I Hunt Killers

In Barry Lyga’s I Hunt Killers we meet Jazz Dent.  Jazz is the son of a notorious serial killer.  His father wanted Jazz to follow in his footsteps so in consequence Jazz had a very atypical and alarming childhood.  In this book the father has been caught and is in prison while Jazz is living with his demented grandmother and trying his best NOT to follow in his father’s footsteps.  The story starts with the arrival of a new serial killer, one who seems to be paying homage to the elder Dent.  Jazz takes it upon himself to try to find and catch this killer.   All in all a very readable book, though you will have to overlook some violent serial killeresque scenes.

I will say that I began wondering, mid-book, about these people who glorify serial killers.  The point of it really escapes me and after a few of the descriptions in this book I was beginning to be worried about the author.  Anyway, though I finished the book I won’t be reading the sequel.