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by Jeff Lindsay (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Orion (20 Aug 2009)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0752884611
  • ISBN-13: 978-0752884615
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,026 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Being a blood spatter analyst who hates the sight of blood has always made Dexter's work for the Miami PD tough. But it means he's very neat when it comes to his out-of-hours hobby: murder. Of course, the fact Dexter only kills bad people helps too. Now Dex is facing a disturbing situation. He's used to blood at work, and blood when he's out with the dark passenger (the voice that guides him on his deadly outings). But he's not sure what to make of the man who says blood is art. Using bodies as his canvas, someone is out there expressing themselves in the most lethal and painful of ways. If Dexter's to escape the scalpel and avoid becoming the latest exhibit, he needs somewhere to run... and he might just have found the perfect place. With his wedding looming, completing his nice-guy disguise, Dexter's honeymoon might just save his skin. From the most original voice in crime fiction, DEXTER BY DESIGN is an enthralling, macabre and gruesomely entertaining thriller.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Dangerously Dizzy Dexter, 17 Mar 2009
By Paul D "Paul" (Darwen, Lancashire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dexter by Design (Hardcover)
As this, the fourth Dexter novel, opens, our anti-hero is on honeymoon in Paris, Dark Passenger in tow. He and Rita, the new Mrs Dexter, visit an art exhibition where one of the exhibits is a performance piece in which a young woman saws off her own leg. And with this macabre performance, we are firmly back in Dark Passenger territory. Back in Miami, several bodies are found, artistically arranged. And so, the hunt is on, as Dexter allows his Dark Passenger to lea him to his own brand of justice.

Events move on in this book: several of Dexter's colleagues begin to suspect there is more to our hero than meets the eye, and the antagonist seems intent in exposing Dexter's secret to the world. The question of what someone would do if they found out such a terrible secret about a close friend or relative has been hovering over the last couple of books in this series, and this novel provides a few clues, if no definite answers.

Over all, Dexter by Design is a fine, page-turning novel, but i was less than taken with it. The problem for me is that everything seems over-the-top, highly unrealistic, as though Lindsay is having to reach for increasingly baroque plot twists just to keep up with the basic premise of the sympathetic serial-killer. This aside, however, the novel is a well-written piece of nonsense, not at all graphic, and very witty in places; like another reviewer, I laughed out loud once or twice.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious Dexter, 23 Feb 2009
This review is from: Dexter by Design (Hardcover)
I absolutely loved this book. Luckily I discovered Jeff Lindsay/Dexter with the first novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter and waited with a childlike glee for Dexter by Design. I was not disappointed at all.

When someone close to Dexter is hurt, the Dark Passenger comes out for revenge, that's when it starts going wrong......

Constant wit and surprises from the previous books carries on and I laughed out loud several times. Not many series hold my attention for long but Dexter is a terrific character with a wonderful, wicked, morbid sense of humour and a unique take on life and death.

The supporting characters especially Debs and Doakes and Cody (Diddy Dexter in training) help to carry the story along with many twists and turns.

Welcome back Dexter.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Back to the Dexter we've come to know, 6 Jun 2009
By Mrs. T. Tattersall (Yorkshire, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dexter by Design (Hardcover)
I actually liked this book. After the oddity that was book 3 it was refreshing to get back to basics. Dexter's sarcasm is back and I love that dry humour. Like other reviews I've read, it made me laugh out loud many a time.

Seeing Dexter settle into married life was interesting. I wondered how that would develop after the end of the last book. It worked quite well. It was funny seeing him explore this new role and how this reflected on Rita. I especially liked the fact that he equated her happiness and general state of wellbeing with the state of her cooking. Having leftovers more than twice in one week mean't that she was stressed (and rightly so at the time). When she was happy her cooking was particularly delicious.

However, without giving too much away, the absence of one of the main characters for most of the story was a little disappointing. I missed them and the relationship they have with Dexter; and even though it was integral to the plot I would have liked to have seen the conversation they were having just prior to their absence explored a little further. I know it was kind of resolved at the end when Dexter's little trip was given a green light, but it was a bit predicable. You would say yes wouldn't you?

The other thing which niggled me a little was the whole trip. I don't understand the reason for it, especially since we ended up back in Miami anyway!

Those 2 points aside though, I did enjoy this book and with anticipation I await book 5. In the meantime, I shall have to make do with the TV series, which is ok because I love that too.

Incidentally, don't try and watch the TV series at the same time as reading the latest book. It gets very confusing and hard to keep track of.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely Dexter
The fourth instalment of the series is closer to the original entry than any other. The witty and thought-provoking serial killer is on top form in By Design and this time it's... Read more
Published 6 days ago by Mr. G. Battle

5.0 out of 5 stars Keep your hands on the table for your fingers to be severed
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3.0 out of 5 stars Decidedly Disappointing Dexter
Dexter by Design did not grip me quite like the other Dexter novels. For me, there was something slightly lacking. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars DELICIOUSLY DARLING DEXTER...
Now that the supernatural mumbo jumbo of the third book is in the past, this book is more in alignment with the first two books. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Lawyeraau

1.0 out of 5 stars When will he stop writing these - and when will I stop reading them?!
I think it's pretty much a given that book 3 is dire but this one comes pretty close. I bought this as it was meant to be back on form but it's exactly the same as the first 2... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. Paul J. Wyatt

5.0 out of 5 stars Back an track
I have to agree with what other reviewers have said about book 3 being the worst of the series. When I was reading it I just couldn't get into it as well as the other 3 books. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Deliciously Diligent Dexter
During the ritual last minute dash to pick up something for the holiday I was snookered: Darkly Dreaming Dexter, the first in Jeff Lindsay's now televised series, had sold out... Read more
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The story it self ROCKS!!! DEXTER RULES!!!!
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I enjoyed following Dexter but the writing style can be too much. The story line wasn't that interesting either.
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