Into the Dark (Echo Falls Mysteries)

by Peter Abrahams

Hardcover, 2008

Status

Available

Call number

813.6

Publication

HarperCollins (2008), Hardcover, 304 pages

Description

Thirteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes aficionado Ingrid Levin-Hill tries to clear her grandfather's name when he is accused of murdering an environmental activist found dead on his farm.

User reviews

LibraryThing member virginiahomeschooler

I love the Echo Falls books by Peter Abrahams. LOVE them. Into the Dark is the third installment in this series that started with Down the Rabbit Hole and was followed by Behind the Curtain. These novels, written presumably with teen and young adult readers in mind, center around Ingrid Levin-Hill,

an intelligent young girl who is a Sherlock Holmes enthusiast. When faced with a mystery, she asks herself how Holmes would handle the situation. In this newest book, Ingrid finds herself dealing with seemingly insurmountable family problems - not the least of which is that her beloved grandfather has been accused of murder.
Abrahams, who's written several well-known popular fiction titles, seems to have a talent for writing for younger people. His characters are believable and well-written. Ingrid is a fantastic heroine. She's smart and funny, compassionate and brave - everything a heroine should be. While I won't say I was totally shocked by the ending, the plot was well-conceived and there was enough action and suspense to keep me reading late into the night. We also see a lot of growth in not only Ingrid but in her family's situation as well in this book. There are numerous issues amongst her parents and brother that make her situation all the more realistic. All I can say is that I hope there's a fourth book on the horizon.

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LibraryThing member SunnySD

Fresh from her success solving the mystery of Down the Rabbit Hole, Ingrid has the role of Gretel in the new Echo Falls play. But learning her lines and getting lost in fictitious woods is the least of her worries. Grampy's farm is threatened, and when a local conservation officer is shot, the

gruff old man is arrested - and he's not doing a thing to defend himself. With her parents marriage on shaky ground, her dog missing, her best friend moving away, and only herself to rely on, Ingrid turns to her idol, Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But can even he get her out of this one alive?

An even more sinister follow-up, although who-dun-it wasn't a huge mystery. Can't wait to see what Ingrid gets into next.

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LibraryThing member MissReadsALot

I thought this book was as good as all the others. I loved the plot of this story and the firey ending. I hoope this isn't the end of the series and that Peter Abrahams writes another Echo Falls mystery.

LibraryThing member KarenBall

Ingrid Levin-Hill is back, and she's playing Gretel in the local theater's production of Hansel and Gretel. The play's not the only place where danger lurks in the woods, though. One of the more obnoxious local conservation agents is found murdered on Grampy's farm, and Grampy gets arrested and

charged with the crime. Grampy absolutely refuses to give an alibi, and refuses to cooperate with the sheriff, so it's up to Ingrid to try to piece together where Grampy was, and what happened to the conservation agent before Grampy is forced to cut a deal or go to trial -- both of which would lead to prison for him. Ingrid discovers along the way that Grampy was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II on the island of Corregidor, and that he was part of the Bataan Death March -- neither of which he is willing to talk about, but some of his old comrades fill in enough of the details for Ingrid. How could this courageous, honorable, stubborn old man be guilty of shooting an unarmed man in the back? Ingrid's determined to find out the truth, but it's more dangerous than she knows. Great mystery! Grade 6 and up.

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LibraryThing member lprybylo

Good mystery, listen to this book as an audio book and it kept my interest. I liked Ingrid Levin-Hill as a character . Trouble with her parents, and Grandpa illness and secrets from WW2 make this book easy to listen to

LibraryThing member mstrust

13 year-old Ingrid is snowshoeing through the woods of Echo Falls with her boyfriend when they find the local conservation agent whose been missing. He'd been making problems for Ingrid's grandfather, and Grampy had threatened the agent, whose body is now lying on Grampy's land. Ingrid wants to

prove her grandfather didn't murder the agent, but Grampy's lousy personality makes it difficult to believe he isn't involved.

This book does get into darker territory with a break in the family, tales of WWII survival, a serious injury for one character and a minor character late in the book who could have come out of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. This is the third, and I think, the last of the Echo Falls Mysteries so far. I hope Abrahams continues the series as I'm fond of Ingrid, the child with much too old taste in Basil Rathbone movies and Fresca.

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LibraryThing member lkmuir

Thirteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes aficionado Ingrid Levin-Hill tries to clear her grandfather's name when he is accused of murdering an environmental activist found dead on his farm.

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