I hunt killers

Lyga, B. (2012). I hunt killers. New York: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.

Jasper Dent lives with his grandmother in a town called Lobos Nod. Jazz's mother disappeared and his father is a well known serial killer Billy Dent who is locked up in prison for all his crimes. Before going to prison Jazz's father tried to show him how to become a ruthless killer. While attending high school, a body of a women is discovered in a field and this causes Jazz to think he can help. This event also stirs up mixed emotions about Jazz's fathers murdering ways. Jazz's girlfriend is there to reassure Jazz that he will never be like his father.

This book is intended for an audience of readers that are ages 14 and up. Lyga's use of a father being a serial killer adds suspense to this story. Often characteristics and traits are passed on from parent to their child and Jazz struggles with the thought that he could be like his father someday. The reader is taken along on this murder mystery to determine who murdered the woman whose body was found in the field.