I got in a lot of fights because I wouldn’t back down from bullies. My father was an art professor, and I was a late-bloomer, so I was always smaller than everyone else my age. Jeff as you’re new to the UK crimescene can you tell us a little about your youth? No surprise, really, but I grew up in Miami. This is a very different and entertaining work and definitely worth searching out, so Shots ezine tracked down the author to talk about his work. Written with a playful and hip style, Darkly Dreaming Dexter manages to avoid farce or to tumble into bad taste. Could Dex Morgan, "the best-dressed monster in Dade County," be more involved in these abominations than even he realizes? I'll just say that Lindsay's readers won't be the only ones surprised by this tale's outcome. Though Dex admires the technique, which mirrors his own modus operandi, he decides to help his sister solve these serial slayings - a fateful decision that will compel him to question his own life. Not only does he take their lives, but he drains their blood and wraps up their body parts like prized possessions. This newcomer is responsible for the gruesome murders of prostitutes. But with thirty-six kills to his name, Dexter suddenly finds that he has a competitor. Orphaned by tragedy as a boy, he was adopted aged 4 by a cop, Harry Morgan, who set about trying to channel his new son's animal nature, his aberrant "need." It was Harry who convinced Dexter only to prey upon other killers - such as the paedophiliac priest whom he dispatches at the beginning of the book. At night, he's a serial killer with a marked difference: he only slays bad people (as if that excuse will save him from the electric chair).
During the day, he's a blood-splatter lab technician with the Miami Police Department.
But Dexter leads one hell of a double life.
He can be charming and witty, and he's always supportive of his foster sister, Deborah, a Miami vice squad cop. Sure, he's likable, although he is rather bewildered by the attentions of women. So what is Darkly Dreaming Dexter all about?ĭexter Morgan is not your average, everyday kind of guy. One of my delightful finds in 2004 was a very different spin on the serial killer sub genre by a newcomer to crime-fiction - Jeff Lindsay.
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