by Barry Lyga
As far as literary characters go, Jasper “Jazz” Dent had the
distinction of becoming one of my all time favorite fictional teens, followed
closely by Artemis Fowl – though Artemis started
as a tween, my favorite tween resides in Moon Base Alpha. This prequel to
Barry Lyga’s I Hunt Killers is a gem,
a diamond in the rough. Not so surprisingly as exquisite at the other four
prequel stories.
This story features the last man to ever be considered “father
of the year,” Billy Dent. Mass, murdering, serial killer Billy Dent is on
vacation and what pray tell is he doing? Well, solving a murder of course. Of course? Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Gotta
love it.
The third person character narrative POV – my all time
favorite narrative voice – takes us into the inner working mind of Billy Dent. Perversely
twisted mind that it surely is, let the wizard take a backseat, it is still a
delight to peek behind this curtain.
A backpedalling (wink, wink) foreshadowing of Lucky Day, is our Easter Egg treat. This
book is truly a worthy part of this series.
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