This Dexter sequel was much darker than the original, but still a very good read.

The ending felt a bit rushed, and the unnamed federal agency involved in this novel is never identified, but overall it was interesting. The details of the storyline aren't delved into, really, since we're being told what's going on by Dexter's first person voice. I wanted to know more about the story developments(I've always asked a lot of WHY questions) but this didn't prevent me from being engrossed in the action.

It is still clear that Mr. Lindsay doesn't know much about forensics or medicine, but Dexter is such a unique character that it doesn't seem to matter much (well, except when I'm jarred out of the flow of the story by the inaccuracies).

There are a couple interesting developments in Dexter's personal and extracurricular lifestyles that I hope make it to the tv series.