Always ready to see a mystery in daily life, Sherlock Holmes aficionado Ingrid is suddenly overwhelmed with inexplicable events. The new soccer assistant is much too experienced to be volunteer coaching a girls U13 travel team. Her Dad is clearly stressed about his job, but he’s not saying why. And her brother is acting strange while increasing his football skills at an unbelievable pace. To top it off, Ingrid is kidnapped, stashed in a car trunk, and miraculously escapes uninjured—but no one believes her story. It’s up to Ingrid to find answers to the questions, and expose the secrets that surround her. Following last year’s debut Down the Rabbit Hole (Laura Geringer Books / HarperCollins, 2005), Behind the Curtain marks the second book in the Echo Falls Mystery series, and is sure to leave readers anxious for the next installment in Ingrid’s career as an amateur detective. (Ages 9–13)

In echo falls you never know what's coming next -- and everyone has a secret. Things are amiss at 99 Maple Lane: Ingrid's dad's job is in jeopardy, but he won't explain why. Ingrid's brother, Ty, is getting buff -- really buff -- but when Ty starts getting moody, Ingrid wonders if there's more to his physical fitness than lifting weights. Meanwhile, Ingrid's beloved soccer coach is replaced by an icy newcomer named Julia LeCaine, who seems a little too savvy to be in it for the postgame pizza. True to her hero, Sherlock Holmes, Ingrid begins fishing around to find out who's really pulling the strings in Echo Falls. But one morning, while en route to the dreaded MathFest, Ingrid is kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a car. Even if she escapes, will anyone believe her story?

In this sequel to Down the Rabbit Hole a clever young girl learns that mysterious forces are at work in her town -- and exposing them could put her life in jeopardy.