Twelve-year-old Billy Straight has fled the chaos and abuse of his life at home and is fighting to survive on LA's meanest streets. Late one night he watches from his hiding place as a man viciously butchers a woman. The victim turns out to be the ex-wife of a television celebrity with a history of domestic violence. Billy becomes the center of terrifying attention--from the media, from violent bounty hunters, and from the murderer himself. As he runs for his life, relying on his native wit and instincts for survival, Billy is also tracked by a potential savior: Petra Connor, a tough, gifted, beautiful LAPD detective.Well, of course she's gifted and beautiful. Of course the murderer is cunning and manipulative, trying to implicate his best friend, his faithful protector as the true felon. Of course Billy is the long-lost grandson of a Hollywood matron. The story is predictable--and disappointing.