File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents
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Before the Baudelaires became orphans, before he encountered A Series of Unfortunate Events, even before the invention of Netflix, Lemony Snicket was a boy discovering the mysteries of the world. Match wits with Lemony Snicket to solve thirteen mini-mysteries. Paintings have been falling off of walls, a loud and loyal dog has gone missing, a specter has been seen walking the pier at midnight -- strange things are happening all over the town of Stain'd-By-The-Sea. Called upon to investigate thirteen suspicious incidents, young Lemony Snicket collects clues, questions witnesses, and cracks every case. Join the investigation and tackle the mysteries alongside Snicket, then turn to the back of the book to see the solution revealed. A delicious read that welcomes readers into Lemony Snicket's world of deep mystery, mysterious depth, deductive reasoning, and reasonable deductions.
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This is Lemony Snicket's version of Encyclopedia Brown. It's got all of the wordplay and literary reference of Snicket's other works combined with the opportunity to exercise those sleuth skills and feel smarter than all the other kids, even if you're... you know, 32. It's a great mystery array for kids which they can then reread as adults and wonder at all the jokes they missed.
I LOVE Lemony Snicket. This isn't news. I love his clever wordplay and melancholy noir Jr aesthetic and his wild literary allusions.
13 Suspicious Incidents is great because it's 13 Encyclopedia Brown-style mini-mysteries, so it's mostly just pure, unconcentrated Snicket style without any big sweeping conspiracies. I laughed out loud several times while reading this, and I think I successfully guessed 2 of the 13 mysteries. (I'm not good at mysteries.)
I'm kind of mad that I started reading the print version before learning that the audio is read by a bunch of nerds I love, including Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, and Rachel Maddow?? What is happening?? I might have to revisit this one on audio at some date in the future.
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