NOVEL: Billy Straight
An young boy living rough witnesses the brutal murder of a beautiful celebrity who had recently divorced her husband.
The investigating cops tread warily in the light of recent high-profile cases such as OJ Simpson as they examine the suspects' backgrounds, alibis and motives.
Meanwhile, in this paperback thriller from Jonathan Kellerman, the bodies pile up and young Billy finds not only the villain but his psychotic stepfather on his trail.
This book is set in the same gritty Los Angeles as Kellerman's Alex Delaware books, sharing multi-layered plotting, well-drawn characters and pacey writing style.
At heart Billy Straight is an absorbing police procedural, with added depth coming from Billy's passages of first-person narration.
DAVID KNIGHTS
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