Lisa Reardon
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Billy Dead: A Novel
Lisa Reardon
In an everyday voice, still as the air before thunder, Billy Dead introduces Ray Johnson and his kin. In their small Michigan town, the Johnsons are the family that starts all the trouble, has all the hard luck, and fuels all the gossip.
Ray’s older brother Billy has just been found murdered—by someone who watched him crawl a mile down the road, head bloody; who smoked four Marlboros while watching Billy die. The question isn’t who killed him, but who didn’t want him dead.
Now Ray—knotted up with sorrow and a strange relief—bears the weight of the…
