In Double Dexter, Dexter meets his most worthy adversary yet, an identity thief whose hacking skills make invoke very convincing paranoia within the main character. His first encounter with his adversary takes place when Dexter is seen murdering rapist clown Steve Valentine. Via Shadowblog, Dexter tries to figure out the identity of the man who stays one step ahead of him, even to the point of killing a co-worker and planting evidence that leads to Dexter getting suspended. Even when Dexter's brother Brian agrees to help, the wrong man is killed. The identity thief, Bernard Elan, uses the name of Doug Crowley. When he was introduced as a Cub Scout assistant, I had a feeling that he would end up being revealed as the antagonist. He meets his fate within the teeth of a shark. Though some may perceive this as an accurate depiction of a series "jumping the shark," I found it to be a very hilarious solution to Dexter's dilemma. Dexter also ends up clearing his name by planting evidence in the apartment of Detective Hood, who, along with Doakes, hated Dexter and tried to prove that he was guilty until he was killed by Crowley.Throughout the story, we see just how clueless Dexter really is; the audience knows that Camilla Figg has a crush on him and that Rita suspects that he is cheating on her, but he remains oblivious. When Dexter assures her that he has never cheated on her, he does not even recall his drug-induced sexual encounter in the previous novel. Rita also seems to have picked up the habit of starting sentences and beginning new sentences right in the middle of those sentences.Since both Michael C. Hall and Daniel Radcliffe are in Kill Your Darlings, I found this sentence to be amusing: "That left either magical powers or coincidence, and although I have nothing at all against Harry Potter, coincidence got my vote." The following sentence also sounded like a reference to the Showtime TV series Dexter: "What if this was it, and the Dexter Show was about to end." For me, this book shall be forever known as Dumbass Dexter, in which our favorite serial killer flails around missing clues, cues, and so much of what once made him such a great character. Fatherhood seems to have dulled Dex in every way. Between his frequent whinging about his circumstances and the hyperbole, I came very close to just abandoning the book. I listened to the audio version, which was read by the author. Lindsay does three basic voices throughout the book (gruff, snarky, and nasal whiny), and in the last ten minutes goes off on such a ridiculously hammy tangent that I actually felt a bit embarrassed for him. Having read the reviews of the last book, which I have in audio format, I'm now debating whether or not I'll bother listening to it.
What do You think about Double Dexter (2011)?
My favorite of the Dexter series, looking forward to eventually reading the final story.
—dejanae
This was as fine as the other Dexter books. I'm just getting tired of mystery stories.
—Aikakuoka
Suspenseful! And less heebie jeebie inducing than the last one.
—cj7028
funny,twisted and always a surprise,love these books!
—kgubelli
