num_pages: 272
description: In the wake of his brother Billy's murder, young Ray Johnson must relive the violence that has marred his family while the police track down the killer. A first novel. Reprint.
language: English
title: Billy Dead
titlecomplete: Billy Dead
genres: Fiction, Mystery
ratings_count: 151
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Barry Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Penguin Books