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)