Everythings changing for our friendly neighbourhood serial killer. As ifgetting married wasnt enough to complete his nice-guy persona, Dex is nowthe proud father of a baby girl. And disconcertingly, he actually seems tocare.But even if fatherhood is distracting Dexter from his midnightexcursions to rid Miami of a few more lowlifes, theres no let-up at work.Two young girls are missing - and its not long before one of the bodiesturns up, partially eaten. But as Dexter and Miami PDs finest investigate,Dex cant shake the feeling that somebodys watching him...At home, theres norest for the wicked. His stepchildren are clamouring to learn how tocontrol their bloodlust and Dexter must train up his young apprentices. Butto do that, hell have to find the missing girl, find out whos tailing himand survive a dark journey into a underground community who really have ataste for death.