![]() A parallel plot starring Jazz’s girlfriend does include some unlikely clue- solving and plenty of are-you-nuts?! behavior. ![]() Second, Lyga continues to navigate that thinnest of tightropes: a hero we root for even as he manipulates people as ruthlessly as his pop. First, he inverts the usual YA goal to lose one’s virginity, with Jazz terror that giving into desires will be the “ignition moment” that ignites a bloodlust. Along the way, Lyga pulls off two neat tricks. But what are the rules? When finally revealed, the game seems slap-yourself- on-the-forehead obvious, yet orchestrated so cunningly that rare indeed will be the reader who figures it out early. ![]() Jazz Dent, 17, is called upon by the NYPD to offer insight only the son of a serial killer can provide, and he quickly assesses that Hat-Dog is playing some sort of game. But the timing of his escape means he can’t be behind the 14 murders attributed to New York City’s “Hat-Dog Killer,” so nicknamed because of the alternating symbols he carves into his victims’ flesh. ![]() “Billy Dent, the serial killer introduced in I Hunt Killers (2012), is on the loose. ![]()
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