By Jonathan Kellerman
Date Read: 13 March 2011
Official Summary
A resourceful runaway alone in the wilds of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Billy Straight suddenly witnesses a brutal stabbing 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 Boulevard to the boardwalks of Venice — 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 …
My thoughts:
I have been consumed by Stephen King books at the moment so it was with a heavy heart that I decided to pick up something different. Billy Straight just crawled into my heart. I loved the character and found myself attached to him very early on in the book. The first Petra Connor story from Jonathan Kellerman and I book I enjoyed immensely. I have read a few Kellerman books, this is without a doubt one of my favourites.
