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Within this riveting, astute, high-tension thriller, the creator of psychologist sleuth Alex Delaware weaves a Dickensian tale of innocence, metropolitan depravity, and the resilience of the human nature, and brings to the site one of the most endearing and finely attracted characters in modern day fiction.
Twelve-year-old Billy Straight--precocious, heartbreakingly perceptive, relentlessly moral--has fled the chaos and abuse of his life at home and it is fighting to endure on L.A.'s meanest pavements. All alone, Billy has designed a precarious life for himself, using principled methods to nourish his body and his head. Late one night time he pieces from his concealing place as a guy viciously butchers a female. The victim turns out to be the ex-wife of any television movie star with a brief history of domestic assault, and Billy becomes the center of terrifying attention--from the marketing, from violent bounty hunters, and from the murderer himself. As he works for his life, relying on his local wit and instincts for success, Billy is also monitored by the potential savior: Petra Connor, a tough, gifted, beautiful LAPD homicide detective with a former of her own.
Breathtakingly paced, Billy Upright brings to life one streets kid's attempts to survive when confronted with unspeakable evil. Richly layered, emotionally persuasive, and peopled by the vivid ensemble of helping characters--including Alex Delaware himself in a strong cameo role--this gripping novel signifies one of the century's great story-tellers at the top of his form.
