Dexter · Book 1
Darkly Dreaming Dexter
- Published
- 16 July 2004
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN-13
- 9780752879673
- Type
- novel
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.
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…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9785551465881
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780786267538
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781409117278