Jeff Lindsay
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Sep 3, 2026
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Touch an iconic character.
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Jeff Lindsay created the character in his novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter.
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The premise is undeniably brilliant.
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It's a high-functioning psychopath working for the police department who channels his urge to kill by hunting down murderers who slip through the justice system.
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This brings us to the darker side of the code.
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We have to begin with Jeff Lindsay's creation, Dexter Morgan.
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A classic.
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The premise itself is instantly arresting and arguably one of the best elevator pitches in modern fiction.
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Right.
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The research points out something that really surprised me here.
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There were only eight Dexter books written by Jeff Lindsay.
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That's a relatively short run compared to Reacher's 30 books or Bosch's 25.
Melissa CarterHOST
Oh, no. [laughs]
WendyHOST
I haven't read that dictionary Jeff is making me read this summer yet.
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Melissa, she meant brilliantize.
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[laughs]
Bert WeissHOST
[laughs] Bless your heart.
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Oh.
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And then I put in Jeff, and a book by Jeff Lindsay came up.
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It's called Dexter is Delicious.
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Oh.
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And then I put in Jeff, and a book by Jeff Lindsay came up.
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It's called Dexter is Delicious.
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Okay.
Tom DuncanHOST
Right.
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And it is Jeff Lindsay's darkly dreaming Dexter.
Sara SheaHOST
Right.
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Every other subsequent season is an original storyline and such.