Dearly Devoted Dexter

Zusatztext “A macabre work of art.” – The Miami Herald “The first serial killer who unabashedly solicits our love.” – Entertainment Weekly “Morbidly funny.”–Marilyn Stasio! The New York Times Book Review “Creepily over the top. . . Snappier than ever.”– The Oregonian “Like a breath of fresh air blowing across all of crime-novel conventions! there is Dexter.”– The Denver PostDearly Devoted Dexter is fascinating! entertaining! and brilliant. Let Jeff Lindsay introduce you to the serial killer next door—Dexter (and his Dark Passenger) are the freshest! most terrifying creations you are ever likely to meet . . . and live to tell about.”— New York Times bestselling author Robert CraisPraise for award-winning Darkly Dreaming Dexter: “A dark and devious novel about Dexter Morgan! the serial killer with a heart . . . Lindsay’s tale is daring and unexpectedly comedic.”— USA Today “A macabre tour de force . . . so snappy and smart.”— The New York Times “It’s [the] human touches! including self-pity! that make Dexter come to life and Lindsay’s book so enjoyable.”— Chicago Tribune Fascinating! entertaining! and brilliant.”—Robert Crais Informationen zum Autor JEFF LINDSAY is the author of Darkly Dreaming Dexter . He lives in South Florida with his wife and three daughters. Klappentext 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. . .CHAPTER 1 It’s that moon again, slung so fat and low in the tropical night, calling out across a curdled sky and into the quivering ears of that dear old voice in the shadows, the Dark Passenger, nestled snug in the backseat of the Dodge K-car of Dexter’s hypothetical soul. That rascal moon, that loudmouthed leering Lucifer, calling down across the empty sky to the dark hearts of the night monsters below, calling them away to their joyful playgrounds. Calling, in fact, to that monster right there, behind the oleander, tiger-striped with moonlight through the leaves, his senses all on high as he waits for just the right moment to leap from the shadows. It is Dexter in the dark, listening to the terrible whispered suggestions that come pouring down breathlessly into my shadowed hiding place. My dear dark other self urges me to pounce–now–sink my moonlit fangs into the oh-so-vulnerable flesh on the far side of the hedge. But the time is not right and so I wait, watching cautiously as my unsuspecting victim creeps past, eyes wide, knowing that something is watching but not knowing that I am here , only three steely feet away in the hedge. I could so easily slide out like the knife blade I am, and work my wonderful magic–but I wait, suspected but unseen. One long stealthy moment tiptoes into another and still I wait for just the right time; the leap, the outstretched hand, the cold glee as I see the terror spread across the face of my victim– But no. Something is not right. And now it is Dexter’s turn to feel the queasy prickling of eyes on his back, the flutter of fear as I become more certain that something is now hunting me . Some other night stalker is feeling the sharp interior drool as he watches me from somewhere nearby–and I do not like this thought. And like a small clap of thunder the gleeful hand comes down out of n...

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A macabre work of art. The Miami Herald The first serial killer who unabashedly solicits our love. Entertainment Weekly Morbidly funny. Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review Creepily over the top. . . Snappier than ever. The Oregonian Like a breath of fresh air blowing across all of crime-novel conventions, there is Dexter. The Denver PostDearly Devoted Dexter is fascinating, entertaining, and brilliant. Let Jeff Lindsay introduce you to the serial killer next door Dexter (and his Dark Passenger) are the freshest, most terrifying creations you are ever likely to meet . . . and live to tell about. New York Times bestselling author Robert CraisPraise for award-winning Darkly Dreaming Dexter: A dark and devious novel about Dexter Morgan, the serial killer with a heart . . . Lindsay s tale is daring and unexpectedly comedic. USA Today A macabre tour de force . . . so snappy and smart. The New York Times It s [the] human touches, including self-pity, that make Dexter come to life and Lindsay s book so enjoyable. Chicago TribuneFascinating, entertaining, and brilliant. Robert Crais

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Lindsay, Jeffry P. Lindsay
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.09.2006
• EAN: 9781400095926
• ISBN: 978-1-4000-9592-6
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 197 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Dexter Series; DEXTER; Dexter Series; Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense