Billy Straight by Jonathan Kellerman 1999

A resourceful runaway alone in the wilds of Los Angeles, Twelve-year-old Billy Straight suddenly witnesses a brutal stabbin in Griffith Park. fleeing into the night, Billy cannot shake the horrific memory of the savage violence, nor the pursuit of a cold blooded killer. For wherever Billy turns- from Hollywood Blvd to the boardwalks of Venice (beach) he is haunted by the chuck chuck sound of a knife sinking into flesh. as LAPD homicide detective Petra Connor desperately searches for the murderer, as the media swarms mercilessly around the story, the vicious madman stalks closer to his prey. only Petra can save Billy. but it will take all her cunning to uncover a child lost in a fierce urban labyrinth- where a killer seems right at home. Overall Good condition.