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Billy Straight  a novel /  Print 
Jonathan Kellerman. 
 - 1st ed 
 - New York  Random House  1998 
 - 467 p  25 cm.  Hardback book. 
<br/><br/> Billy Straight has fled the chaos and abuse of his life at home and is fighting to survive on L.a.'s meanest streets.  All alone, Billy has fashioned a precarious existence for himself using principled tricks to nourish his body and his mind.  Late one night he watches from his hiding place as a man kills a woman.  The victim turns out to be the ex-wife of a celebrity and overnight Billy becomes the center of terrifying attention.  As he runs for his life, Billy is also tracked by a potential savior:  Petra Connor, a tough, gifted LAPD homicide detective with a past of her own. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0679459596 (acid-free paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>98019583 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child witnesses--Fiction.<br/>Runaway children--Fiction.--California--Los Angeles
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction.
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<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>  4