In the first book of this suspenseful series, a sixteen-year-old’s life takes a dark turn when her parents and brother are kidnapped, revealing her family’s deep involvement with the Chicago mob.
“Engaging, including action sequences that are forthright and expeditious.”—School Library Journal
“A white-knuckle read.”—Gregg Olsen, New York Times bestselling author
Sara Jane Rispoli has just turned sixteen, but so far, it’s anything but sweet. She’d planned to spend this birthday at the spring dance with the handsome Max Kissberg, not being chased and attacked by a masked assassin, dirty cops, and a turncoat uncle. She certainly didn’t plan on discovering that her family is deeply embedded in the Chicago Outfit (aka the Mob) or to come home and find them gone.
Now on the run but determined to find her family, Sara Jane fights back with a flame burning in her gut—a deadly cold fury. Though also armed with a .45 and a briefcase full of cash, an old tattered notebook may be her best defense. It holds the key to “Ultimate Power.” It’s why she’s being pursued, it’s why her family was taken away, and it could be the key to saving her life.
