Synopsis:
Having just turned sixteen, Sara
Jane Rispoli’s birthday is anything but sweet.
Returning from her first high
school dance, Sara Jane walks into a ransacked home and finds her family
missing, the dog maimed and a psychopath in a ski mask who won’t rest until
she’s dead. With nothing to go on but a clue hidden in a bust of Frank Sinatra,
Sara Jane jumps into her dad’s 1965 Lincoln Continental and drives into the
night.
The clues lead her to an ancient,
worn notebook that contains a guide to a Chicago hiding in plain sight— safe
houses, secret doors, mysterious phone numbers are all suddenly at Sara Jane’s
disposal. But it also contains darker, more troubling secrets concerning the
Rispoli family, including the revelation that a rare and powerful hereditary
trait passed down from the time of Alexander the Great enabled certain male members
of the Rispoli clan to become major figures in the Outfit, Chicago’s storied
crime syndicate.
Sara Jane realizes the
secret-filled notebook is the reason why her family was taken, and why she’s
being pursued by three different factions: her turncoat uncle, Police Detective
Dotty Smelt, and the huge, shambling freak in the ski mask. Learning of the
gift awakens a realization in Sara Jane that she, too, possesses the powerful
phenomenon.
With the help of a
weight-challenged sidekick, an angry Italian greyhound, and a legion of
guardian angel sewer rats, Sara Jane is chased, attacked, and fights back with
cold fury, staying one step ahead of her pursuers and circumnavigating the
male-centric Outfit while also keeping a growing romance.
BIO:
T.M. Goeglein began his career as
a writer of print and television ads for a host of advertising and media
companies. As a screenwriter, he created both original scripts and worked as a
script doctor for several production companies in Los Angeles. He was an
original contributor to the Huffington Post 'Living' section, and continues to
write for both the national edition and Huffington Post Chicago. Read T.M. Goeglein's stories on the
Huffington Post.
His debut young adult
novel, COLD FURY,
will be published by Penguin/Putnam in 2012 and is the first in a trilogy; he’s
currently working on the second book. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Laura,
and two young children.
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Top 10 Favorite Things With T.M.
What is your favorite movie?
It’s a hybrid, stitched together from
parts of The Godfather I & II, Tommy Boy, The Shawshank Redemption, Animal
House, and The Bourne Identity.
What was your favorite cartoon as a kid and do
you still watch it today?
Bugs Bunny, but the old, violent
ones; whenever they’re on, I can’t believe they were made for kids.
Who is your favorite author?
It’s a tie between Elmore Leonard and
J.D. Salinger.
Do you have a book that you can re-read?
Out of Sight (Leonard) and
Nine Stories (Salinger.)
If you were not a writer what would you
have been?
Either a cab driver,
bartender, or unemployed.
What 3 things can you not live without?
My wife and kids, fresh books,
and smart movies.
If you were on a deserted island what 3
people would you like with you dead or alive?
Not to echo, but my wife and
kids are a given. Beyond them, Derek Jeter (we could play catch,) Mario
Batali (he could cook,) and Bob Marley (gotta have the right music on an
island.)
What is the one place you would like to
travel that you haven’t been to?
Istanbul, Turkey – I’m
fascinated that it’s both the eastern and western world in one location.
What is the first book you read in the
paranormal genre?
The Shining, years ago, and
I’m still wetting my pants.
If your book was made into a movie what
actors would you like to play the parts?
That’s really tough, because
Sara Jane Rispoli, my protagonist is really tough; it would have to be an
appropriate fit, so some combination of Lily Collins and Elizabeth
Gilles. As Max, probably someone like Logan Lerman, and as Tyler, I’d go
with Devon Bostick.
Who is your favorite signer/group/ or
song?
Old-old school: Frank Sinatra
(song: Come Dance With Me.) Old school: Marvin Gaye (song: Got to Give It
Up.) Now: Maroon Five (song: Payphone.)
If you could have dinner with 1 person
dead or alive who would it be?
The notorious gangster and
leader of the Chicago Outfit for fifty years, Tony Accardo. I’d really
like to know how he kept all of those deadly secrets for so long, and how he
managed to live to a ripe old age.
i love the cover!
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