杰夫·林赛（Jeff Lindsay），《纽约时报》畅销书作家，当今美国“暗黑小说第一人”。他的妻子是海明威的侄女，也是一名作家。《嗜血法医》被美国侦探小说作家协会提名为“埃德加最佳小说奖”，杰夫林赛也凭借《嗜血法医》系列一举成名。自2006年起，以《嗜血法医》为蓝本的同名电视剧集（又译《嗜血判官》）在美国Showtime付费频道上映，随即引发各国美剧爱好者的热烈追捧，而主人公德克斯特也被大家亲切地称为“史上最可爱的连环杀手”。

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.