Night of the Soul Stealer

This is the third book in this series (which currently numbers seven books, I think). I've been reading these aloud to Luke (age 9). This time apprentice Tom Ward and his master, the Spook, head to his winter house up in Anglezarke. This house has some decidedly creepy lodgers. We didn't get through this story as fast as the previous two and Luke has requested a break to read something else (possibly: Gregor the Overlander). Still enjoying the series but felt #3 was not quite up to snuff.