Jack's Boys by John Katzenbach

 

They found each other online on the dark web.  Five serial killers, scattered throughout the United States.  They are young, old, educated, blue collar, wealthy and poor.  None of that matters.  They have found their people.  They meet online in a site called Jack's Boys, where they tell each other the details of their crimes and bask in the glow of their approval.

Then the unthinkable happens.  A teenager finds his way into Jack's Place and immediately, he starts to make fun of the men there.  Connor lives with his grandparents and his girlfriend, Nikki, lives two doors down.  Until tonight, his biggest thoughts were the next soccer game and college next year.  

Jack's Boys are absolutely outraged.  They immediately take down the site and go to the plan B for online they had never thought they would need.  They are worried the teens will go to the police but even more, they can't let such humiliation stand.  They decide that they will kill both the teens.

Although they try, their first attempt doesn't work.  But they aren't going to let that stop their plan.  They can wait forever, years if need be, but they will find a time and place to wreak vengeance.   Will they succeed next time?

Reading a John Katzenbach novel means suspense.  He has written many and they are page turners.  Katzenbach was a criminal court reporter for a newspaper and he uses this experience to make his books exciting.  My only hesitation with this one was that it seemed unrealistic that five men would all be so outraged because a teenager called them names that they would devote months of preparation to try to kill him and all those he loved.  But the pace is so fast that this hesitation went by quickly.  This book is recommended for thriller readers.