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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. • The Killer Character That Inspired the Hit Showtime Series DexterAnd 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 show more 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. show less
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Dexter Morgan is not your average, everyday kind of guy. Sure, he's likable, although he is rather bewildered by the attentions of women. He can be charming and witty, and he's always supportive of his foster sister, Deborah, a Miami vice squad cop. But Dexter leads one hell of a double life. During the day, he's a blood-splatter lab technician with the Miami Police Department. At night, he's a serial killer with a marked difference: he only slays bad people (as if that excuse will save him from the electric chair). Orphaned by tragedy as a boy, he was adopted aged 4 by a cop, Harry Morgan, who set about trying to channel his new son's animal nature, his aberrant "need." It was Harry who convinced Dexter only to prey upon other killers show more - such as the paedophiliac priest whom he dispatches at the beginning of the book. But with thirty-six kills to his name, Dexter suddenly finds that he has a competitor. This newcomer is responsible for the gruesome murders of prostitutes. Not only does he take their lives, but he drains their blood and wraps up their body parts like prized possessions.
Though Dex admires the technique, which mirrors his own modus operandi, he decides to help his sister solve these serial slayings - a fateful decision that will compel him to question his own life. Could Dex Morgan, "the best-dressed monster in Dade County," be more involved in these abominations than even he realizes? I'll just say that Lindsay's readers won't be the only ones surprised by this tale's outcome. Written with a playful and hip style, Darkly Dreaming Dexter manages to avoid farce or to tumble into bad taste. show less
Though Dex admires the technique, which mirrors his own modus operandi, he decides to help his sister solve these serial slayings - a fateful decision that will compel him to question his own life. Could Dex Morgan, "the best-dressed monster in Dade County," be more involved in these abominations than even he realizes? I'll just say that Lindsay's readers won't be the only ones surprised by this tale's outcome. Written with a playful and hip style, Darkly Dreaming Dexter manages to avoid farce or to tumble into bad taste. show less
Dexter Morgan is a nice guy. He has a sweet girlfriend whose kids adore him, he gets on well with his foster sister Deborah, and he's fantastic at his job, working in forensics as a blood spatter analyst. Those spookily accurate hunches he gets during homicide investigations... well, they just make him even more of an asset to the police department, right? No, actually. Dexter's 'hunches' stem from personal experience. Because Dexter Morgan is a sociopath and a serial killer. Thanks to a hefty amount of teenage guidance from his late foster father, wise cop Harry, he channels his need to kill into a vigilante-style hunt for bad guys who've escaped the law, and with his finely honed and careful methods, he's never been caught. Except now show more there's a new serial killer in town. And with his rapidly increasing body count and sly personal 'messages' that no one else understands, it seems that maybe Dexter finally has a playmate...
What made the novel for me was definitely Dexter Morgan himself. Like R in Warm Bodies, his compelling narrative voice is a means of rendering a rather dark and macabre subject matter (and a potentially frightening character) more readable, more enjoyable, more absorbing and yes, more amusing. I loved how playful his narrative was at times, twisting words into alliterative flights of description, often making me chuckle at the bone-dry, midnight black humour and well-placed jabs of sarcasm. At the same time, as you might imagine, the 'Dark Passenger' (as Dexter calls his inner killer) is a threatening and ever-shifting presence in the background, and Lindsay never lets us forget - via little glimpses of this instinct, and via Dexter's constant awareness of his sociopathy and the need to appear 'human' - that our friendly forensics geek is actually a deadly menace whose benevolence in his choice of victims can only be maintained with absolutely rigid self-control.
This, perhaps, for someone with a keen interest in social sciences, psychology and mental health, was what made the novel as a whole so fascinating. Dexter is fascinating. The way he so closely emulates human emotion while understanding so little of it is fascinating. The way he sees himself as a monster, as an outsider, yet works so hard to fit in is fascinating. The way he lives so rigorously by 'the code of Harry', the way he respects his foster father's memory despite not being able to love him, is fascinating. The way he will gleefully enjoy killing a serial rapist or a murdering paedophile, but his girlfriend Rita's kids absolutely adore him, is fascinating. I guess this is probably what draws people to the TV show too - this is a unique character, and watching his constant struggle to appear 'normal' makes him a hugely interesting and even sympathetic protagonist.
