Dexter · Book 1

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Published
16 July 2004
Pages
304
ISBN-13
9780752879673
Type
novel
Cover of Darkly Dreaming Dexter

About this book

Darkly Dreaming Dexter is the book that started it all: the first entry in Jeff Lindsay's Dexter series, published in July 2004 at 304 pages. It's followed here by Dearly Devoted Dexter, in a series that would run to eight books through 2015.

Key facts about Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a novel by Jeff Lindsay. Readers have had it since 16 July 2004. It runs to 304 pages.

Our list holds 3 editions of Darkly Dreaming Dexter. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780752879673 to find the main one.

Darkly Dreaming Dexter is book 1 of 8 in the Dexter series. The series has 8 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Dexter Is Dead is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 7 July 2015.

Additionally, Jeff Lindsay writes Billy Knight and Riley Wolfe as separate series. Those series sit on our thriller shelf. Meanwhile, The Fourth Rule is the latest published Jeff Lindsay book on file, from 5 December 2023.

About Jeff Lindsay

Jeff Lindsay is an American author best known for the Dexter series, which follows Dexter Morgan, a Miami police blood-spatter analyst who moonlights as a serial killer targeting other murderers under a personal code instilled by his adoptive father. See every Jeff Lindsay book in order.

Its place in Dexter

Darkly Dreaming Dexter is book 1 in the Dexter series. It is followed by Dearly Devoted Dexter. See the full Dexter reading order.

Dexter Morgan is a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami-Dade Police Department — cheerful colleague, doting boyfriend, devoted brother. He is also a serial killer. Orphaned in traumatic circumstances and adopted by policeman Harry Morgan, who recognized what the boy would become, Dexter was raised on the "Code of Harry": if the Dark Passenger inside him must kill, it will kill only those who deserve it — the murderers, predators and monsters the justice system misses. Jeff Lindsay's novels are narrated by Dexter…

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