Game

Lyga, Barry. Game. Book 2 of the Jasper Dent series. 2013. 517p. ISBN 978-0-316-12587-1. Available at FIC LYG on the library shelves.

The arrest of the Impressionist (I Hunt Killers) has meant that the small town of Lobo Nod is once again quiet. But a series of murders in New York has the NYPD stumped, so Detective Hughes approaches Jasper Dent and asks for his help. As the son of the United States’ most notorious serial killer, Billy Dent, Jasper is well positioned to understand how a killer thinks. The problem? Hugues is not authorized to share this sensitive information outside the precinct. The Hat Dog killer has committed more than a dozen murders in the last few months, with an escalation in violence and gruesomeness.

Connie, Jazz’s girlfriend, goes to New York with Jasper, but when both of them get caught by Captain Montgomery with NYPD documents for an investigation they were not officially involved in, their trip ends.

When the killer strikes again, though, Jasper’s help is once again requested, but this time officially. And the hints discovered on the bodies indicate that these killings are more than a game. And Jazz’ Dear Old Dad’s seems to be pulling all of the loose threads. With lives at stake, Jasper discovers that hunting killers turns deadly ...

The story concludes in Blood of My Blood.