Jasper (Jazz) is a likeable teenager - but he's also the son of the world's most infamous serial killer. He has witnessed crime scenes the way cops wish they could - from the criminal's point of view. And now bodies are piling up in Lobo's Nod. To clear his name, Jazz joins the hunt for a new serial killer - but he has a secret.

Jasper Dent can't escape his family. Wherever he goes, whatever he does, his father's reputation hangs over him. Because Billy Dent's not like other dads. He's a serial killer. And now he's got Jasper's girlfriend in his clutches. Billy must be stopped, against all the odds. Jasper knows he's the only one who can do it, the only one smart enough and quick enough to find him. After all, it's in his blood.