The book was followed by a sequel, Game, where Billy has escaped from prison. The NYPD turns to Jasper after a series of murders committed by the Hat-Dog Killer take place. Jasper soon learns that the Hat-Dog Killer and his father are connected, as well as the possibility that his Missing Mom may still be alive.
The trilogy concludes with Blood of My Blood, where Jasper is framed for the murder of Agent Morales. Jasper must escape from New York City in order to bring Billy to justice once and for all, but on the way, he learns about an organization of killers called "the Crows."
I Hunt Killers provides examples of:
- Abusive Parents: Billy is, believe it or not, of the emotional variety, as he claimed that he never spanked Jasper. However, he compensates by exposing him to the life of a serial killer. Janice Dent is later revealed to have sexually abused Jasper and even thought about killing him at some point.
- Arc Words: "People are real. People matter."
- Ax-Crazy: The Impressionist and both halves of the Hat-Dog Killer are this.
- Berserk Button: Getting compared to Billy is a quick way to piss Jasper off.
- Big Applesauce: Book 2 and 3 are set in New York.
- Black Widow: Billy is believed to be this until the end of book 2. Duncan Hershey attempts this.
- Consulting a Convicted Killer: In each book, Jazz needs to consult Billy, whether it's about a case or about his own upbringing and unfound victims.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: In some twisted way, Billy does care for Jasper, as he talked Janice out of killing him as a newborn. While he did try to kill Jasper in the third book, he decided not to expose Jasper as the one who crippled him in an act of vigilante justice. He was also against Janice killing his mother.
- Even Evil Has Standards:
- Billy apparently never targeted children during his killing spree. However, he wasn't against the idea of Jasper killing one of his childhood bullies.
- Both the Impressionist and Oliver Belsamo may be Ax-Crazy killers, but they adhere to a strict set of rules by Billy. Belsamo was also disgusted that he had to rape his victims after Hershey started doing it as part of the rules of Billy's game.
- Eviler than Thou: Duncan Hershey believes he's this to Billy. Janice Dent really is.
- Great Escape: Billy escapes from prison at the end of Book One and Book Two and Three deal with the fallout.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: Jazz and Howie.
- Insane Equals Violent: Everywhere.
- Loony Fan: The Impressionist and the Hat-Dog killer are this.
- Morality Pet: While the amount of Dogs Billy has kicked drastically outweighs the ones he has pet, he still has a few. Mostly his mother and Jasper, though neither of them rise to Morality Chain level.
- Murderers Are Rapists: On top of being the most prolific serial killers in U.S. history, Janice molested her son Jazz with her husband Billy's full knowledge.
- Never a Runaway: The victim that actually got Billy caught - the murder of a high school girl - was presumed to have run away to L.A. Only G. William Turner believed differently, which led to Billy's capture.
- Never Found the Body: Janice. Because she's Faking the Dead.
- Obvious Villain, Secret Villain: The obvious villain is Billy Dent, the most prolific murderer in United States history who is currently behind bars until he breaks out of prison but he does very little to hide his sadistic impulses as he enjoys torturing people, both men and women, to death.
- Book 1: He's contrasted with hidden villain The Impressionist, who poses as being a grieving father so he can get close to protagonist Jazz and copy Billy's murders.
- Book 3: He's contrasted with other hidden villain Ugly J, aka Janice, Billy's wife and Jazz's mother. Although she does a Wounded Gazelle Gambit, she is actually More Deadly Than the Male, maintaining a reputation as a terrible and violent murderer. Plus, she sexually abused and thought about murdering Jazz.
- Offing the Offspring: Duncan Hershey attempted to kill his child, along with his wife, but was stopped by Billy. Janice wanted to do this to Jasper, but Billy intervened.
- Our Slashers Are Different: Each book deals with a serial killer who likes to hunt and attack young people, especially women/girls. But Game and Blood Of My Blood reveals that they are actually the members of a cult of serial killers.
- Police Are Useless: G. William is the Token Good Cop, but other than him, serial killers are allowed to wander the streets of New York with no real intervention from the police, and while working with a teenage boy.
- Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Janice and Billy are both vicious serial killers, but the real twist appears to be when it's revealed that Janice sexually abused Jazz.
- Sequel Escalation: Every book is progressively more violent and introduces more serial killers. There is one in I Hunt Killers (until Billy escapes at the end)); two in Game; and multiple in Blood Of My Blood.
- Serial Killer: Obviously, in spades.
- Theme Serial Killer: The Impressionist recreates each of Billy's kills.
- Unholy Matrimony: Billy and Janice.
- Villainous Parental Instinct: Despite being the most prolific serial killer in the world with over 100 victims, Billy Dent wouldn't let his wife Janice kill their son.
- Visible Victimology: Taken to extremes throughout the series. Billy has over one hundred victims, both male and female, and is the most prolific Serial Killer in U.S. history. Despite this, neither he or his co-conspirator/wife Janice has ever killed a black girl. All their victims are white, and both have an issue with Jazz having a black girlfriend, Connie.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: Janice attempts to pull this on Jazz and Connie. It works for a brief time.
- You Have Failed Me: Why Janice tries to kill Jazz.
