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Dexter, the top-rated and Emmy-nominated Showtime series, stars Michael C. Hall as Dexter Morgan, a ruthlessly handsome forensics specialist who is also a ruthless psychopath who murders criminals before they commit more crimes.A respected member of the police force who loves children, it’s hard not to like Dexter, and viewers agree that it’s hard not to like this show, which takes the crime procedural to a new level.This quirky calendar features images of Hall, costar Jimmy Smits, and others, in and around the show’s sultry Miami locale.SHOWTIME is a registered trademark of Showtime Networks Inc., a CBS Company. “Dexter(tm)”: (c) 2008 SHOWTIME NETWORKS INC. All rights reserved.

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From Publishers Weekly

In Lindsay’s third novel to feature endearing Miami cop and serial killer Dexter Morgan (after 2005’s Darkly Devoted Dexter), the Dark Passenger, the voice inside Dexter’s head that from time to time drives him to the Theme Park of the Unthinkable, inexplicably disappears while Morgan is investigating a gruesome double murder on the University of Miami campus. The crime scene, at which two co-eds were ritualistically burned and beheaded, gives even the human vivisection–loving vigilante the creeps. As the burned and beheaded body count continues to mount, Morgan realizes that the force behind the killings is something even more evil than his Dark Passenger. Though the macabre wit that powered the first two installments of this delightfully dark series (also a hit on TV’s Showtime) is still evident, this third entry takes a decidedly deep introspective turn as Dexter is forced to contemplate not only life without his enigmatic companion but also who—or what—he truly is. (Sept.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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Jeff Lindsay has created a fascinating antihero in Dexter, now the star of a popular Showtime television series. Critics were relieved to find that Dexter’s small-screen success has had no effect on Lindsay’s fast-paced plotting, absorbing characters, and delicious black humor. Dexter in the Dark, the third in the series, is longer than its predecessors, which allows Lindsay to delve deeper into Dexter’s psyche. Some critics were pleased, while others felt that Dexter’s longwinded self-analyses detracted from the storyline. According to the Denver Post, “readers who have not yet met Dexter can enjoy reading the latest without starting at the beginning.” Returning admirers of this original, offbeat series will be happy to know that a fourth installment is in th (more…)

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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
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Dexter the Demon, Dexter the Avenger—whatever he chooses to call himself, the hero of this intelligent, darkly humorous series knows he’s a monster who loves slicing people into little pieces. That Dexter limits his killing to “acceptable” victims—usually other serial killers—is designed to keep the reader from having to worry too much about the morality of his avocation. Dexter’s just added his 40th victim, a homicidal pedophile, and is eagerly looking ahead to number 41 when he becomes involved in a case through his job as a blood spatter analyst at the Miami-Dade police forensics lab. A man is found with “everything on [his] body cut off, absolutely everything”—a piece of work that makes Dexter’s own tidy killings look like child’s play. This madman, nicknamed Danco, spends weeks surgically removing his victims’ ears, lips, nose, arms, legs, etc., while keeping them alive to watch their own mutilation. Despite a certain professional admiration for Danco’s dexterity, Dexter decides to take on the case. It’s the contradictions in Dexter’s character that make it all work—he’s smart, he’s funny, he cares for children, and yet he has no normal human responses or emotions. The first book in the series, Darkly Dreaming Dexter, was very well received; this one should be as well, and deservedly so. (July 19) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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*Starred Review* Dexter, your friendly neighborhood serial killer, is a police department blood-spatter expert who, in his spare time, kills people. Not just anyone, you understand–he only kills other killers, people whom he believes deserve it. Is this because Dexter really has a heart of gold? No, he’s a monster (he is the first to admit it), but at least he tries to steer his evil into productive channels. In the second (more…)

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Dark and sinister is the new sexy, thanks to Dexter, which in its second season has proven to be the most successful series Showtime has offered up yet. Remember how much you squirmed in your seat during the season one finale? Believe it or not, the premiere of season two felt like it could have been a season finale–because jaws were on the floor when the credits rolled. For being a supposed sociopath, Dex is pretty broken up about the gruesome events that concluded last season. The one and only person who could possibly understand him is six feet under, and it seems our unlikely hero is losing his homicidal grip. He’s even having a little trouble slicing up a few of his latest victims (from a murderous gang member to a chainsaw-wielding fiend from his past). Enter Lila (Jaime Murray, Hustle), a lady with a sweet British accent and a few dark secrets of her own. She seems to accept Dex for who he really is, and he finds himself feeling relaxed for the first time in his life. In contrast, his relationship with his girlfriend Rita (Julie Benz) has been stretched almost to a breaking point. The problem is, he should be anything but relaxed. Someone picked a poor place to go scuba diving off the Florida coast, and came across an underwater graveyard: Dex’s primo spot for dropping dismembered bodies wrapped in heavy-duty trash bags. Word about the “Bay Harbor Butcher” gets out quick, and the F.B.I. sends the best of the best, Special Agent Frank Lundy (Keith Carradine, Deadwood) to work alongside the police to sniff out Miami’s latest serial killer. This guy is no schlub, and Dex may have met his match. And, yes, Dexter gets to work with Lundy on a daily basis, which provides some wonderfully awkward moments. It certainly doesn’t help that the intuitively paranoid Sergeant Doakes (Erik King, Oz) is hot on Dex’s trail. Season two of Dexter is all about decisions. Lila or Rita? Old code or new code? Run or fight? Right or wrong? Well, one (more…)

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Book Description The macabre, witty New York Times bestselling series (and inspiration for the #1 Showtime series, Dexter) continues as our darkly lovable killer matches wits with a sadistic artiste–who is creating bizarre murder tableaux of his own all over Miami.After his surprisingly glorious honeymoon in Paris, life is almost normal for Dexter Morgan. Married life seems to agree with him: he’s devoted to his bride, his stomach is full, and his homicidal hobbies are nicely under control. But old habits die hard–and Dexter’s work as a blood spatter analyst never fails to offer new temptations that appeal to his offbeat sense of justice…and his Dark Passenger still waits to hunt with him in the moonlight. The discovery of a corpse (artfully displayed as a sunbather relaxing on a Miami beach chair) naturally piques Dexter’s curiosity and Miami’s finest realize they’ve got a terrifying new serial killer on the loose. And Dexter, of course, is back in business. An Essay by Jeff Lindsay: “Dexter and Me” My mother called me one night two years ago. “Well,” she said. “Now I know you’ve really made it.” “Oh, really?” I said. “What do you mean?” “I’m watching Jeopardy,” she said. “The answer to the last question was, ‘Who is Dexter?’” A few nights later, my sister called. “You were just on Nancy Grace,” she said. “I was?” I said, very surprised. It didn’t seem like the kind of thing I would forget. “You mean me?” “No, not you,” she snorted, as if I should have known better that someone like me would never be on Nancy Grace. “Dexter. Somebody’s foot washed up on a beach, and she called it a real-life Dexter moment.” And then a few weeks later my agent called. “Did you hear what they named the new robot arm for the space shuttle?” he said. “Let me guess,” I said. “It’s iconic,” my agent said. “That’s a good thing.” And it is. Dexter is iconic. But as my sister was smart enough to pick up on, I am n (more…)