Of course, Dexter isn't the only character worth mentioning. His cop sister Deb is a lot of fun - feisty, foul-mouthed yet strangely vulnerable - and her political manoeuvring against inept Detective Maria LaGuerta is quite a compelling subplot, particularly as each time LaGuerta gets something wrong it has further implications for Dexter's own interest in the new serial killer. The dialogue was occasionally a tad clunky, but it improved if I read it sort-of aloud, like maybe it had more to do with the fact that I was silently reading it in my own accent, which didn't work very well. Does that make sense? The other key characters - like Angel, Doakes and even Dex's girlfriend Rita - don't play a huge part in this book, but I'm assuming they'll maybe get more page time in the next few novels. I also really enjoyed the Cuban influences in the book. I had no idea that Miami had such strong Cuban culture (ssssshhh, Brit girl here), so that was a kind of fun bonus for me. Maybe more so in the TV series, where a lot of the (fantastic) soundtrack has a distinctive Cuban flavour.
To sum up... Well, I loved this book. I think me and Dexter are going to get on just fine for the rest of the book series as well as all eight seasons of the show (which I just bought after enjoying the first half of my sister's season 1 box set). He might be one of the most interesting and complex characters I've ever read, and I liked the occasional flights of word play and almost poetic narrative moments coupled with his constant adjustments of expression and action to bring himself back to 'normal' so that the world won't know the truth. If I knew where the hell I'd put the next three books (which I bought a few months ago) I'd probably have read on by now - but since I don't, I'm going to finish season 1 of the TV series and go from there! show less
What made the novel for me was definitely Dexter Morgan himself. Like R in Warm Bodies, his compelling narrative voice is a means of rendering a rather dark and macabre subject matter (and a potentially frightening character) more readable, more enjoyable, more absorbing and yes, more amusing. I loved how playful his narrative was at times, twisting words into alliterative flights of description, often making me chuckle at the bone-dry, midnight black humour and well-placed jabs of sarcasm. At the same time, as you might imagine, the 'Dark Passenger' (as Dexter calls his inner killer) is a threatening and ever-shifting presence in the background, and Lindsay never lets us forget - via little glimpses of this instinct, and via Dexter's constant awareness of his sociopathy and the need to appear 'human' - that our friendly forensics geek is actually a deadly menace whose benevolence in his choice of victims can only be maintained with absolutely rigid self-control.
This, perhaps, for someone with a keen interest in social sciences, psychology and mental health, was what made the novel as a whole so fascinating. Dexter is fascinating. The way he so closely emulates human emotion while understanding so little of it is fascinating. The way he sees himself as a monster, as an outsider, yet works so hard to fit in is fascinating. The way he lives so rigorously by 'the code of Harry', the way he respects his foster father's memory despite not being able to love him, is fascinating. The way he will gleefully enjoy killing a serial rapist or a murdering paedophile, but his girlfriend Rita's kids absolutely adore him, is fascinating. I guess this is probably what draws people to the TV show too - this is a unique character, and watching his constant struggle to appear 'normal' makes him a hugely interesting and even sympathetic protagonist.
Of course, Dexter isn't the only character worth mentioning. His cop sister Deb is a lot of fun - feisty, foul-mouthed yet strangely vulnerable - and her political manoeuvring against inept Detective Maria LaGuerta is quite a compelling subplot, particularly as each time LaGuerta gets something wrong it has further implications for Dexter's own interest in the new serial killer. The dialogue was occasionally a tad clunky, but it improved if I read it sort-of aloud, like maybe it had more to do with the fact that I was silently reading it in my own accent, which didn't work very well. Does that make sense? The other key characters - like Angel, Doakes and even Dex's girlfriend Rita - don't play a huge part in this book, but I'm assuming they'll maybe get more page time in the next few novels. I also really enjoyed the Cuban influences in the book. I had no idea that Miami had such strong Cuban culture (ssssshhh, Brit girl here), so that was a kind of fun bonus for me. Maybe more so in the TV series, where a lot of the (fantastic) soundtrack has a distinctive Cuban flavour.
To sum up... Well, I loved this book. I think me and Dexter are going to get on just fine for the rest of the book series as well as all eight seasons of the show (which I just bought after enjoying the first half of my sister's season 1 box set). He might be one of the most interesting and complex characters I've ever read, and I liked the occasional flights of word play and almost poetic narrative moments coupled with his constant adjustments of expression and action to bring himself back to 'normal' so that the world won't know the truth. If I knew where the hell I'd put the next three books (which I bought a few months ago) I'd probably have read on by now - but since I don't, I'm going to finish season 1 of the TV series and go from there! show less
Anyone who was a fan of the Dexter series, Bones, CSI or NCIS should pick up this novel!
Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a fun, sarcastic crime novel. Instead of following a detective, this novel follows a serial killer, who is trying to catch another serial killer!
I decided to read this book after I watched some of the Dexter television series. Anyone who has watched the series, should know the first book is the first season of the show. The two are almost identical, minus a few changes to make the television show more showbiz worthy.
Dexter Morgan is a serial killer who is out of touch with people. He is awkward, very smart and is a bit naive with women. He has killed over dozens of people, and somebody seems to know he was doing it. This show more person leaves clues for him all over the city in his deaths, that Dexter has to investigate since he works for the Miami Police as a forensic officer. Dexter has never been caught, yet he seems to be getting a bit sloppy once he knows somebody has their eyes on him...
Chaos ensues when Dexter's mysterious background is figured out. Dexter can barely remember his own pats, but when he finds out the result is shocking!
I loved this novel. The entire book is filled with alliterations and lots of sarcasm. On top of the typical murder story, seeing the book in the eyes of a serial killer gives it a bit of charm!
Five out of five stars! show less
Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a fun, sarcastic crime novel. Instead of following a detective, this novel follows a serial killer, who is trying to catch another serial killer!
I decided to read this book after I watched some of the Dexter television series. Anyone who has watched the series, should know the first book is the first season of the show. The two are almost identical, minus a few changes to make the television show more showbiz worthy.
Dexter Morgan is a serial killer who is out of touch with people. He is awkward, very smart and is a bit naive with women. He has killed over dozens of people, and somebody seems to know he was doing it. This show more person leaves clues for him all over the city in his deaths, that Dexter has to investigate since he works for the Miami Police as a forensic officer. Dexter has never been caught, yet he seems to be getting a bit sloppy once he knows somebody has their eyes on him...
Chaos ensues when Dexter's mysterious background is figured out. Dexter can barely remember his own pats, but when he finds out the result is shocking!
I loved this novel. The entire book is filled with alliterations and lots of sarcasm. On top of the typical murder story, seeing the book in the eyes of a serial killer gives it a bit of charm!
Five out of five stars! show less
For those of you not familiar with Dexter Morgan, he is employed as a blood splatter analyst with the Miami Police Department, Homicide. He is a good brother, a loyal boyfriend and he loves kids. Oh, he does have one flaw … he also happens to be a serial killer. Suffering a tragic experience as a toddler and witnessing his mother’s murder has left Dexter a little empty inside. Empty of emotion, that is. He does have something in him. Something he likes to call his “dark passenger”. This dark passenger gives Dexter the need to kill. His adoptive father, a police officer himself, recognized this need and gave Dexter a strict set of rules to live by when it came to dealing out death. Dexter balances his days and nights by abiding show more by these rules.
I got hooked on this television series and decided to backtrack to the source and see what the books are all about. They are very good. Mr. Lindsay gives us a little bit of something new with Dexter, a serial killer who is the protagonist and one that you find yourself cheering for. In his emptiness and his attempt to fit in with the rest of the world I find Dexter’s puzzlement of everyday human interaction amusing and Mr. Lindsay writes it with biting sarcasm and a dry sense of humor. show less
I got hooked on this television series and decided to backtrack to the source and see what the books are all about. They are very good. Mr. Lindsay gives us a little bit of something new with Dexter, a serial killer who is the protagonist and one that you find yourself cheering for. In his emptiness and his attempt to fit in with the rest of the world I find Dexter’s puzzlement of everyday human interaction amusing and Mr. Lindsay writes it with biting sarcasm and a dry sense of humor. show less
A ver cómo se lo describo en pocas palabras: Dexter es un psicópata asesino en serie con 36 muertos a sus espaldas y es, además, el bueno de la novela. Un planteamiento así llama la atención, desde luego. Dexter trabaja para la policía de Miami como analista de patrones de salpicaduras de sangre (hiperespecialización, se llama eso). Tiene una hermana policía y un montón de tiempo libre.
