---

Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire encounter a darkened staircase, a red herring, friends in a dire situation, three mysterious initials, a liar with an evil scheme, a secret passageway and parsley soda.

---

Lemony Snicket ist das Pseudonym eines angesehenen amerikanischen Autors. Der ist in San Francisco geboren, wurde mit mehreren Literaturpreisen ausgezeichnet und lebt in New York.

---

Lemony Snicket first received his education from public schools and private tutors, and then vice versa. One of the few recipients of a lifetime Bachelors Degree, he has been hailed as a brilliant scholar, discredited as a brilliant fraud, and mistaken for a much taller man on several occasions. His researching skills are currently and devoutly concentrated on the plight of the Baudelaire orphans.

---