All The Wrong Questions - Who Could That Be At This Hour? by Lemony Snicket

All The Wrong Questions - Who Could That Be At This Hour?
by Lemony Snicket

This is book 1 in a series, and being Lemony Snicket, it is a bit weird and off-centre, but a great spy adventure for 9+.

Lemony is 13 and is assistant to S.Theodora Markson (she never tells us what the 'S' stands for), who is a secret agent/private detective. Their job is to find a stolen object 'The Bombinating Beast' (a mythical monster) and return it to its rightful owner. However, many people seem to be involved in the 'theft', if it is indeed that, and there are many people not telling the truth. Lemony attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery (without much help from Theodora - as it turns out she is quite a useless private detective), and along the way makes friends with a few unusual, colourful characters. A bizarre, but good, read.