Dearly Devoted Dexter
The GRIPPING thriller that's inspired the Showtime series DEXTER: ORIGINAL SIN and DEXTER: RESURRECTION (Book Two)
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***A shocking and gripping thriller that inspired the Showtime series DEXTER RESSURECTION***
'Enjoyably macabre' THE GUARDIAN
'Jeff Lindsay's cynical wit makes it fly' THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
'Snappy and smart' THE NEW YORK TIMES
'Fascinating, entertaining, and brilliant' ROBERT CRAIS
'Stylish, polished, and very readable' THE DAILY MIRROR
Serial killer or family man? . . . Or both?
Miami's best-dressed serial killer is back and on the prowl, at least he would be if he could shake off his permanent shadow. Ever since their paths first crossed, Sergeant Doakes hasn't let Dexter Morgan out of his sight. Dexter may well be the Miami PD's blood-spatter analyst, but Sgt. Doakes has a pretty good idea of how Dexter likes to spend his free time and he's determined to catch him in the act.
Dexter hasn't killed in months and is getting twitchy. To throw Doakes off his scent, he's spending more time with Rita, his girlfriend. But no matter how many cosy nights they spend in front of the TV, Doakes is still watching.
Then a body turns up, horribly mutilated and barely alive. To trap the torturer, Doakes and Dexter will have to work together, if they can trust each other. It's a devil's pact and one of them will have to be the bait . . .
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Readers can't get enough of the Dexter series:
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'Hilarious, sardonic, and full of irony' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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'A dark and deadly delight' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'The author is a genius!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Couldn't put it down!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Dexter the Demon, Dexter the Avenger whatever he chooses to call himself, the hero of this intelligent, darkly humorous series knows he's a monster who loves slicing people into little pieces. That Dexter limits his killing to "acceptable" victims usually other serial killers is designed to keep the reader from having to worry too much about the morality of his avocation. Dexter's just added his 40th victim, a homicidal pedophile, and is eagerly looking ahead to number 41 when he becomes involved in a case through his job as a blood spatter analyst at the Miami-Dade police forensics lab. A man is found with "everything on body cut off, absolutely everything" a piece of work that makes Dexter's own tidy killings look like child's play. This madman, nicknamed Danco, spends weeks surgically removing his victims' ears, lips, nose, arms, legs, etc., while keeping them alive to watch their own mutilation. Despite a certain professional admiration for Danco's dexterity, Dexter decides to take on the case. It's the contradictions in Dexter's character that make it all work he's smart, he's funny, he cares for children, and yet he has no normal human responses or emotions. The first book in the series, Darkly Dreaming Dexter, was very well received; this one should be as well, and deservedly so.
Kundenrezensionen
Great story
Completely different story than tte series but very enjoyable nonetheless