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Book Review By Nancy Carrigan
Billy Straight by Jonathan Kellerman

Billy Straight sees Lisa Ramsey get stabbed at Griffith Park and sees the licencse plate of the guy who did it;PLYR. Petra Conner is a cop who must search for who did it and at the same time try to protect 12 year-old Billy Straight.


Plot & Themes
Tone of story -
How difficult to spot villain? - Difficult, but some clues given
Time/era of story:
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 70%
Special suspect? - lover
Murder of certain profession?
Misc. Murder Plotlets - - character killed during/after sexing
Kind of investigator
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status:
Age: - 20's-30's

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a kid
Profession/status:
Motive of antagonist - jealousy
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - California
City? Yes
City: - Los Angeles
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Writing Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Explicit sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - lesbians! - descript. of other female areas
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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