Down the Rabbit Hole (26 page)

PETER ABRAHAMS
is the author of
OBLIVION, THE TUTOR
, and
LIGHTS OUT
, for which he received an Edgar Award nomination. Mr. Abrahams makes his home in Falmouth, Massachusetts, with his wife and four children. This is his first novel for young readers. You can visit him online at www.peterabrahams.com.

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“I've read all of Peter Abrahams's novels and think that
Down the Rabbit Hole
is my all-time favorite. Peter has the perfect knack of always keeping the reader one jump
ahead
of Ingrid, so you're always afraid for her.

What's astonishing—and what I think kids are going to love—is how much more there is to this book than just suspense. There's Ingrid's complicated relationship with her brother, her growing understanding of her parents as real people, her terrific grandfather…and her dog. What a great dog, and what a great town. Echo Falls itself emerges as the book's costar.

“As with the Harry Potter books, when stories are this good, terms such as ‘juvenile' or ‘adult' really cease to have meaning; this is just one walloping good suspense yarn, and I couldn't put it down and go to bed until I'd finished.”

—Stephen King

“A satisfying fast-paced novel with an enjoyably pervasive sense of danger, and several exhilaratingly close brushes with death for the protagonist. A standout novel.”

—BCCB
(starred review)

“A book that will appeal to all ages. The setting seems completely real and the hero acts in ways most of us
readers wouldn't dare to attempt. Good, smart entertainment.”

—KLIATT
(starred review)

“Rich, smoothly written mystery. Great start for the Echo Falls series.”

—ALA Booklist
(starred review)

“Abrahams has crafted a suspenseful page-turning drama complete with misleading clues and gutsy midnight escapades that make for thrilling intrigue right up to the culminating drowning-in-the-river scene. Harrowingly absorbing.”

—Kirkus Reviews

“Deliciously suspenseful.”

—VOYA

“Readers…will be clamoring for answers—and more of Ingrid.”

—Publishers Weekly

“Deft use of literary allusions and ironic humor add further touches of class to a topnotch mystery.”

—School Library Journal

“Peter Abrahams scores big with the first novel in his new Echo Falls Mystery series. Readers will impatiently await the next.”

—Chicago Sun-Times

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE:
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