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A resourceful runaway alone in the wilds of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Billy Straight suddenly witnesses a brutal stabbing in Griffith Park. Fleeing into the night, Billy cannot shake the horrific memory of the savage violence, nor the pursuit 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 prey.…

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Editions

15 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2006
    Ballantine Books · 448 pages · 9780345491671
  • Ebook · English · 2003
    Random House Publishing Group · 9780345463678
  • Paperback · English · 1999
    Ballantine Books · 9780345429414
  • Hardcover · English · 1999
    Random House, NY · 464 pages · 9780316644419
  • Paperback · English · 1999
    Little Brown Company · 464 pages · 9780316644372
  • Hardcover · English · 1999
    Little, Brown · 9780316849326
FictionStreet childrenStreet children in fictionAlex Delaware (Fictitious character)Petra Connor (Fictitious character)Child witnessesChild witnesses in fictionPsychologists