Cold Fury / T. M. Goeglein / 312 pages / April Challenge Rain

Wow!  This book starts with a pop!  Sixteen year old Sara Jane Rispoli give us a brief description of herself, informs us that her parents and little brother are either dead and/or gone, and that they only thing keeping her alive is "an old leather notebook stuffed full of so many unusual facts, indecipherable notes, and unlisted phone numbers that's its held together with making tape and rubber bands."  She also has ninety six thousand dollars in cash, an Am Ex bank card in her name, and sig sauer .45 conceal and carry.  She also has ghiaccio furioso and that makes all the difference in the world.  She discovers shocking secrets about her family.  Will she be able to find them?  This page-turner has something for everyone...a powerful anti-bullying message, loads of information about mob-infested Chicago, classic movie tie-ins, romance, etc...