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Billy straight

After witnessing a vicious murder, twelve-year-old Billy Straight becomes the center of terrifying attention: from the media, from violent bounty hunters, and from the murderer himself.

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  • "After witnessing a vicious murder, twelve-year-old Billy Straight becomes the center of terrifying attention: from the media, from violent bounty hunters, and from the murderer himself."@en
  • "When beautiful Lisa Bochlinger Ramsey is found brutally stabbed to death in Angeles's Griffith Park, a highly sensitive investigation begins for Detective Petra Connor and her partner Stu Bishop. The ex-wife of TV star Cart Ramsey, Lisa had publicly revealed how Ramsey had beaten her up. Suspicion at once falls on the millionaire actor but this is L.A., home of media frenzy and O.J. Simpson. The brass at the LAPD do not want history repeated. Forensic evidence points to a witness to the murder: twelve-year-old Billy Straight - a very scared little boy, frightened into hiding. When Lisa's parents put up a reward on him, only Petra realises the peril in which this child has been placed."@en
  • "Twelve year-old Billy, all alone and homeless, one night sees a man kill a woman. As street kid he must survive in the face of evil by his own wit and cunning."@en
  • "A young boy witnesses a murder but who will find him first - the cops or the killer? When beautiful Lisa Bochlinger Ramsey is found brutally stabbed to death in Los Angeles's Griffith Park, a highly sensitive investigation begins for Detective Petra Connor and her partner Stu Bishop. The ex-wife of TV star Cart Ramsey, Lisa had publicly revealed how Ramsay had beaten her up. Suspicion at once falls on the millionaire actor but this is L.A., home of media frenzy and O.J. Simpson. The brass at the LAPD do not want history repeated. Forensic evidence points to a witness to the murder: twelve-year-old Billy Straight - a very scared little boy, frightened into hiding. When Lisa's parents put up a reward on him, only Petra realises the peril in which this child has been placed."@en
  • "When twelve-year-old Billy Straight, a runaway struggling to survive L.A.'s most dangerous streets, becomes the sole eyewitness to a brutal murder, he becomes the target of the media, bounty hunters, and a killer, as L.A.P.D. homicide detective Petra Connor races against time to save his life."@en
  • "Billy Straight, a 12-year old, has fled the chaos of his home life to live on L.A.'s streets. He witnesses a murder and becomes the center of attention. Alex Delaware plays a cameo role in this frightening novel."
  • "Billy Straight, a 12-year old, has fled the chaos of his home life to live on L.A.'s streets. He witnesses a murder and becomes the center of attention. Alex Delaware plays a cameo role in this frightening novel."@en
  • "Twelve-year-old Billy Straight is caught in a twilight world of violence and evil where he must rely on his wits and his moral courage as he tries to survive on L.A.'s meanest streets after witnessing a murder."
  • "Twelve-year-old Billy Straight is caught in a twilight world of violence and evil where he must rely on his wits and his moral courage as he tries to survive on L.A.'s meanest streets after witnessing a murder."@en
  • "A twelve-year-old boy living on the streets to avoid an abusive home becomes the center of media and legal attention after witnessing the brutal murder of a television celebrity's ex-wife."@en

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  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Audiobooks"@en
  • "Psychological fiction"@en
  • "Thriller"@en
  • "Detective and mystery stories"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Talking books"@en

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  • "Billy Straight a novel"@en
  • "Billy Straight [11 tapes]"
  • "Billy Straight Read by Alexander Adams"@en
  • "Billy Straight Read by John Rubinstein"@en