hear a ghost story? That’s good. I know a few . . .

After their recent adventures, the Lockwood & Co team deserve a well-earned break . . . so naturally they decide to risk their lives breaking into a heavily-guarded crypt. A building full of unsettled souls, it’s also the final resting place of Marissa Fittes, the legendary and (supposedly) long-dead ghost hunter – though the team have their suspicions about just how dead she might be.

What they discover changes everything.

Pitched into a desperate race to get to the truth behind the country’s ghost epidemic, the team ignite a final, epic battle against the Fittes agency. A battle that will force them to journey to the Other Side, and face the most terrifying enemy they have ever known.

Can everyone make it out alive?

Join Lucy, Lockwood, George and Holly for one last time as they battle ghosts and humans for truth and justice in this breathtaking finale to the bestselling series.

'Stroud is a genius' Rick Riordan

 Fiction Fantasy Haunted Scary Ghost

Critic Reviews

Stroud at the top of his game
A brilliant culmination to a splendidly scary series
Stroud’s prose is evocative . . . and his horrors, pattering in the footsteps of M. R. James, depend more on the reader’s imagination than the writer’s gruesome welter. His humour is also perfectly judged, never undermining the terror, but allowing the reader to bask in the camaraderie of London’s smallest, most slapdash and unlikely ghost-hunting agency, the eponymous Lockwood and Co. Throughout the series, he has achieved great feats of ­characterisation. (Imogen Russell-Williams)

A devilishly good combination of engaging cast, memorable locations, comforting food and delicious pace all sewn together with seriously good, unaffected writing, The Empty Grave is the full monty; entertainment, excitement and intelligence sprinkled with wit and verve and sparkling throughout with an endorphin-laced exploration of a liminal frontier – in this case the very boundary between the living and the dead. The Empty Grave is a fitting and extraordinary end to a remarkable series; I am very envious of those who are yet to discover Lockwood & Co. for themselves.

(Zoe Toft)
[T]he thrilling finale to the multi award-winning series, and the excitement and tension are held right to the very end. Sad to see a great series reach its conclusion, but better to go out on a high note, as this does.
Stroud brings his intricate, series long storyline to a close with a complex, dramatic climax followed by a simple, satisfying conclusion. A first-rate adventure, full of memorable, original characters
All stars
Most relevant
You know a series has been wonderful when the ending is bittersweet. I’m going to miss the entertaining characters of this universe.

Did not want it to end

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Very gripping, good story line, narrated very well. Emily Bevan is very talented. Can’t wait to listen to the next book.

Fantastic narration

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
If you enjoyed the previous books you'll love this one. A great end to the saga.

A great end to the series

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
What a great listen. Beautifully written and story. Brilliant ending to a brilliant series. Really makes the characters come to life (pun indended)

Great voice work on a great story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Love love love this series! This book, this author, this narrator? 10/10. More sequels please!

Spectacularly good!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Sorry to see the series end. Thoroughly enjoyed the story and the narration. Such great characters

Another great read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
an excellent finish for a delightful series. a keeper in my collection which will get many listens.

satisfying

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Exciting, moving, funny, unexpected and satisfying sum up my opinion of what may well be the final book in this series. Hopefully only for now though.

This instalment had me spellbound from start to finish with the last half ramping up to a very worthy climax.

Stroud has crafted a rich and complex world filled with great heroes, evil villains and a story that has evolved beautifully over 5 books.

The central characters are terrifically diverse group and they are wonderfully portrayed by Bevan’s superb narration.

These books are not only for children, and I can assure any adult reader who perhaps enjoyed Harry Potter and the like will find this series very, very entertaining and satisfying.

Do yourself a favour and dive in!

Excellent in every way

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
A fantastic conclusion to a terrific series. It nearly answered so many of my questions! (Finally!). Very satisfying but sad to end.

A fantastic conclusion

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
In the spirit of reconciliation, Audible acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.