THE BAD BEGINNING: by Lemony Snicket:

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are the three Baudelaire children. They were in the beach when Mr. Poe, a friend of their parents tells them that their parents had died. Mr. Poe says that they will go and live with Count Olaf. Olaf wants to steal their fortune. He is so mean that he makes them do the chores for him! Olaf is an actor. Then one day Olaf asks Violet if she wants to do a play with him. He says that she would do the part of his wife, otherwise he would kill Sunny. During the play when she has to sign the piece of paper that would says that they are married she signs it with her left hand. At the end Olaf says that the marryiage was true. But Violet says no because she is right handed and she signed with her left hand. As Mr. Poe hears this he calls the police and they free Sunny.