Dexter by Design: A Novel
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The “Dexter” series—bestselling books, acclaimed TV show, worldwide phenomenon—continues with Dexter’s deadliest case yet.
After his surprisingly glorious honeymoon in Paris, life is nearly normal for Dexter Morgan. Married life seems to agree with him: he’s devoted to his bride, his stomach is full, and his homicidal leisure activities are nicely under control. But ancient habits die hard—and Dexter’s work as a blood spatter analyst never fails to offer new temptations that appeal to his offbeat sense of justice. Not to mention that his Dark Passenger still waits to hunt with him in the moonlight. The discovery of a corpse (cunningly showed as a sunbather relaxing on a Miami beach chair) naturally piques Dexter’s curiosity and Miami’s finest realize they’ve got a terrifying new serial killer on the loose. And Dexter, of course, is back in business.Amazon.com Review
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The macabre, witty New York Times bestselling series (and inspiration for the #1 Showtime series, Dexter) continues as our darkly lovable killer matches wits with a sadistic artiste–who is making bizarre murder tableaux of his own all over Miami.
After his surprisingly glorious honeymoon in Paris, life is nearly normal for Dexter Morgan. Married life seems to agree with him: he’s devoted to his bride, his stomach is full, and his homicidal leisure activities are nicely under control. But ancient habits die hard–and Dexter’s work as a blood spatter analyst never fails to offer new temptations that appeal to his offbeat sense of justice…and his Dark Passenger still waits to hunt with him in the moonlight.
The discovery of a corpse (cunningly showed as a sunbather relaxing on a Miami beach chair) naturally piques Dexter’s curiosity and Miami’s finest realize they’ve got a terrifying new serial killer on the loose. And Dexter, of course, is back in business.
An Essay by Jeff Lindsay: “Dexter and Me”
My mother called me one night two years ago. “Well,” she said. “Now I know you’ve really made it.”
“Oh, really?” I said. “What do you mean?”
“I’m watching Jeopardy,” she said. “The answer to the last question was, ‘Who is Dexter?’”
A few nights later, my sister called. “You were just on Nancy Grace,” she said.
“I was?” I said, very surprised. It didn’t seem like the kind of thing I would forget. “You mean me?”
“No, not you,” she snorted, as if I should have known better that a name like me would never be on Nancy Grace. “Dexter. Somebody’s foot washed up on a beach, and she called it a real-life Dexter moment.”
And then a few weeks later my agent called. “Did you hear what they named the new robot arm for the space shuttle?” he said.
“Let me guess,” I said.
“It’s iconic,” my agent said. “That’s a excellent thing.”
And it is. Dexter is iconic. But as my sister was smart enough to pick up on, I am not. I reflect this is a excellent thing. I worked in Hollywood for a dozen years, and all I can say about it is that the primitive tribes who reflect the camera steals your soul were really on to something. So I don’t want to be straight away recognizable–not Tom Cruise legendary, not even Stephen King legendary.
On the additional hand, if Dexter wants fame, that’s fine with me. He deserves it: he’s a fine, upstanding, hardworking guy who is excellent with kids, thoughtful to co-workers, and helpful around the house. And if he slips away now and then for a small bit of human vivisection–well, nobody’s perfect.
I will admit, though, that lately I’ve begun to suffer what may be the world’s first Edgar Rice Burroughs Complex. Like Burroughs’s Tarzan, my character is known all over the world, and I am still anonymous. That takes some getting used to, even though there are perks. It has agreed me some wonderful moments–like riding into Times Square in a taxi and seeing Dexter 60 feet tall on the side of the building. “Have you seen that program?” the driver questioned me.
“I don’t watch much TV,” I said, even though I was staring like a school boy at a peep show.
“There are books, too,” he said.
And there are. I hope you will like them. They make wonderful gifts, too. Even better, Nancy Grace and Alex Trebek will never have to see me sweat.–Jeff Lindsay
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Hey everyone, all I wanted to know was if you liked the book or not– please stop with the spoilers– why would I buy it after reading your buzz kill giving away every plot hint possible– in your eagerness to show all you know it takes away the joy of discovery for the rest of us. I am still hoping to read the book- or would you suggest I just read your reviews as a Reader’s Digest style alternative?
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
As permanently the Dexter series just keeps getting better …twists…turns..
surprises!!!!!!! I cant wait for the next installment…darn do we have
to wait another year!!!
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I was lucky enough, I thought, to buy this book from the UK. It was fun the first few pages, and then obviously Mr. Lindsay’s obligation to end a book, any book, kicked in and the rest was Driveling Dexter, Dumb Dexter, you get the thought. This is a brilliant series, and this book was such a Dire Dexter way to end them. Best of luck to Departing Dexter.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
This book, like all kindle books, is not worth the $15 they want for it.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
I am up to date on every Dexter print book, audio book and tv series. I’ve graded them all 5 stars. I was keenly looking forwards to this 4th Dexter novel, expecting it to be 5 stars too. I suspect the reason it wasn’t is that the tv show and the novels are now getting too far apart and I am getting muddied up with the characters with all these variations. The plot variations between tv and novel I can live with but now there are major variations in characterization going on as well.
Some of these variations are: 1) Dexter’s stepchildren are monsters like he is in the novels. As such, they are apt major characters in the novels. In the tv show they are just ordinary kids whom you barely see. The problem is that having persons two stepkids is a major development in Dexter’s characterization so to have them going on in one and not the additional is bizarre. 2) Doakes died in the tv show awhile back but he is alive but missing all his hands, feet and tongue in the novel. He is also a large presence in Dexter’s life and development so to kill him off in one and not the additional is also bizarre. 3) The Harry issue (his real tie to Dexter) was resolved in the book ages ago yet Deborah is still effective on solving it in the tv series. 4) Deborah is apt more soft and fuzzy in the tv show yet she is still her cussed ancient self in the novels. A major part of this novel is that Deborah gets stabbed in this novel. She is stabbed while she is thinking of turning Dexter in because in the novel Deborah knows Dexter is a serial killer of the terrible guys but in the tv show she does not. Deborah’s boyfriend in the novel is also not a straight arrow lawman like he is in the tv show. In the novels, she selected a very off the reservation CIA kind of agent as a boyfriend. Thus, Dexter’s major human relationship is growing more and more divergent between tv show and novel as well. 5) Rita is more of a real character in the tv show than she is the novels. In the novels she is a name to mask who Dexter and the two kids really are (monsters). The kids are far more vital than she is. In the tv show, Dexter is approaching having a real relationship with Rita!
I could go on and on but I reflect the leader needs to seriously take up the impact that the differently written, plotted and characterized tv show of DEXTER is having on his novels of DEXTER. The reader needs some suspension of disbelief while reading this kind of novel and the tv show is shredding that suspension for the novels at every turn. I keep getting mixed up while reading now and that is not a excellent thing for believing in this type of material.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5