A Series of Unfortunate Events #2: The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket book box and other enduring mysteries

and other enduring mysteries

has just reappeared in their lives after years away

Though Thomas hoped to give his children a homestead on which they could flourish

award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author of The Grift

there are the all-too-mortal people who wrote it

A Series of Unfortunate Events #2: The Reptile Room by Lemony Snicket book box and other enduring mysteriesViolet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children. They are charming, and resourceful, and have pleasant facial features. Unfortunately, they are exceptionally unlucky. In the first two books alone, the three youngsters encounter a greedy and repulsive villain, itchy clothing, a disastrous fire, a plot to steal their fortune, a lumpy bed, a deadly serpent, a large brass reading lamp, a long knife, and a terrible odour. In the tradition of