Cuando Dexter era pequeño, Harry, su padre adoptivo, descubrió pronto sus instintos asesinos. Perros chillones de vecinos que desaparecían, ratones y lagartijas troceaditos a cuchillo escondidos en el cubo de la basura y cosas así. Así que en lugar de intentar cambiar la mente de un psicópata, intentó reconducirla hacia el Bien. Y show more entrenó a Dexter, según las normas del código de Harry, para que sólo matase a gente que se lo merecía, y además lo hiciera sin que le pillaran. Dexter recibió una estupenda formación en métodos de asesinato, de preparación de crímenes y de ocultación de pruebas, y hasta la fecha sigue matando pederastas y asesinos en sus ratos libres sin que nadie le moleste. Dexter es, en sus propias palabras, un monstruo muy pulcro. Pero todo cambia cuando un nuevo asesino en serie entra en escena en Miami…
La novela es fantástica. Está bien escrita y nos deja bucear en el mundo interior de Dexter sin llegar a aburrirnos. Como psicópata que es, Dexter es impermeable a los sentimientos, pero ha aprendido a simularlos lo suficientemente bien como para no infundir sospechas, salvo al sargento Doakes, que se la tiene jurada.
La trama está muy bien montada, y no pierde el interés. Abrí la primera página y no pude dejar de leer. Sobre este libro y su continuación, que estoy terminando, se hizo una serie de televisión, que se desvía bastante del guión de las novelas. La serie es también fantástica. Se llama Dexter y pueden conseguirla en la mula en versión original subtitulada. Son doce capítulos muy recomendables. En junio de este año sale la tercera novela de Dexter, que compraré ipso facto.
Novela negra, humor negro y un pasajero no negro pero sí oscuro, el pasajero oscuro del fondo de su mente al que Dexter cede el control en las noches de luna llena, cuando sale a ajusticiar criminales por la vía B en los recovecos de Miami. Totalmente recomendable. No sé cómo será la traducción, pero el original se sale.
Mi nota: Muy, muy recomendable. show less
Cuando Dexter era pequeño, Harry, su padre adoptivo, descubrió pronto sus instintos asesinos. Perros chillones de vecinos que desaparecían, ratones y lagartijas troceaditos a cuchillo escondidos en el cubo de la basura y cosas así. Así que en lugar de intentar cambiar la mente de un psicópata, intentó reconducirla hacia el Bien. Y show more entrenó a Dexter, según las normas del código de Harry, para que sólo matase a gente que se lo merecía, y además lo hiciera sin que le pillaran. Dexter recibió una estupenda formación en métodos de asesinato, de preparación de crímenes y de ocultación de pruebas, y hasta la fecha sigue matando pederastas y asesinos en sus ratos libres sin que nadie le moleste. Dexter es, en sus propias palabras, un monstruo muy pulcro. Pero todo cambia cuando un nuevo asesino en serie entra en escena en Miami…
La novela es fantástica. Está bien escrita y nos deja bucear en el mundo interior de Dexter sin llegar a aburrirnos. Como psicópata que es, Dexter es impermeable a los sentimientos, pero ha aprendido a simularlos lo suficientemente bien como para no infundir sospechas, salvo al sargento Doakes, que se la tiene jurada.
La trama está muy bien montada, y no pierde el interés. Abrí la primera página y no pude dejar de leer. Sobre este libro y su continuación, que estoy terminando, se hizo una serie de televisión, que se desvía bastante del guión de las novelas. La serie es también fantástica. Se llama Dexter y pueden conseguirla en la mula en versión original subtitulada. Son doce capítulos muy recomendables. En junio de este año sale la tercera novela de Dexter, que compraré ipso facto.
Novela negra, humor negro y un pasajero no negro pero sí oscuro, el pasajero oscuro del fondo de su mente al que Dexter cede el control en las noches de luna llena, cuando sale a ajusticiar criminales por la vía B en los recovecos de Miami. Totalmente recomendable. No sé cómo será la traducción, pero el original se sale.
Mi nota: Muy, muy recomendable. show less
I wanted to read this long before the series aired on Showtime (in fact, the series was the whole reason I got Showtime), but never did. And now I can't hear anyone as Dexter but Michael C. Hall. But that's not a bad thing--I think he does a great job.
But this is about the book. Which I loved. I've heard a lot of complaints about how the characters are underdeveloped in the book. To which I say, you're missing the point people! The entire book is told from Dexter's point of view (which makes it wonderful creepy and wonderfully funny). Dexter is a sociopath. A monster--he even says so himself. Sociopaths don't see people as the same species as themselves--they're a lesser species, something to be imitated in order to not be caught, but show more not something to admire. Therefore Dexter is not going to understand, or even care about, the emotions or motives of humans. This is demonstrated quite obviously when we read Dexter's thoughts during his phone conversation with Rita a few days after he kissed her. He felt he was going to be yelled at for some unknown reason he couldn't even begin to fathom and she wanted to see him. He couldn't imagine there would be another reason she wanted to see him--a simple human would react the same way in every situation.
