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Title: Billy Straight : A Novel by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0-345-41386-5 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 05 October, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.95 (124 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Billy Straight
Comment: Billy Straight is a thrilling, story that manages to carry two plots at once. Its about a 12 year old boy that runs away from his abusive home to the streets of L.A.. During one of these homeless nights in a L.A. park he witnesses the murder of women. The books turns in to a man hunt to find the killer of Lisa Ramsey, and the search for Billy Straight. The women murdered happens to be the ex-wife of a television celebrity, with a history of abuse. Billy soon come to the center of attention in the media, and begins to run for his life. This book will catch your attention at page one and keep you hooked till the end.
Rating: 5
Summary: A First Rate Page Turner from Jonathan Kellerman
Comment: When the ex-wife of TV star Cart Ramsey is found stabbed to death in the parking lot of Griffith Park, Detective Petra Conner is called on to investigate the case. It doesn't take long for her and her partner Stu Bishop to focus on the actor, as the dead woman had accused him of abuse during the past. O.J. is on everybody's mind. The powers that be don't want to go through that again.
They find that there was probably a witness to the murder, twelve-year-old Billy Straight, a runaway who had been living in the park. When the victim's parent's offer a reward for him, Petra realizes the boy in danger, because now the killer will be looking for him as well.
BILLY STRAIGHT is a page-turner of the first order and though some Kellerman fans might be disappointed that it's not an Alex Deleware novel, they shouldn't be, because this novel is as good, if not better than anything Kellerman has ever done.
Review Submitted by Captain Katie Osborne
Rating: 3
Summary: Pleasing and proficient thriller
Comment: Billy Straight is a 12 year old homeless person ,living on the streets and in the open spaces of Los Angeles .He is escaping an abusive homelife with a feckless mother and her numbskull boyfriend. Billy witnesses a murder ,and the book then becomes essentially a tale of two hunts.The hunt for the killer of Lisa Ramsey ,under the leadership of LA detective Petra Connor ,and there are two principal suspects--her former husband ,the TV star Cart Ramsey and his business manager ,Greg Baulch.Then there is the search for Billy ,a srearch involving the killer ,the boy friend , the police and others after the reward posted for information on the killing.The case is not solved until there have been further killings and some narrow escapes for Billy.
Kellerman is a big seller with a loyal readership and has not achieved these feats without being able to produce page turners of some quality .The book is strong on narrative and there is a good depth of characterization not to mention some sharp criticism of police bureaucracy and the way in which fear of publicity in potential high profile cases can retard a police investigation.The juggling of the two searches is dexterously handled
My only real reservation is an old bugbear of mine -excessive length .The book runs nearer 600 pages than 500 and much of this is due to what strikes me as padding --for instance ,the domestic worries of Petra's partner contributes nothing to the evolution of the plot and merely serves to slow proceedings down.
Good solid read and fans of the regular series character Alex Delaware may like to know he makes a cameo appearance in the last chapter
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Title: Monster : A Novel by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345413873 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 05 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Survival of the Fittest by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345458842 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: The Web by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 055357227X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Self-Defense by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345458834 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Dr. Death by Jonathan Kellerman ISBN: 0345413881 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 28 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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