Lemony Snicket

Having escaped Count Olaf's clutches, the three Baudelaire siblings arrive on the shores of Lake Lachrymose to stay with Aunt Josephine. When she goes missing, the Baudelaire's must once again fight their way out of Count Olaf's wicked schemes. Originally published: New York: HarperCollins Children's, 2000; London: Egmont, 2001

This final installment in Lemony Snicket's series will answer readers' most burning questions. Will Count Olaf prevail? Will the Baudelaires survive? Will the series end happily? If there's nothing out there, what was that noise? Originally published: New York: HarperCollins Children's; London: Egmont, 2006

Klaus and Violet attempt to follow their sister, who is trapped by Count Olaf in a car driving fast up the mountain. First they must stop the caravan they are travelling in hurtling over a cliff. Originally published: New York: HarperCollins Children's, 2003; London: Egmont, 2004

Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire have found a new home and it looks as though they are going to be happy. Their new guardian, Uncle Monty, is a kind man. But then he employs a new assistant, who turns out to be none other than the evil Count Olaf. Originally published: New York: HarperCollins Children's, 1999; London: Egmont, 2001

Do you smell smoke? Young apprentice Lemony Snicket is investigating a case of arson but soon finds himself enveloped in the ever-increasing mystery that haunts the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea.

Joining the Caligari Carnival, where people come to see lions and messy eating, the Baudelaire siblings' story involves a confusing map, an ambidextrous person, a wooden plank and Chabo the Wolf Baby. Originally published: New York: HarperCollins, 2002; London: Egmont, 2003