Brett Helquist Knihy

Keď kniha plná nepredvídaných udalostí spojí osudy Petry Andalee a Caldera Pillayho, začnú sa diať podivuhodné veci: Zdanlivo nesúvisiace udalosti zrazu súvisia, výstredná stará dáma vyhľadáva spoločnosť Petry a Caldera a Vermeerov obraz nevyčísliteľnej hodnoty sa stratí. Skôr než si to títo dvaja kamaráti uvedomia, ocitnú sa v centre medzinárodného škandálu týkajúceho sa umenia, a nikto – ani susedia, ani rodičia, ani učitelia – nie sú mimo podozrenia. Petra a Calder sú postupne vťahovaní do tajomného labyrintu tohto prípadu a musia sa spoliehať len na svoju intuíciu, skúsenosti s riešením problémov a na svoje vedomosti o Vermeerovi. Podarí sa im rozlúštiť záhadu zločinu, ktorý zmiatol dokonca aj FBI? Americký týždenník o knihe napísal, že je to Da Vinciho kód pre tínejdžrov.

This is the 12th book in Lemony Snicket's 'Series of Unfortunate Events'.

Dear Reader,Like handshakes, house pets, or raw carrots, many things are preferable when not slippery. Unfortunately, in this miserable volume, I am afraid that Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire run into more than their fair share of slipperiness during their harrowing journey up -- and down -- a range of strange and distressing mountains. In order to spare you any further repulsion, it would be best not to mention any of the unpleasant details of this story, particularly a secret message, a toboggan, a deceitful trap, a swarm of snow gnats, a scheming villain, a troupe of organized youngsters, a covered casserole dish, and a surprising survivor of a terrible fire. Unfortunately, I have dedicated my life to researching and recording the sad tale of the Baudelaire Orphans. There is no reason for you to dedicate yourself to such things, and you might instead dedicate yourself to letting this slippery book slip from your hands into a nearby trash receptacle, or deep pit. With all due respect,Lemony Snicket

The eleventh grim installment in the series. Prepare yourself to hear more about the mystery of VFD than you really want to know.

Lost at sea, the Baudelaire orphans, along with the evil Count Olaf, wash up on the shore of an island populated by an oddly placid group of inhabitants, and they try to decide whether or not they are truly safe.

As their outrageous misfortune continues, the Baudelaire orphans are shipped off to a miserable boarding school, where they befriend the two Quagmire triplets and find that they have been followed by the dreaded Count Olaf

The word carnivorous which appears in the title of this book, means "meat eating" and once you have read such a bloodthirsty word, there is no reason to read any further

Fleeing the village of VFD, after some time in the Deluxe cell for a murder they did not commit, the Baudelaires hide with the Volunteers Fighting Disease on their way to the Heimlich Hospital. Addressed by Babs, who can only be contacted through an intercom speaker on a desk, the orphans start work with the near-sighted Hal in the hospital library of records. Hal says he remembers a file in the records to do with the Snicket fires, but before the children can find it, Babs is suddenly replace by Mattathias - none other than Count Olaf - who plans to inspect every employee in the hospital. Staying late to find the file, the Baudelaires find a picture of their parents with Jacques Snicket, and another, partly obscured figure who may be a writer. But at that moment Esme Squalor arrives - Klaus and Sunny escape, but Violet is led to the operating theatre for a cranioectomy. Disguising themselves, Klaus and Sunny manage to rescue the unconscious Violet, but not before Esme has set fire to the library of records, adding arson to the false charges now facing the children. Chased through the now burning hospital, they make their escape, only to discover that the only way out is to hide in the trunk of Count Olaf's car - possibly the most dangerous place of all. schovat popis

A story that includes a hurricane, a signalling device, hungry leaches, cold cucumber soup, a horrible villain and a doll named Pretty Penny.

Druhá kniha zo série nešťastných príbehov. Súrodenci Baudelairovci okrem iného zažijú automobilovú nehodu, stretnú sa s jedovatým hadom a prežijú opätovné stretnutie s človekom, o ktorom dúfali, že ho už nikdy neuvidia.