I liked the way things went with Deb much much better in the book as well. The part of the series that dealt with her and the Ice Truck Killer never made much sense to me. And I must say I was rather surprised by the ending--don't know if I would have been if I hadn't seen the show.
I now want to read the next two books before Season 3 starts! But I have a LibraryThing Early Reviewer win to read first! show less
But this is about the book. Which I loved. I've heard a lot of complaints about how the characters are underdeveloped in the book. To which I say, you're missing the point people! The entire book is told from Dexter's point of view (which makes it wonderful creepy and wonderfully funny). Dexter is a sociopath. A monster--he even says so himself. Sociopaths don't see people as the same species as themselves--they're a lesser species, something to be imitated in order to not be caught, but show more not something to admire. Therefore Dexter is not going to understand, or even care about, the emotions or motives of humans. This is demonstrated quite obviously when we read Dexter's thoughts during his phone conversation with Rita a few days after he kissed her. He felt he was going to be yelled at for some unknown reason he couldn't even begin to fathom and she wanted to see him. He couldn't imagine there would be another reason she wanted to see him--a simple human would react the same way in every situation.
I liked the way things went with Deb much much better in the book as well. The part of the series that dealt with her and the Ice Truck Killer never made much sense to me. And I must say I was rather surprised by the ending--don't know if I would have been if I hadn't seen the show.
I now want to read the next two books before Season 3 starts! But I have a LibraryThing Early Reviewer win to read first! show less
Let's face it. There is something very disturbing about rooting for a serial killer. Jeff Lindsay, in this first installment of what has turned out to be a very successful franchise (including being turned into a successful television series – one I admit I have not watched – so everything that follows has not been hampered by preconceptions from the series), has succeeded.
Odds are you already know this, but I'll lay it out for you anyway. Dexter is a sick and twisted person who enjoys killing people. Yes, we are manipulated to believe in Dexter and cheer for Dexter and want Dexter to succeed. But there is no other way to put it; he is a serial killer. However, he has learned to keep this compulsion under check – to be used only show more for "good". How can serial killing be used for good? The only time Dexter allows his "dark passenger" out to play is when he identifies another serial killer. After meticulously researching the individual to ensure this is a serial killer who "deserves" to die, Dexter lets the passenger run free.
(At this point I have to note one of the biggest flaws with the book and with the series. There are really that many serial killers roaming around?! And they all live next door to Dexter?! But I am picking nits. If there can be that many murders in Cabot Cove, then Dexter can have a playground full of serial killers.)
Now, just to complicate things a little, Dexter works for local law enforcement. This allows him to indulge his talents (he is in forensics) and it also helps lead him to potential candidates for the dark passenger. And, just a little more complication – his sister also works as a detective.
Lindsay does not sugarcoat this situation. Yes, he wants us to root for Dexter. But the real truth is never buried. What Lindsay has done is given us insight into this twisted individual. We understand (and somehow want to accept) the excuses for what he has become. And, by exploring a man who is divorced from his real feelings, Lindsay provides us that understanding.
In this first installment of the series we are introduced to Dexter and to the life he leads. At first, we are (justifiably) horrified by what Dexter does. However, as we learn who Dexter is and the way he uses his sickness/talent, we begin to accept him for what he is. And we start to believe that, given his circumstances, the right choices have been made.
Of course, Dexter's "routine" is upset by a very special serial killer. And this all leads us to a deeper understanding of Dexter's life. But, in a way, the plot is secondary to the way the book explores and slowly exposes who Dexter is. That is one of the two things that set this apart from most other books of this type. (Are there really any other books of this type? But I digress...) The plot – a good plot, don't get me wrong – is really secondary to the exploration of why Dexter is the way he is.
And the other thing that sets it apart? That one is easy – it is a book where we root for a serial killer. show less
Odds are you already know this, but I'll lay it out for you anyway. Dexter is a sick and twisted person who enjoys killing people. Yes, we are manipulated to believe in Dexter and cheer for Dexter and want Dexter to succeed. But there is no other way to put it; he is a serial killer. However, he has learned to keep this compulsion under check – to be used only show more for "good". How can serial killing be used for good? The only time Dexter allows his "dark passenger" out to play is when he identifies another serial killer. After meticulously researching the individual to ensure this is a serial killer who "deserves" to die, Dexter lets the passenger run free.
