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Book Review of Billy Straight (Petra Connor, Bk 1)

Billy Straight (Petra Connor, Bk 1)
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A resorceful runaway alone in the wilds of L A twelve year old Billy Straight suddenly witnesses a butal stabbing in griffith park. Fleeing into the night Billy cannot shake the horrific memory of the savage violance nor the persuit 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 pery only Petra can save billy but it will take all her cunning ato uncover a child lost in a fierce urban labyrinth wher a killer seems right at home