The second in the series, we're again following the Baudelaire children as they're moved to a new family member; one who is obsessed with reptile and snakes. Lo and behold; who finds them yet again but Count Olaf and the cat and mouse game takes place again. 

While yet another family member dies; this book is not near as morbid or...sketchy as the first..but it's still a less than cheery tale.