A review by nickn77
Dexter by Design by Jeff Lindsay

3.0

Dexter by Design picks up with a Dexter who is now even more ensconced in normalcy: Father, brother, husband and forensic blood splatter analyst. The villain in this tale is a troubled artist who sets his tableau's with murder victims. Deborah is attacked by this evil-doer and Dexter stands alone to exact vengeance. This book unfortunately continues the downward spiral of the Dexter-verse and I doubt that I will continue reading the series. This book, where better than the third, did not have the magic the first two stories possessed. Jeff Lindsay continues to bombard his readers with near constant reminders of 'Miami Traffic', 'How Dexter does not have feelings', 'Dexter's Dark passenger' and 'Dexter's non-stop quest to satisfy his physical hunger'. You know what would bring me back to the series? Dexter actually killing off a few who deserve it instead of a single antagonist being chased down for the entire novel. The book was okay, but certainly not great.