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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780385518338
ISBN: 0385518331
Label: Doubleday
Manufacturer: Doubleday
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: September 18, 2007
Publisher: Doubleday
Release Date: September 18, 2007
Sales Rank: 5385
Studio: Doubleday
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“One of the most likable vigilante serial killers” (The New Yorker) faces his ultimate adversary…an evil so terrifying it scares away Dexter’s inner monster—and nearly dries up his sense of humor—in this wickedly witty, darkly suspenseful novel.
In his work as a Miami crime scene investigator, Dexter Morgan is accustomed to seeing evil deeds…particularly because, on occasion, he rather enjoys committing them himself. Guided by his Dark Passenger (the reptilian voice inside him), he lives his outwardly normal life adhering to one simple rule: he kills only very bad people. Dexter slides through life undetected, working as a blood spatter analyst for the Miami Police Department, helping his fiancé raise her two adorable (if somewhat…unique) children, and always planning his next jaunt as Dexter the Dark Avenger under the light of the full moon.
But then everything changes. Dexter is called to a crime scene that seems routine: a gruesome double homicide at the university campus, which Dexter would normally investigate with gusto, before enjoying a savory lunch. And yet this scene feels terribly wrong. Dexter’s Dark Passenger senses something it recognizes, something utterly chilling, and the Passenger—mastermind of Dexter’s homicidal prowess—promptly goes into hiding.
With his Passenger on the run, Dexter is left to face this case all alone—not to mention his demanding sister (Sergeant Deborah), his frantic fiancée (Rita), and the most frightening wedding caterer ever to plan a menu. Equally unsettling, Dexter begins to realize that something very dark and very powerful has its sights set on him. Dexter is left in the dark, but he must summon his sharpest investigative instincts not only to pursue his enemy, but to locate and truly understand his Dark Passenger. To find him, Dexter has to research the questions he’s never dared ask: Who is the Dark Passenger, and where does he come from? It is nothing less than a search for Dexter’s own dark soul…fueled by a steady supply of fresh doughnuts.
Macabre, ironic, and wonderfully entertaining, Dexter in the Dark goes deeper into the psyche of one of the freshest protagonists in recent fiction. Jeff Lindsay’s glorious creativity is on full display in his most accomplished novel yet.
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Rating:  -
I listened to this book because I have read the previous two and found them interesting and smartly written. I listened to this audiobook and was first disgusted with the filthy language every other sentence from Deborah. GD, JC, and F is her vocab. Can we be more creative? Plus, is she a cop or is Dexter? Her character cannot do one thing without her brother Dexter! She is suppossed to be the chief? Dexter's dark passenger has left him throughout the whole book, which totally deviates from ... Read More
Rating:  -
It's sad to see such a good series descend to this level. This book was a real disappointment. It's hard to know where to start but the overall premise of the book, that Dexter's "Dark Passenger" is actually a supernatural possession by some kind of child of Moloch an eternal something-or-other, lacks so much believability that it ruins the entire series. What made the first two books so good was that Dexter was the sociopath trying to live in the real world. His "Dark Passenger" was simply a ... Read More
Rating:  -
As most have said, this wasn't quite as good as the first two Dexter novels. I didn't dislike it as much as many though. Most people's biggest problem was the supernatural aspect to it. This part didn't bother me too much since it wasn't specific to any belief system that I am aware of. I think the biggest downside to it is that the supernatural explanation of the dark passenger sort of deflated a bit of the intrigue built up around Dexter's character. I would also have to agree that changing ... Read More
Rating: -
Shortly into the book I told a friend "either the latest Dexter book is taking a sharp turn into the supernatural, or something really mindbending is being set up."
I had high hopes for the latter, because we've had psychological twists before. Unfortunately it wasn't, and even more unfortunately, it wasn't done *well*.
Rating: -
I am all for taking a different approach to a novel to avoid the stale repetition so many series suffer from (and quite frankly Dexter would of been in that category if the third book was in the same vain as the first two). In some ways I think Lindsay deserves some credit for recognizing this and is why this book is getting two stars and not one. Wow, did this not work though. Hopefully just a case of a good author wanting to expand his abilities by trying something a little out there and it just ... Read More
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