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Meet Dexter Morgan, the chief protagonist of Darkly Dreaming Dexter. He's a highly respected lab technician specialising in blood spatter for the Miami Dade Police Department. He's a handsome, though reluctant, ladies' man. He's polite, says all the right things, and rarely draws attention to himself. He's also a sociopathic serial killer whose "Dark Passenger" drives him to commit the occasional dismemberment. Mind you, Dexter's the good guy in this story.

Adopted at the age of four after an unnamed tragedy left him orphaned, Dexter's learned, with help from his pragmatic policeman father, to channel his "gift", killing only those who deal in death themselves. But when a new serial killer starts working in Miami, staging elaborately grisly scenes that are, to Dexter, an obvious attempt at communication from one monster to another, the eponymous protagonist finds himself at a loss. Should he help his policewoman sister Deborah earn a promotion to the Homicide desk by finding the fiend? Or should he locate this new killer himself, so he can express his admiration for the other's "art"? Or is it possible that psycho Dexter himself, admittedly not the most balanced of fellows, is finally going completely insane and committing these messy crimes himself?

Despite his penchant for vivisection, it's hard not to like Dexter as his coldly logical personality struggles to emulate emotions he doesn't feel and to keep up his appearance as a caring, unremarkable human being. Debut author Jeff Lindsay's plot is tense and absorbing, but it's the voice of Dexter and his reactions to the other characters that make this one of the most original and highly recommended serial killer stories in a very long time. --Benjamin Reese, Amazon.com -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Meet Dexter Morgan. He's a highly respected lab technician specializing in blood spatter for the Miami Dade Police Department. He's a handsome, though reluctant, ladies' man. He's polite, says all the right things, and rarely calls attention to himself. He's also a sociopathic serial killer whose "Dark Passenger" drives him to commit the occasional dismemberment.

Mind you, Dexter's the good guy in this story.

Adopted at the age of four after an unnamed tragedy left him orphaned, Dexter's learned, with help from his pragmatic policeman father, to channel his "gift," killing only those who deal in death themselves. But when a new serial killer starts working in Miami, staging elaborately grisly scenes that are, to Dexter, an obvious attempt at communication from one monster to another, the eponymous protagonist finds himself at a loss. Should he help his policewoman sister Deborah earn a promotion to the Homicide desk by finding the fiend? Or should he locate this new killer himself, so he can express his admiration for the other's "art?" Or is it possible that psycho Dexter himself, admittedly not the most balanced of fellows, is finally going completely insane and committing these messy crimes himself?

Despite his penchant for vivisection, it's hard not to like Dexter as his coldly logical personality struggles to emulate emotions he doesn't feel and to keep up his appearance as a caring, unremarkable human being. Breakout author Jeff Lindsay's plot is tense and absorbing, but it's the voice of Dexter and his reactions to the other characters that will keep readers glued to Darkly Dreaming Dexter, as well as making it one of the most original and highly recommended serial killer stories in a long time. --Benjamin Reese -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verf�gbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

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Dexter, Adoptiv-Sohn eines Cops, arbeitet als blood spatter (Blutspuren)-Experte für die Polizei von Miami und hilft dabei Morde aufzudecken. Doch hinter der sauberen und höflichen Fassade des Laboranten verbirgt sich eine ungleich dunklere, tödliche Seite.

Dexter, als Kleinkind von seinem späteren Adoptiv-Vater aus einem Hafencontainer voller Leichen und Blut gerettet, entwickelte als Teenager den ununterdrückbaren Drang zu töten, einen Teil seiner Persönlichkeit, die er den "dark passenger", den dunklen Passagier, nennt. Als sein Adoptiv-Vater diese SEite in ihm erkennt, lehrt er Dexter nur jene zu töten, die er als Mörder entlarvt. Und so geht Dexter seinem Verlangen nach Folter und Tod nach. Im Übrigen ist Dexter der "Gute" des Buches.

