![]() ![]() ![]() He accurately predicts how or why a killer has committed his crime and guides detectives, which typically leads to a successful arrest and prosecution. Dexter is also a serial killer, a predatory criminal himself, which gives him uncanny insight into not only blood spatter patterns but also the criminal mind and motive. Dexter is very good at reading blood splatters. He reads and maps the blood at crime scenes to help determine what has happened there, to put violent criminals behind bars. Dexter is a blood splatter expert for the Miami PD. ![]() Ironies abound in Darkly Dreaming Dexter. It is filled with ironies and insights which make the reader laugh nervously and watch his neighbors a little more closely. And that's what makes it a great read, and Dexter a great character. A novel about a serial killer surely sounds like a book with a good deal of violence, terror, blood and ugliness, but Darkly Dreaming Dexter is not this kind of book. That is to say, Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a great read. I now own a paperback copy of Darkly Dreaming Dexter, have rented the entire first season of the series on DVD, and am on the lookout for opportunities to purchase the other two books in the series. I first learned of Dexter by overhearing some commentary on television about a Showtime original series based on characters in a novel about a policeman who is also a serial killer who only kills other serial killers. ![]()
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