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I Hunt Killers | April 18, 2012

by Barry Lyga (Little, Brown and Company, Apr. 2012)

In Barry Lyga’s I Hunt Killers, 17-year-old Jasper “Jazz” Dent just wants to lead a normal life—difficult if your father happens to be the most notorious serial killer in the country. With a body count in the triple digits, it’s no surprise that Jazz’s “Dear Old Dad” was not your typical loving father. Jazz struggles with his past and with his conscience, desperate to prove to himself that he’s not destined to follow in his father’s footsteps, when things suddenly get even more complicated when it becomes clear that there’s a new serial killer on the loose. And Jazz can’t seem to stay away from the scene of the crime. This tightly-plotted novel will draw you through its pages at a breathless pace, both horrified and fascinated by the mystery of this new killer. But perhaps the biggest achievement of I Hunt Killers is the complexity of Jazz Dent—despite all of his dark tendencies, you’ll never stop rooting for this irresistibly flawed character.

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