A Series of Unfortunate Events #12: The Penultimate Peril

Forget happy endings. From the bad beginning to the foul final page, there’s nothing but darkness in store! In their next-to-last book, the poor Baudelaire orphans face all the next-to-last things you’d ever choose to read about. Such as a harpoon gun, a rooftop sunbathing salon, two mysterious initials, three unidentified triplets, a notorious villain and an unsavoury curry. Will they ever escape the ogre Olaf and his hideous henchmen?

• Twelfth in Lemony Snicket’s darkly funny series

• Now a new TV show starring Malina Weissman

• Bestselling series with over 65 million copies sold

• A true cult classic – comical, gothic and clever