The penultimate peril /
by Lemony Snicket ; illustrations by Brett Helquist.
- 353 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
- A series of unfortunate events ; bk. 12 .
Booklist, December 2005 Horn Book, October 2006
In this next-to-last chronicle of the lives of the Baudelaire orphans, the siblings pose as concierges at the Hotel Denouement to learn the identities and intentions of certain enemies, encountering characters from their past adventures and pondering the nature of nobility and villainy.