The Penultimate Peril [SEP] series
The Penultimate Peril
The Penultimate Peril is the twelfth novel in the children's novel series "A Series of Unfortunate Events" by Lemony Snicket.
Plot.
The Baudelaire orphans, Violet, Klaus and Sunny are travelling with pregnant V.F.D. member Kit Snicket to Hotel Denouement, the last safe place for volunteers to gather. She tells them that, prior to V.F.D.’s gathering in two days, they will be disguised as concierges to observe the mysterious 'J.S.,’ in order to identify him as a volunteer or a
appeared briefly in "The Penultimate Peril", "The Reptile Room" and "The Wide Window", and who is implied to be in the possession of the sugar bowl, a key plot element of the series, after recovering it from the pond within which it had been hidden. In the Netflix adaptation of "The Penultimate Peril" he is confirmed as the taxi driver trying to take the children away from the hotel.
As the series progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that Snicket knew Baudelaire orphans' parents