傑夫·林賽（Jeff Lindsay），《紐約時報》暢銷書作傢，當今美國“暗黑小說第一人”。他的妻子是海明威的侄女，也是一名作傢。《嗜血法醫》被美國偵探小說作傢協會提名為“埃德加最佳小說奬”，傑夫林賽也憑藉《嗜血法醫》係列一舉成名。自2006年起，以《嗜血法醫》為藍本的同名電視劇集（又譯《嗜血判官》）在美國Showtime付費頻道上映，隨即引發各國美劇愛好者的熱烈追捧，而主人公德剋斯特也被大傢親切地稱為“史上最可愛的連環殺手”。

America’s most-read, most-watched, and most beloved serial killer—Dexter Morgan—is back. After selling more than one million copies and inspiring the wildly popular #1 Showtime series and top-rated crime drama on pay-cable television, New York Times bestselling author Jeff Lindsay returns with his most hilarious, macabre, and purely entertaining novel yet.

Dexter Morgan has always lived a happy homicidal life. He keeps his dark urges in check by adhering to one steadfast rule . . . he only kills very bad people. But now Dexter is experiencing some major life changes—don’t we all?—and they’re mostly wrapped up in the eight-pound curiosity that is his newborn daughter. Family bliss is cut short, however, when Dexter is summoned to investigate the disappearance of a seventeen-year-old girl who has been running with a bizarre group of goths who fancy themselves to be vampires. As Dexter gets closer to the truth of what happened to the missing girl, he realizes they are not really vampires so much as cannibals. And, most disturbing . . . these people have decided they would really like to eat Dexter.

Jeff Lindsay’s bestselling, dark, ironic, and oftentimes laugh-out-loud hilarious novels about the lovable serial killer with no soul (but a redeeming desire to kill only people who deserve it) have gained a legion of fans and assumed a place in our culture.