Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who Could That Be at This Hour? | 2012 | Lemony Snicket | Buy |
| 2 | When Did You See Her Last? | 2013 | Lemony Snicket | Buy |
| 3 | Shouldn’t You Be in School? | 2014 | Lemony Snicket | Buy |
| 4 | Why Is This Night Different from All Other Nights? | 2015 | Lemony Snicket | Buy |
All the Wrong Questions is Lemony Snicket’s prequel series, with four books published between 2012 and 2015. The series follows a young Lemony Snicket during his apprenticeship, set in the fading coastal town of Stain’d-by-the-Sea. Each book is titled as a question, echoing the interrogative approach of a detective story.
The series draws on noir fiction and classic mystery tropes, filtered through Snicket’s distinctive voice. Who Could That Be at This Hour? opens with Snicket arriving in town on a case involving a stolen statue, and the subsequent books deepen the mystery while introducing a cast of odd characters and hidden agendas.