A charming book by San Francisco Boys Chorus Alumus Daniel Handler signed and dated by the author.

"Please find herein thirteen (13) cases investigated by Lemony Smicket during his apprenticeship in the town of Stain'd-by-the -Sea.  Every detail of his inquiries into local kidnappings, supernatural occurrences, violent vandalism, and food theft has been described and catalogued in these pages.  For security reasons, the conclusions to these suspicious incidents have been carefully hidden.  You can find them easily at the back of the book."

Daniel Handler