I got so tied up in the Hannah Swensen books I didn't get a chance to finish rereading the Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay. I was nearly done with this one, so I just knocked it out. Dexter is in jail, accused of murdering his wife, Rita, his girlfriend, Jackie, and actor Robert Chase. Debs thinks he's guilty and won't lift a finger to help him, even though it's pretty obvious that Detective Anderson is framing him and falsifying evidence. Luckily, Dexter's brother, Brian, hires a high powered attorney to get Dexter out of jail on bail. Turns out Brian needs a little help: he stole a bit of money from Raul, a drug lord, and now Raul is sending hit men after him. Dexter is mistaken for Brian a few times and narrowly avoids losing his life. Then Raul has his and Debs' kids kidnapped (not that they have kids together, but their collective group of kids). Dexter and Brian kidnap one of Raul's men and discover the kids are being held on Raul's yacht. They hatch a bold scheme to get the kids back. I felt like the ending was appropriate: even though we like Dexter, he *is* a killer and shouldn't be allowed on the streets. It was hard not to root for him, though.
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