Sunday, April 11, 2010

Billy Straight by Jonathan Kellerman

Twelve year old runaway Billy Straight is the only eye witness to the murder of a TV Star's ex-wife and we follow his fearful flight through the city as well as the police investigation and how wealth and fame obstructs the investigation. It's a twisty plot, with a couple of red herrings.

The narrative style kind of threw me with this one. The writing jumps around from first person POV as Billy to third person limited from different character's POV. It was not particularly difficult to follow, as each chapter has a consistent point of view, but it was a little disconcerting at first.

I was more interested in Billy's story than the investigation. I did like Petra and Stu and hope they appear again.

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