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.

This was an intriguing read. I picked it up awhile ago and have wanted to watch the show. Someone picked it for a sweeps and that motivated me to pick it up now. I read it in 15 minute bits while my students were doing SSR in class. I'm not sure if it was the best book for my students to see me read, but I do read a variety of things.
It had been awhile since I read some "sick shit" and I really enjoyed it. Dexter is unique and I was kept in suspense throughout the week. I have the next one and will probably be reading it soon. This is going out to CheriePie next!

mailed to CheriePie today for anniversary giveaway!

Yay! Thank you Tanya! Both Mike and I have been wanting to read this as we've been enjoying the series both on Showtime and network television. Thanks for the great sweepstakes!! x0x0x0x0x

Loved it! It doesn't follow along with the HBO series exactly and there's additional detail in the book that isn't on TV, giving you a richer sense of each character. :)

My bunny Sasia chewed up the back cover of this book, and the corners of the last several pages. Fortunately, none of the text of the actual book part is unreadable as she "stayed in the margins". LOL

CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:

This and the first two books of Charlaine Harris's Aurora Teagarden series were actually won by Kiri in the March 2009 Mystery swap. But she didn't want it, or had already read it, so I'm sending this one on to Elsi instead. Mailed 4/23/09 via Media Mail.

Arrived in yesterday's mail. I was surprised to see that the back cover was torn and then I realized that it looked like a dog might have chewed on the book. I see now that it was a bunny -- and that makes a lot more sense! Cherie is right in that none of the text is affected. Looking forward to reading this book.