I Hunt Killer

Lyga, B. (2012). I hunt killers. New York, New York: Little Brown.

Jazz is determined to grow up normal and be nothing like his father, the infamous serial killer, Billy Dent. Jazz spends his day with his girlfriend, Connie and his best friend, Howie just trying to be nothing like his dad. Then, in his town of Lobos Nod, a young woman is murdered.  Then, more murders start happening and Jazz feels that his background could help find the killer.  Since he has spent most of his life with a murderer and he even knows how they think.  Jazz feels that he could help the cops solve the murders.  It seems that the murderer is copying his father's style of murders and he wants to find the killer before the next murder occurs.  Unfortunately, it comes too late when Jazz's teacher is the next victim.  Jazz, then realizes that he needs to visit his "Dear Old Dad" in prison to help him solve the case.  Jazz comes face to face with "The Impressionist" and luckily his friends come to the rescue.  Then, Jazz learns that his father has escaped from prison and has committed another murder.  

        

This is a great dark modern realistic fiction.  It keeps you on the edge of seat because of the twists and turns.  At the beginning of the story, Jazz was trying not to be like his “Dear Old Dad” but after he escapes and kills again.  Jazz makes a vow to hunt down his father himself and kill him.  This book would be good for readers in high school because of the grisly descriptions of Billy Dent’s murders.  I hunt killers is the first book of a trilogy from Lyga.