When it comes to light, the tragic incident in Dexter's past rolls over us like a nightmare from which we can't wake up.' - Carol Memmot, USA Today The writing is lively and the plot steps away from the common ground in which many thrillers are rooted.

'Lindsay's tale is daring and unexpectedly comedic.'A psychopath with a sense of irony and even a vestigial conscience is a novelty and so is this tasteless but witty, entertaining romp.' - Susanna Yager, The Telegraph.This is mainly because of his average Joe-ness' - The New Yorker

'Dexter Morgan, the namesake of Lindsay’s first novel, is one of the most likable vigilante serial killers in recent thriller literature.But the real appeal of this macabre tour-de-force is Dexter's sardonic voice, so snappy and smart, and yet so full of self-loathing that we hate ourselves for laughing.' - Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review 'The plot has some nice twists, and the Miami setting contributes its own eccentric flavor.A trick ending can make up for the uninspired storytelling that leads up to it.' - Janet Maslin, The New York Times (.) Darkly Dreaming Dexter has enough plot novelty to give it some currency. Lindsay makes it clear from the outset that Dexter answers to his own inner torments. 'With monstrously windy prose and Needless Capital Letters, Mr.Annoyingly clever.' - Maxim Jakubowski, The Guardian (.) Articulate and ghoulish, Dexter is one of a kind and his adventures never fail to entertain despite one final twist too many. 'A virtuoso debut by a new young American author, this is a compulsive trip through territory rendered familiar by the psycho- thrillers of Thomas Harris, Michael Connelly and other masters of the dark arts of abnormal pathology.The novel unravels in a nasty, campy denouement that leaves little doubt: Avowed serial killers, however tame, do not make appeaing protagonists over the long haul.' - Jennifer Reese, Entertainment Weekly 'As Dexter grows increasingly aroused and inspired by these splashy new murders, sticking with his narrative becomes almost unbearably icky.Rather mixed feelings, but several impressed by what Lindsay has done and pulls off General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the authorī : uses the premise - a sympathetic serial-killer-protagonist - very well, and finds a good voice for this narrator Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.

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