Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004) (edit title/settings)

Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis edit see section history

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• Dexter Morgan: Blood spatter analyst at the Miami Metro Police Department. A serial killer with a code.
• Deborah Morgan: Dexter's foster sister. A cop at the Miami Metro Police Department
• Harry Morgan: Dexter's adopted father and Deborah's biological father. Harry used to be a policeman at Miami Metro.
• Rita: Dexter's girlfriend; mother of Astor and Cody.
• James Doakes: An aggressive police officer who works with Dexter and Deborah at Miami homicide.
• Tom Matthews: Matthews is the Captain at the police station where Dexter and Deborah work.
• Vince Masuoka: Forensic analyst at Miami Metro Police Department. Dexter's co-worker.
• Brian Moser: Add a description of this character.
• Astor: Rita and Paul's daughter. Cody's big sister.
• Cody: Rita's son. Astor's little brother.
• Detective LaGuerta: homicide detective
• Angel Batista: Crime lab guy
• Mr. Daryll Earl McHale: False confessor
• Steban Rodriguez: The security at the construction site of a Miami subdivision.
• Father Donovan: A Catholic priest and the music teacher at a gradeschool in Homestead, Florida. Also, a serial child-murderer.
• Jerry Gonzalez
• Gervasio César Martez
• Jamie Jaworski
• Barbie
• Rick Sangre
• Nick
• Mommy

Quotes edit see section history

• “I am a very neat monster.”

  Dexter

• “Was insanity really easier to accept than unconsciousness? After all, it was just a heightened form of sleepwalking. “Sleep murder.” Probably very common.”

  Dexter Morgan

Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Miami
• Broward

Organizations edit see section history

• Miami Metro Police Department: Add a description of this organization.

First Sentence edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

Followed by Dearly Devoted Dexter.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jeff Lindsay (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Awards edit see section history

• Dilys Award (2005)
• Macavity Awards (Finalist, 2005: Best Mystery Novel)

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: PS3562.I51175 D37 2004
• Dewey: 818'.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Contains explicitly violent themes, profanity.

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers › Suspense
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Mystery

Movie Connections edit see section history

• Dexter (IMDb): 2006-present, Showtime TV series.

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