Lyga, B. (2014). I Hunt Killers. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company.
Jasper Dent is the son of Billy Dent, a famous serial killer, who was recently arrested. Soon after his detainment, the killings resume and people begin to assume that Jasper had followed his father's footsteps. Jazz, his friend, Howie, and girlfriend, Connie, join forces to find out clues about the killer. He ended up finding out that his father had escaped from prison and he was the one that had continued the killings. Billy Dent is a very smart guy, but uses his knowledge to invest it on the killings. He even taught his son the loopholes for getting away with murder.
Jazz has a lot struggles due to being a teenager, having dad in jail, and dealing with teenage issues. He goes through internal drama at the beginning and more as the story develops. Jasper is the protagonist and Billy the antagonist. Jazz faces a major internal conflict. He couldn't decide if he can go against everyone's beliefs and be his own person away from murder. He has flashbacks about cutting into things. His battles with the fear of him taking his dad's place and live with that decision or be himself. He also was ashamed of telling others what his dad would do.The theme of this book is that no one can force you to do anything you don't want and also that it depends with what people you associated yourself. You have control of your life and only you.
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