The Bridekiller - by Barry Lyga

Book Synopsis

From the world of Barry Lyga's New York Times bestselling 'I Hunt Killers' trilogy comes a thrilling adult mystery about the hunt for a monstrous serial killer.

Brides are being murdered on their wedding nights. Soaked in blood and draped in lace. With nothing left behind to help them find the killer, the FBI is at an impasse. Their only, desperate hope is to convince Jasper Dent, the son of two serial killers and a former teen prodigy at hunting down such monsters, to emerge from his self-imposed exile.

When he was a teenager, both of Jasper's parents were members of a secret society of serial killers. Today, his father is in prison and his mother is in a coma, both results of their final confrontation with Jasper years ago. Now, wealthy from a best-selling memoir about his parents, Jasper still carries the scars from their parenting--and the uncanny, unwanted ability to understand killers that they instilled in him.

Jasper wants nothing more than to hide from his past - cash his royalty checks and never think about murder and blood again. But he knows the only way to find any meaning or redemption in his life is to face his demons once again. His skills rusty, his confidence shaken, Jasper races against a ticking clock, frantically seeking to solve the impossible mystery before more women meet a horrific end.

About the Author

Barry Lyga is the author of more than twenty-five books for teens and adults in a variety of genres, including the New York Times bestselling I Hunt Killers and Thanos: Titan Consumed, the origin of the greatest villain in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He won the Kentucky Bluegrass Award for I Hunt Killers and was named a Kentucky Colonel by Governor Steven Beshear in 2015. His novel Boy Toy was lauded as "an astounding portrayal of what it is like to be the young male victim," and yet has been banned in multiple districts throughout the United States for its unflinching portrayal of child abuse.