darkly dreaming dexter    jeff lindsay The Basis for a New Showtime Original Series Starring Michael C HallMeet Dexter Morgan a polite wolf in sheeps clothing Hes handsome and charming but something in his past has made him abide by a different set of rules Hes a serial killer whose one golden rule makes him immensely likeable he only kills bad people And his job as a blood splatter expert for the Miami police department puts him in the perfect position to identify his victims But when a series of brutal murders bearing a striking similarity to his own style start turning up Dexter is caught between being flattered and being frightenedof himself or some other fiend