Darkly Dreaming Dexter

jeff lindsay

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 spatter 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.

Genres fictionmysterythrillercrimehorrormystery thrilleraudiobooksuspenseadultserial killer

288 pages, Paperback

First published May 5,2004

Series

Dexter

Literary awards

barry award, macavity award, dilys award, lincoln award,

Places

miami florida, florida,

This edition

Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Published: September 19, 2006 by Vintage Books
ISBN
ASIN: B0DLSZH1ZB
Language: English

Characters More characters

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan is Dexters adoptive father. When alive, he was a detective and highly respected member of the Miami Police Department. In the course of a high-stakes drug case, Harry began an illicit relationship with Laura Moser, Dexters biologi...
Deborah Morgan

Debra Morgan (known as Deborah Morgan in the book) is the younger foster sister of Dexter and biological child of Harry Morgan. Debra believed that she truly knew her father, but is unaware of the secrets he kept, especially concerning Dexter (whom she se...
Sergeant James Doakes

James Doakes is a sergeant serving as lead case investigator to Miami Metro PDs Homicide. Doakes had killer impulses which drove him to divorce his wife, confessing that if he had stayed with her any longer, he would have killed her.Doakes instincti...
Rita Morgan

Rita Bennett (née Brandon, later Morgan) is a fictional character created by Jeff Lindsay for his book series about a vigilante serial killer named Dexter Morgan. She is the wife of Dexter Morgan and the mother of Cody Bennett & Astor Bennett....
Brian Moser

Brian Moser (The Ice Truck Killer) is Dexters biological older brother more...
Vince Masuka

Vincent Masuka is the Miami Metro Police lead forensics investigator and works alongside Dexter in the lab and at crime scenes.He often cracks jokes with explicit sexual innuendos to the rest of the team, and harbors decidedly unrequited feelings for Debr...

About the author

jeff lindsay

Jeff Lindsay lives in Florida with his wife, author Hilary Hemingway, daughter of Leicester Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway's brother.

Lindsay is best known for writing the Dexter series of novels. Several of his earlier published works include his wife as a co-author.

Jeff graduated from Middlebury College, Vermont, in 1975, and Celebration Mime Theatre's Clown School the same year. He received a double MFA, in Directing and Playwriting, from Carnegie-Mellon University, and has written 25 produced plays. He has also worked as a musician, singer, comedian, actor, TV host, improv actor, and dishwasher.