Dexter Morgan isn`t exactly the kind of man you`d bring home to your mum. At heart, he`s the perfect gentleman: he has a shy girlfriend, and seems to lead a quiet, normal life bordering on the mundane. Despite the fact that he can`t stand the sight of blood, he works as a blood-spatter analyst for the Miami police. But Dexter also has a secret hobby: he is an accomplished serial killer. So far, he`s killed 36 people and has never been caught because he knows exactly how to hide the evidence. And while that may lead some people to assume he`s not such a nice guy, he tempers his insatiable hunger for brutality by only killing the bad guys. However, Dexter`s well-organised life is suddenly disrupted when a second, much more visible serial killer appears in Miami. Intrigued that the other killer favours a style similar to his own, Dexter soon realises that the mysterious new arrival is not simply invading his turf but offering him a direct invitation to `come out and play`...