I will start with this. Do not allude to Alice in Wonderland if nothing slightly whimsical is going to happen. I get that going down the rabbit hole is a metaphor, but with a cover that has a mad hatter, cat, tea cup and queen of hearts card on it and that title, you're kinda hoping someone actually steps into Wonderland at some point. But, alas, they don't. This is purely a mystery that happens to have the play Alice in Wonderland highlighted throughout. The mystery, of course, is what the rabbit hole metaphor is used for, which makes sense, but sets you up for some disappointment.
Now that being said, it was not a bad mystery. I loved the little details about life that the author threw in and I had a sense of foreboding throughout the book. I was disappointed with the fact that the reader finds out who did the killings before the main character, but it was to increase tension in the final scene so it still worked.
In this story, Ingrid happens upon Crazy Katie the day before she is murdered. She feels guilty because she lied about her whereabouts, but she feels even more frightened when she realizes that she left her tell tale pair of soccer shoes at the scene of the crime. Worried that she will become a suspect, she goes to retrieve the shoes but soon falls into the rabbit hole and finds that she is determined to solve the crime, if for anything, to assuage her own guilt over her tampering with the crime scene. How will it all turn out? That I can't share or it would spoil the mystery.
Interest level: Grades 5-8 Reading level: Grade 6
Genre: mystery
Comparable titles: Nancy Drew mysteries and others of its ilk
Book Connections: Alice in Wonderland, Sherlock Holmes, mapping your town
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