Dexter in the Dark

Zusatztext “Lindsay's bad boy is back.” —Marilyn Stasio! The New York Times Book Review “Wonderful. . . . Darkly amusing. . . . Our handsome murderer may consider himself emotionless! but his sheer joie de vivre – or joie de mourir – is both obvious and contagious.” — The Boston Globe “[Dexter's] adrenaline-pumping gore factor is balanced with large doses of hilarious black humor. Any writer who can make his readers love a serial kill must be doing something right.” — USA Today “An entertaining! funny series that draws us in and makes us root! almost against our will! for a ruthless! yet appealing killer. In his own way! Dexter is trying to make the world a better place.” — The South Florida Sun-Sentinel Informationen zum Autor JEFF LINDSAY is the author of Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted Dexter . He lives in Florida with his wife and children. Klappentext In his work as a Miami crime scene investigator, Dexter Morgan is accustomed to seeing evil deeds. . . particularly because, on occasion, he commits them himself. But Dexter's happy existence is turned upside down when he is called to an unusually disturbing crime scene at the university campus. Dexter's Dark Passenger - mastermind of his homicidal prowess - immediately senses something chillingly recognizable and goes into hiding. Dexter is alone for the first time in his life, and he realizes he's being hunted by a truly sinister adversary. Meanwhile he's planning a wedding and trying to learn how to be a stepfather to his fiancé's two kids - who might just have dark tendencies themselves. Macabre, ironic, and wonderfully entertaining, Dexter in the Dark goes deeper into the psyche of one of the freshest protagonists in recent fiction. Chapter One What kind of moon is this? Not the bright, gleaming moon of slashing happiness, no indeed. Oh, it pulls and whines and shines in a cheap and guttering imitation of what it should do, but there is no edge to it. This moon has no wind in it to sail carnivores across the happy night sky and into slash–and–slice ecstasy. Instead this moon flickers shyly through a squeaky–clean window, onto a woman who perches all cheerful and perky on the edge of the couch and talks about flowers, canapes, and Paris. Paris? Yes, with moon–faced seriousness, Paris is what she is talking about in that far–spreading syrupy tone. She is talking about Paris. Again. So what kind of moon can this possibly be, with its near–breathless smile and smirking lace around the edges? It batters feebly at the window, but it can’t quite get in past all the sickly–sweet warbling. And what kind of Dark Avenger could simply sit across the room, as poor Dazed Dexter does now, pretending to listen while mooning blearily on his chair? Why, this moon must be a honeymoon—unfurling its marital banner across the living–room night, signaling for all to rally round, sound the charge, once more into the church, dear friends—because Dexter of the Deadly Dimples is getting married. Hitched to the wagon of bliss pulled by the lovely Rita, who has turned out to have a lifelong passion to see Paris. Married, honeymoon in Paris…Do these words really belong in the same sentence as any reference at all to our Phantom Flenser? Can we really see a suddenly sober and simpering slasher at the altar of an actual church, in Fred Astaire tie and tails, slipping the ring onto a white–wrapped finger while the congregation sniffles and beams? And then Demon Dexter in madras shorts, gawking at the Eiffel Tower and snarfing cafe au lait at the Arc de Triomphe? Holding hands and trundling giddily along the Seine, staring vacantly at every gaudy trinket in the Louvre? Of course, I suppose I could make a pilgrimage to the Rue Morgue, a sacred site for serial slashers. But let us be just a tiny bit serious for a moment: Dexter i...

Product details

• Authors: Jeff Lindsay, Jeffry P. Lindsay
• Publisher: Vintage USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.2008
• EAN: 9780307276735
• ISBN: 978-0-307-27673-5
• No. of pages: 302
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Dexter Series; Dexter; Dexter Series
• Subject: Fiction > Suspense > Crime fiction, thrillers, espionage