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Darkly Dreaming Dexter

by: Jeff Lindsay

: Darkly Dreaming Dexter
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780307277886
ISBN: 0307277887
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: September 19, 2006
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: September 19, 2006
Sales Rank: 289
Studio: Vintage



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Product Description:
The Basis for a New Showtime® Original Series Starring Michael C. Hall

Meet Dexter Morgan, a polite wolf in sheep’s clothing. He’s handsome and charming, but something in his past has made him abide by a different set of rules. He’s a serial killer whose one golden rule makes him immensely likeable: he only kills bad people. And his job as a blood splatter expert for the Miami police department puts him in the perfect position to identify his victims. But when a series of brutal murders bearing a striking similarity to his own style start turning up, Dexter is caught between being flattered and being frightened–of himself or some other fiend.

Amazon.com Review:
Meet Dexter Morgan. He's a highly respected lab technician specializing in blood spatter for the Miami Dade Police Department. He's a handsome, though reluctant, ladies' man. He's polite, says all the right things, and rarely calls attention to himself. He's also a sociopathic serial killer whose 'Dark Passenger' drives him to commit the occasional dismemberment.



Mind you, Dexter's the good guy in this story.



Adopted at the age of four after an unnamed tragedy left him orphaned, Dexter's learned, with help from his pragmatic policeman father, to channel his 'gift,' killing only those who deal in death themselves. But when a new serial killer starts working in Miami, staging elaborately grisly scenes that are, to Dexter, an obvious attempt at communication from one monster to another, the eponymous protagonist finds himself at a loss. Should he help his policewoman sister Deborah earn a promotion to the Homicide desk by finding the fiend? Or should he locate this new killer himself, so he can express his admiration for the other's 'art?' Or is it possible that psycho Dexter himself, admittedly not the most balanced of fellows, is finally going completely insane and committing these messy crimes himself?



Despite his penchant for vivisection, it's hard not to like Dexter as his coldly logical personality struggles to emulate emotions he doesn't feel and to keep up his appearance as a caring, unremarkable human being. Breakout author Jeff Lindsay's plot is tense and absorbing, but it's the voice of Dexter and his reactions to the other characters that will keep readers glued to Darkly Dreaming Dexter, as well as making it one of the most original and highly recommended serial killer stories in a long time. --Benjamin Reese



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - I WANT MORE!!!
I just can't get enough of this character. Jeff Lindsay isn't writing fast enough, I want it NOW!


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Forget the book - Just watch the show.
I'm a huge fan of Dexter the TV show, so when I found out that it was an adaptation of a novel, I ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - My favorite serial killer!
What can I say about Dexter - he's a wonderful character! Its amazing that a monster can be so likeable ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A heartless killer with heart
How do you make a serial killer likeable? First, make him not only intelligent, but classy as well (Hannibal ... Read More


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Deeply Disappointing, Dexter
I can't remember the last time a book inspired such mixed emotions in me. I was simultaneously charmed by Dexter ... Read More

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