Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Kellerman, Jonathan frey50

Billy Straight a novel / Print Jonathan Kellerman. - 1st ed - New York Random House 1998 - 467 p 25 cm. Hardback book.

Billy Straight has fled the chaos and abuse of his life at home and is fighting to survive on L.a.'s meanest streets. All alone, Billy has fashioned a precarious existence for himself using principled tricks to nourish his body and his mind. Late one night he watches from his hiding place as a man kills a woman. The victim turns out to be the ex-wife of a celebrity and overnight Billy becomes the center of terrifying attention. As he runs for his life, Billy is also tracked by a potential savior: Petra Connor, a tough, gifted LAPD homicide detective with a past of her own.

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Child witnesses--Fiction.
Runaway children--Fiction.--California--Los Angeles


Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction.



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