Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay [2004 HARDCOVER]

Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay [DEXTER #1] FIRST EDITION [book club?] [2004] DOUBLEDAY Stated first edition on copyright page.  No price on jacket.  Possible book club. Hardcover and dust jacket both in excellent condition.  Near mint.   Dust jacket now housed in a new HQ protective mylar jacket.  Meet Dexter Morgan, a polite wolf in sheep's clothing. He's handsome and charming, but something in his past has made him abide by a different set of rules. He's a serial killer whose one golden rule makes him immensely likeable: he only kills bad people. And his job as a blood splatter expert for the Miami police department puts him in the perfect position to identify his victims. But when a series of brutal murders bearing a striking similarity to his own style start turning up, Dexter is caught between being flattered and being frightened—of himself or some other fiend. -  Bookshop Apocalypse