Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick, Juv fic, 204 pages.
I had seen reviews (a review?) for this book and it sounded good. A thirteen year-old finds his father frozen to death on an iced over lake adjacent to their cabin. While he is left alone with his father's corpse, as his older sister and their step-mother go for help, a stranger from his father's past shows up, claiming that the father owes him money. The boy must decide what to do. An ancient Colt revolver plays a central role as the boy decides what to do, what path to take. I had hopes, but preachy and not engaging is how I would rate it.
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