Darkly Dreaming Dexter - Jeff Lindsay Reviews

---Intro--- Having decided that I needed some more books to read I consulted the charity book list at work (books for the bargain price of 25p) and came across "Darkly Dreaming Dexter". I was aware that there is a TV series called "Dexter", so consulted Amazon to see if this was the same thing, and found that it ...  Read the complete review

==Background:== About nine months ago I read my first novel by Jeff Lindsay featuring an usual character called Dexter. I was unsure to be honest what I thought of it, so I was keen to try another one and see if the writers' style either grew on me or turned me off his work completely. Admittedly it took me long enough to get round to ...  Read the complete review

Before last month I had never read a book by Jeff Lindsay and now I have read all 4 in the Dexter series! I think that tells you something in itself. The Dexter series is highly addictive. Be warned. This is a thriller/crime fiction book about Dexter Morgan a forensic blood spatter analyst by day and a serial killer by night! His sister ...  Read the complete review

Firstly I should start by saying that I just never read fiction - but Jeff Lindsay has changed all that! I was familiar with the TV series 'Dexter' and this book is what the first season is loosely based on. The storyline zips along and draws you right in. This is the kind of book that you could start in the morning and just keep on reading 'till ...  Read the complete review

I said in a previous review of Jeff Lindsays' books on Dexter that I would have to read some of the others in the right order to see if it made it any better. Loe and behold I have kept my sacred promise and surprisingly enough I have actualy changed my mind about it. You may have heard of the series which is one of the best american ...  Read the complete review

Having watched the television series, Dexter recently I came across the book and decided to give it a whirl. Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a book by Jeff Lindsay and is about Dexter Morgan, a serial killer. Dexter cannot control the fact that he needs to kill. He calls the force that drives him to kill his Dark Passenger, and when the ...  Read the complete review

Written by Jeff Lindsay this book is a crime thriller with a twist. The main character works for the police analysing blood from various cases. He is a normal man with a normal job and a normal gilfriend, but in his spare time, he is a serial killer himself. But dont worry, on his foster dad's instructions, he only kills people who he ...  Read the complete review

Darkly dreaming Dexter is the first of the triple set of 'Dexter' books and what a great book it is from the beginning you get a view into the eyes and mind of a serial killer. What's interesting about this novel is that the serial killer is actually a blood splatter expert working for Miami forensics department. Through the book you get one view ...  Read the complete review

When writing a novel from a first person point of view you have to make the character, whose mind the reader is stuck in, attractive. In the case of Dexter, this is the case. Dexter is a blood specialist working for the Miami police so part of his role is getting close to grisly crime scenes. However, it is not the job that defines Dexter but his ...  Read the complete review

Darkly Dreaming Dexter is my favourite kind of book...a free one! Received as a mystery gift from a book club I approached this crime/thriller with some trepidation. It was by Jeff Lindsay, a new author I had never heard of in a genre I find rarely engages. Luckily for me this is not your typical crime/thriller (if it had been I would ...  Read the complete review