The theme of the book, I Hunt Killers, is you don’t have to follow in your parents’ footsteps. This is the theme for many reasons. First and foremost, Jazz doesn’t want to be like his father. Jazz’s father was a cold blooded killer who was sent to prison for over 120 murders. Jazz is determined not to become like this and will do anything to avoid killing. The second reason is that in order to avoid becoming like his father, Jazz tries to solve murders instead of commit them. Jazz feels a strong, almost obsessive, need to try and solve any murder case that approaches Lobo’s Nod. The third reason is Jazz’s determination to be a good person. Jazz has memories of what his father had done to people and what his father said to him. Jazz tries to