Down the Rabbit Hole An Echo Falls Mystery by Peter Abrahams
Welcome to Echo Falls. Home of a thousand secrets, where Ingrid Levin-Hill, super sleuth, never knows what will happen next.
This is the first sentence from the blurb on the book jacket. I have to disagree a bit with that after reading the book. One of the things I liked most about this book was that the main character Ingrid does not start out as a Super Sleuth. She is not a precocious child genius with a knack for solving crimes. She is not a nosy know-it all who has wanted to be a detective from birth. She is just a kid. She plays soccer and has an annoying older brother. She doesn’t pay much attention to the world around unless it directly concerns her. And one day, after getting lost because she hasn’t been paying attention, she becomes directly involved in a murder. Well, not directly involved. Her shoes become involved and suddenly, she has to start paying attention if she is going to unravel the chain of events that landed her shoes in a crime scene.
I enjoyed the way this book played out. I liked the way Ingrid decides to change her approach to life. She decides to become someone who pays attention. At first, she just pays attention to her surroundings but soon she is paying attention to the people around her as well. This extra attention she gives helps her understand what may be underneath the outside face that people are showing the world. My only criticism is that the story wraps up nice and tidy in a very Scooby Doo kind of way. On the whole though, if you are in the mood for a mystery with a dash of character depth, a bit of humor, soccer cleats and a dog named Nigel, you might enjoy Down the Rabbit Hole.
Welcome to Echo Falls. Home of a thousand secrets, where Ingrid Levin-Hill, super sleuth, never knows what will happen next.
This is the first sentence from the blurb on the book jacket. I have to disagree a bit with that after reading the book. One of the things I liked most about this book was that the main character Ingrid does not start out as a Super Sleuth. She is not a precocious child genius with a knack for solving crimes. She is not a nosy know-it all who has wanted to be a detective from birth. She is just a kid. She plays soccer and has an annoying older brother. She doesn’t pay much attention to the world around unless it directly concerns her. And one day, after getting lost because she hasn’t been paying attention, she becomes directly involved in a murder. Well, not directly involved. Her shoes become involved and suddenly, she has to start paying attention if she is going to unravel the chain of events that landed her shoes in a crime scene.
I enjoyed the way this book played out. I liked the way Ingrid decides to change her approach to life. She decides to become someone who pays attention. At first, she just pays attention to her surroundings but soon she is paying attention to the people around her as well. This extra attention she gives helps her understand what may be underneath the outside face that people are showing the world. My only criticism is that the story wraps up nice and tidy in a very Scooby Doo kind of way. On the whole though, if you are in the mood for a mystery with a dash of character depth, a bit of humor, soccer cleats and a dog named Nigel, you might enjoy Down the Rabbit Hole.
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