In "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" geschehen grausame Morde. Die Opfer, allesamt Prostituierte, werden in Einzelteilen, blutleer und hübsch verpackt an verschiedenen Orten Miamis abgelegt und Dexter, der das Gefühl hat, einen Spielgefährten gefunden zu haben, sucht fieberhaft nach dem Täter, um ihn seiner Kollektion einzuverleiben. Doch scheinbar hat der Täter das gleiche im Sinn und so beginnt schon bald ein blutig-düsteres Katz-und-Maus-Spiel, bei dem es offen ist, wer welche Rolle inne hat und Dexter, der bis zu diesem Punkt eine emotionslose kalte Persönlichkeit war, erfährt zum ersten Mal Gefühle.

Jeff Lindsays Debüt setzt die Meßlatte für das Crime-Genre nicht nur höher, es setzt sie neu. Überraschend, spannend und unvorhersehbar führt es den Leser auf eine dunkle Reise durch das sonnige Miami, deckt das Böse im Menschen auf und zeigt ganz deutlich, dass manche Menschen nur lächeln, um ihrem Gegner die Zähne zeigen zu können.

"Dexter" läuft inzwischen mit der 2. Staffel auch als Serie auf dem amerikanischen Sender Showtime und wird 2009 in Deutschland ausgestrahlt. Die erste Staffel behandelt das erste Buch.

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makaberer Spaß 29. Dezember 2006

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Dexter Morgan ist ein Serienkiller, der mit vorliebe Menschen zerstückelt. Und er ist noch der Gute...

Lindsays "Held" ist ein höchst widersprüchlicher Charakter: Von einem Polizisten erzogen, der seine dunkle Seite früh erkannte, lässt Dexter seine Mordgelüste nur an anderen Mördern aus. Dank Dexters rudiemntär vorhandenen Moralvorstellungen und seinem sich selbst gegenüber abschätzigen Humor, vermag der Leser dann doch eine gewisse Sympathie für die Hauptfigur aufzubauen.

Zur Handlung: Dexter wird mit Morden konfrontiert, die seinem Stil sehr ähnlich sind und beginnt an seiner eigenen geistigen Gesundheit (ähem) zu zweiflen. Die Auflösung des Rätsels ist etwas klischeehaft, aber der Roman ist dennoch interessant aufgrund des originellen Protagonisten.

Einige Beschreibungen in diesem Buch sowie in der Fortsetzung sind allerdings nichts für zarte Gemüter

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Dexter, the likable serial killer 24. April 2011

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Dexter Morgan is a blood splatter specialst at the Miami Police. He also is a serial killer. The special thing about him is: He only kills the bad people. During the day he workes and searches his next victims: The people who escaped from the system. At night he finds them and punishes the only way he knows: Deathpenalty! But suddenly another killer appears who seems to know a whole lot about him. The clever cat and mouse game begins in which Dexter has to decide about what is most important in his life and if he really is the cold blooded killer as which he defines himself.

Darkly Dreaming Dexter, published 2004 by Vintage Crime, is the first novel of the Dexter Morgan Series. It also is the base of the television programm Dexter. In this novel author Jeff Lindsay created the probably first likable serial killer in history.

The book is written in a first-person view and the reader gets all the secret thoughts and feelings of Dexter. You understand why he does what he does and learn to love the character through out the novel. Dexter researches his victims very conscientiously to make sure they are guilty.

Because his father understood very early what has been wrong with Dexter, he taught him how to kill. Dexter has a certain procedure and it is very facinating to follow this. At the same time Dexter has to watch out for his other life. He has a job, family and friends. Nobody should find about what he does. That gives the novel the second interesting action. All places and situation are described well. Even though Dexter seems to have a lot of luck the novel is still believable and to a certain point realistic. He also his very smart and educated, he uses a lot of altarations such as Darkly Dreaming Dexter. The other killer appearing in this book also tells you a lot about the character. Dexter has to find out about himself and his beliefs. Lindsay included very interesting cutbacks which let the reader get a better understanding of Dexter.

Dexter also contains black humor. Everything that happens in the book happenes through his lense so it is not only frightening but also funny to read. It certainly isn't for younger children but everybody who likes a combination of funny and bloody thrillers should have read this book.