Dearly Devoted Dexter
by Jeff Lindsay
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Author: Jeff LindsayEdition: Paperback
Published: 2006-09-19
ISBN: 1400095921
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Vintage
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Summary: 3 Stars
Jeff Lindsay has a sick sense of humor - that feature will either attract or repel, depending on the reader's tastes. I found myself chuckling while at the same time making an "ew" face...one of the killers in this installment (there is always more than one killer in every Dexter story) is one of the most disturbing literary creations I've encountered. Potential readers have to be okay with (or even eager for?) the kind of plot events that one feels the need to recover from.
It shouldn't work that the Dexter stories are told in the first person, but it does. Also, Lindsay gets props for perfect dialogue and for bending characterization cliches into new shapes.
By reversing the serial killer novel format, Lindsay might be attracting new readers to the genre.
Summary of Dearly Devoted Dexter
Life’s tough for Dexter Morgan. It’s not easy being the world’s only serial killer with a conscience, especially when you work for the Miami police. To avoid suspicion, Dexter’s had to slip deep into his disguise: spending time with his girlfriend and her kids, slowly becoming the world’s first serial killing couch potato.Then a particularly nasty psychopath starts cutting a trail through Miami — a killer whose twisted techniques leave even Dexter speechless. When his sister Deborah, a tough-as-nails cop, is drawn into the case, it becomes clear that Dexter will have to do come out of hiding and hunt the monster down. Unless, of course, the killer finds him first. . .
JEFF LINDSAY is the author of Darkly Dreaming Dexter. He lives in South Florida with his wife and three daughters.
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