By Karen MacPherson Scripps Howard News Service Comments Zoom Little Brown) Take a zany plot set in a place called Stain'd-by-the-Sea, where there is no longer any sea. Add a narrator who isn't quite sure himself exactly what is going on. Paint the whole thing as a parody of the "noir" style popularized by such hard-boiled mystery masters as Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. Blend these ingredients â€" don't forget to stir in a huge dollop of dry humor â€" and you've got the latest children's novel by an author with the curious, or suspicious, name of Lemony Snicket. Titled "Who Could That Be at This Hour?" (Little Brown, $15.99), the newest novel by Snicket is the first book in a...
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