Jeff Lindsay - Darkly Dreaming Dexter: A Novel

Pros: Great sense of humour. Some truly horrifying and chilling moments.
Cons: Having to wait to get my hands on the sequel.

After reading and hearing some rave reviews about Showtime's series Dexter, and seeing bits and pieces of the series on commerical television, I knew I had to get back to the source -- author Jeff Lindsay's novels about Dexter Morgan, your ...

Pros: A fast-paced first person account of a serial killer.
Cons: Sometimes seemed too out of character.

As the name of the book suggests, Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a disturbing story that delves deeply into the mind of a killer, namely Dexter Morgan. Alternately macabre and wryly amusing, Jeff Lindsay’s debut novel is a thriller that puts ...

Pros: Exciting, fun and very funny
Cons: Perhaps some might find it too disturbing?

When I tell people that I’ve been reading a series of books about a serial murderer, they usually give me a certain look. It’s basically a frown with a furrowed brow, and they quickly change the subject. “No, you don’t ...

Pros: Excellent writing, character development
Cons: Not for the squeamish

I "discovered" Jeff Lindsay's "Dexter" series very recently. I first heard a nice NPR review of the Showtime series now being shown in a slightly sanitized version on CBS. After watching each episode this past several weeks, I decided to go to the ...

Pros: Fine mix of comedy and macabre. Structure and pacing is ideal. Miami setting.
Cons: Less domestic humor opportunity than second series entry Dearly Devoted Dexter.

Far be it for me to side with the serial-killing criminal element of any stripe. The Devil only knows the extent of such horrors that occur throughout the world. Here in the crumbling Bay State, “home of the bean and the cod”, we host ...

Pros: Great lead character, darkly funny
Cons: Quite brutal, some cookie cutter characters

Jeff Lindsay’s Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2001) is a very twisted story about a serial killer who happens to be a forensic scientist with the Miami Police Department. This novel was the inspiration for the series Dexter which currently airs on ...

Pros: Enriches the story told by the Showtime series.
Cons: I thought the description of Deborah Morgan was a bit pale.

I spent some of my birthday money to pick up a couple of Dexter books. I've enjoyed the series on Showtime and ordered this book without reading very much about it. Now I'm glad that I didn't read much about it. I probably wouldn't have ordered it and ...

Pros: Excellent anti-hero, short, sharp chapters.
Cons: Formulaic supporting characters.

Darkly Dreaming Dexter is my favourite kind of book...a free one! Received as a mystery gift from a book club I approached this crime/thriller with some trepidation. It was by Jeff Lindsay, a new author I had never heard of in a genre I find rarely ...

Pros: top notch narrative
Cons: a little too much alliteration

*Darkly Dreaming Dexter, $22.95, deftly documented by *Jeff Lindsay -- is the best hardback I've read this year! In fact, I think it's the best debut book I've read since 1985, when I found Jonathan Kellerman's *When The Bough ...

Pros: Great characters, situations, research and a caseload of irony
Cons: None

I first learned of Dexter by overhearing some commentary on television about a Showtime original series based on characters in a novel about a policeman who is also a serial killer who only kills other serial killers. The possibilities were intriguing. I ...