As Showtime continues to tease the upcoming new season of “Dexter,” my sister and I have been reading to curb our impatience. If, like us, you’re waiting to see what the ambiguously moral killer will get up to–or just feel like rooting for the bad guy–try these books in the meantime.
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In the basis for the Showtime series, blood spatter analyst and sociopath Dexter Morgan attempts to use his murderous compulsions for good while struggling with romantic and family interactions. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby or as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby.
A sociopathic criminal teams up with a cold-hearted stripper and a not-too-bright drug addict to pull off a grand insurance fraud, but their alliance goes horribly–and darkly comically–awry. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby, as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby, as eBook on Hoopla or as eAudio on Hoopla.
A sociopathic teenager tries to keep his murderous impulses in check, but the arrival of a monstrous serial killer forces him to let loose. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby, as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby or as eAudio on Hoopla.
Sadistic Sheriff Lou Ford attempts to evade law enforcement after a blackmail scheme ends in murder in this dark psychological thriller. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
After discovering his wife’s affair, Ted Severson enlists the beautiful and cold-hearted Lily Kintner to plot her murder–but Ted and Lily aren’t the only scheming murderers in this twisty, suspenseful tale. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby, as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby or as eBook on Hoopla.
After discovering a lullaby that kills anyone who hears it, reporter Carl Stratton realizes that it could be disastrous in the wrong hands and sets out to destroy every book in which it appears. But first, he must refrain from reciting it at everyone who annoys him. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby or as eAudio on Hoopla.
When manipulative Tom Ripley is hired to persuade Dick Greenleaf, a wealthy shipping magnate’s son, to return home from Italy, he becomes obsessed with him–and will do anything to remain in his life. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby.
Obsessed with a woman he met in a bookstore, clerk Joe Goldberg stops at nothing to learn every detail of her life and prevent anyone else from having her. You can also check out this title as eBook on OverDrive/Libby or as eAudio on OverDrive/Libby.