Behind the Curtain part 1

As always-SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!

Now I'm reading Behind the Curtain. This is the sequel to Down the Rabbit Hole, but it doesn't continue the story. Each book is a new mystery with the same thirteen year old girl as the main character. I haven't gotten far into it but a mystery has already unraveled. First of all, I think Ingrid's dad lost his job. He seems angry, was looking at jobs.com, and an article in the newspaper talked about some new lady who just moved and is now working for Mr.Ferrand (Ingrid's dad's boss). These are all pretty good reasons to think he lost his job, but he hasn't admitted it to Ingrid, and he keeps talking about the Ferrands. Secondly, Mr.Ferrand's daughter Cloe invited Ingrid over for a swim even though they are not friends, and they had a great time. How many girls would ever invite a girl who's dad was just fired by her dad over for a friendly swim? Ingrid thinks Cloe is lonely even though she is rich and beautiful. I also think Ingrid's older brother Ty is on steroids. He plays football, and he made a quick and big jump in the amount of weights he lifts. Also, he received a visit from the brother of Ingrids friend Stacy, who is a bad boy. When Ingrid was at Stacy's house, she found a wad of cash hidden in Stacy's brother's baseball glove, even though he supposedly had no money. I think he got the money from selling steroids to Ty. My last evidence of that is that in health, Ingrid's teacher talked about steroids and how they can give you bad acne, which magically appeared on Ty's previously acne free back.

I think this book is pretty good, but it is to early for me to tell if I like it as much as Down the Rabbit Hole. This book has a lot of mysteries and its fun to figure everything out (even though it is kind of easy), just like the other one. However, Behind the curtain doesn't jump right into the mystery. In book 1, Kate Covak died pretty quickly. I still have no idea what the big mystery is in book 2. I'll have to wait and see what happens. I remember hearing that in one of the books, Ingrid gets kidnapped, but I don't know if its this book or the next one. Anyway I think that plot would be very exciting. Anyway, I like this a lot so far and I'll definitely get back to you soon about the main mystery, and about Ingrid's dad, Cloe Ferrand, and Ty's issues. I guess this book is seeming kind of dreary. I mean, it sucks that Ingrid's dad is out of a job and didn't tell her. Also, Cloe never seemed like the kind of girl who was short on friends in the first book. It would be very sad and disappointing if Ty actually was on steroids. I hope this book (unlike the last book) is not as predictable as it seems and all of these bad things aren't really happening.

Down the Rabbit Hole part 2

SPOILER! you know the drill.

Hello. The end of Down the Rabbit Hole is so good. It gets boring at some parts and its kind of annoying already knowing who the murderer is, but Ill survive and the very ending is still very exciting. So, where were we? oh ya. OK. Ingrid starts hanging out with this kid named Joey. She goes over to his house and sees a catapult he built. Ingrid stays at his house for dinner. During dinner, the family discusses the murder. Joey's dad is a police officer, and of course, Ingrid is interested in the mystery. Turns out she is a suspect! CHief strade(joeys dad) told her about a change in the crime scene. He said that one day, red cleats were there and the next day they weren't. Chief strade thinks the murderer is on the girls soccer team, and Ingrid gets a few visits from him.

Meanwhile at Alice and Wonderland practice, every thing is going great. Jill, the direcor, calls Ingrid in to practice. Ingrid accidentally spills Fresca on the stage, but gets distracted and moves on. Vincent slips on the Fresca and pushes the piano towards Jill and BAM! her head hits the corner of the table. She is ok by the end of the story but she is taken to the hospital. Vincent takes over the job and makes the play way more dreary. Ingrid hates it and isnt very good at it so Vincent kicks her out of the play. Later, Ingrid pays a visit to the only person around with the last name Covak. Mrs. Covak is Kates grandma and lost her glasses. They have a little chat, but Ms.Covak doesn't give much information. Ingrid steals an old envelope from Philip Presscott, the person Kate was going to marry until he "moved to Alaska". Anyway, the envelope is for Kate and it says that Phillip Presscott accedentally killed David Vardak during a play, cant go to jail, and is moving.

This is the most exciting part of the book. The busting. So Ingrid visits the theater at night, when VIncent would be there because he got his key once he became director. She finds a cat that leads her to VIncent. He is down in the basement digging. He hits something hard and pulls out a typewriter. The letter to Ms. Covak was typed from a type writer. Then he pulls out a scull! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! When I read that I freaked out. Then everything comes together in Ingrid's head. Vincent wrote the letter so that nobody would worry about Mr. Presscott and how he killed him. The stupid part is that David (Vincent) trapped himself from acting by telling Kate that he was dead. Also he only killed Mr.Presscott because he liked Kate, and he couldn't marry Kate if she thought he was dead. Anyway, the only reason Vincent moved back to Eco Falls is because he heard that they were doing renovations to the theater. Long ago, he burried Philip Prescott there and had to get it out before they found it. Thats why he needed the key to the theater.

After the narrator explains everything there is this big intense conversation between the two of them. Ingrid says something that makes Vincent mad and than the scene comes that all good mysteries have. The big chace. Ingrid runs and both she and Vincent end up in the water falls. Vincent tries to drown Ingrid, but Ingrid pushes him under the water. He grabs her shoes and is trying to snap her leg but Ingrid just kicks off her shoes. Vincent floats away dead. Later Ingrid spills everything to Chief Strade. Down the Rabbit Hole is really good book. Maybe not as good as Hunger Games and Catching Fire, but definitely a good book. Ingrid is a great character who is strong, independent, and definitely brave. When she is alone at night in the middle of the woods about to sneak into a dead person's house, she just keeps moving along. She never gives up and is really good at solving mysteries. Most importantly, Ingrid is a very entertaining main character to follow.