"One of the most likable vigilante serial killers"(The New Yorker) faces his ultimate adversaryan evil so terrifying it scares away Dexter's inner monsterand nearly dries up his sense of humorin this wickedly witty, darkly suspenseful novel.
But then everything changes. Dexter is called to a crime scene that seems routine: a gruesome double homicide at the university campus, which Dexter would normally investigate with gusto, before enjoying a savory lunch. And yet this scene feels terribly wrong. Dexter's Dark Passenger senses something it recognizes, something utterly chilling, and the Passengermastermind of Dexter's homicidal prowesspromptly goes into hiding.
Macabre, ironic, and wonderfully entertaining, Dexter in the Dark goes deeper into the psyche of one of the freshest protagonists in recent fiction. Jeff Lindsay's glorious creativity is on full display in his most accomplished novel yet.