Amazon Review
Meet Dexter Morgan, the chief protagonist of Darkly Dreaming Dexter. He's a highly respected lab technician specialising 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 draws 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. Debut author Jeff Lindsay's plot is tense and absorbing, but it's the voice of Dexter and his reactions to the other characters that make this one of the most original and highly recommended serial killer stories in a very long time. --Benjamin Reese, Amazon.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

To be taken along to the Oslo convention- I have spotted this book on an attendee's wishlist, if their wish has been fulfilled when they receive this book it will be added to the book buffet table instead. :0)

Thank you so much, Paws4Books! It's always such a wonderful surprise to find something from one's wish list on the gift table :-) I'm a big fan of the TV series based on this book so I've been wanting to try the books too. But to be honest I was actually disappointed. I expected the book to be much better than the show but IMO it really isn't. I'm not sure I can't really explain why though. I didn't like the writing. It is possible, of course, that I am just too attached to the characters from the show to enjoy this other version of them ... even if it is the original. Was still very interesting to read though. Thank you again! Now the book will travel to another convention ... ! :-)

This is the book's actual cover art. :-)

On the book buffet! :-)

Taken with me from the book buffet at the convention in Bordeaux. Look forward to reading it.

Caught this book on hubby's bookshelf. It'll be going out on a journey again very soon.

In Paddy's green bookcase, near the entrance in the Oosterstaat (side entrance).

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