(At this point I have to note one of the biggest flaws with the book and with the series. There are really that many serial killers roaming around?! And they all live next door to Dexter?! But I am picking nits. If there can be that many murders in Cabot Cove, then Dexter can have a playground full of serial killers.)
Now, just to complicate things a little, Dexter works for local law enforcement. This allows him to indulge his talents (he is in forensics) and it also helps lead him to potential candidates for the dark passenger. And, just a little more complication – his sister also works as a detective.
Lindsay does not sugarcoat this situation. Yes, he wants us to root for Dexter. But the real truth is never buried. What Lindsay has done is given us insight into this twisted individual. We understand (and somehow want to accept) the excuses for what he has become. And, by exploring a man who is divorced from his real feelings, Lindsay provides us that understanding.
In this first installment of the series we are introduced to Dexter and to the life he leads. At first, we are (justifiably) horrified by what Dexter does. However, as we learn who Dexter is and the way he uses his sickness/talent, we begin to accept him for what he is. And we start to believe that, given his circumstances, the right choices have been made.
Of course, Dexter's "routine" is upset by a very special serial killer. And this all leads us to a deeper understanding of Dexter's life. But, in a way, the plot is secondary to the way the book explores and slowly exposes who Dexter is. That is one of the two things that set this apart from most other books of this type. (Are there really any other books of this type? But I digress...) The plot – a good plot, don't get me wrong – is really secondary to the exploration of why Dexter is the way he is.
And the other thing that sets it apart? That one is easy – it is a book where we root for a serial killer. show less
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For the last word on serial killers, leave it to the witty narrator of Jeff Lindsay's ghoulish first novel, DARKLY DREAMING DEXTER (Doubleday, $22.95). Articulate, well-mannered and charming in a way that makes women want to iron the loud bowling shirts he wears, Dexter Morgan is a contented man because he loves his work -- not his day job as a blood-spatter-pattern analyst for the Miami show more Police Department, but his moonlight career as a vigilante serial killer. show less
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Dexter Morgan, the strenuously affable narrator of Jeff Lindsay's Darkly Dreaming Dexter, may be the first serial killer who unabashedly solicits our love. A psychopath so cuddly and upstanding that he only murders ''bad people,'' Dex introduces himself one moonlit night as he gleefully snuffs the life of a child-killing priest. ''A few more neatly wrapped bags of garbage and my one small show more corner of the world is a neater, happier place,'' he announces. ''I enjoy my work. Sorry if that bothers you. Oh, very sorry, really. But there it is.'' show less
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Jeff Lindsay was born Jeffry P. Freundlich on July 14, 1952 in Miami, Florida. He graduated from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1975. He is best known for his novels about sociopathetic vigilante Dexter Morgan. The first book in the Dexter series, Darkly Dreaming Dexter, was published in 2004 and was the basis of the Showtime TV series Dexter. show more His other works include Tropical Depression: A Novel of Suspense, Dream Land: A Novel of the UFO Coverup, Time Blender and Dreamchild. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Dexterin pimeät unet
- Original title
- Darkly Dreaming Dexter
- Alternate titles*
- Dexter il vendicatore
- Original publication date
- 2004
- People/Characters
- Dexter Morgan; Deborah Morgan; Harry Morgan; Detective Migdia LaGuerta; Tamiami Slasher; Sergeant Albert Doakes (show all 11); Angelo "Angel" Batista; Rita Bennett; Cody Bennett; Astor Bennett; Vince Masuka
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- Miami, Florida, USA
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- Dexter (2006 | IMDb)
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- For Hilary
who is everything to me - First words
- Moon.
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- Except in my sleep, of course—and did that really count? Weren't we all crazy in our sleep? What was sleep, after all, but the process by which we dumped our insanity into a dark subconscious pit and came out on the other s... (show all)ide ready to eat cereal instead of the neighbor's children?
Again I saw in her face the thing I had seen when she first got out of her car—the look of a predator weighing her prey, wondering when and where to strike, and how many claws to use. It was horrible—I actually found myse... (show all)lf warming to the woman. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The wonderful, fat, red, musical moon.
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- PS3562.I51175
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