Santiago Cabrera has the write stuff to guest-star on Dexter…

The 34-year-old Chilean actor has signed on for a recurring role on the upcoming seventh season of Showtime’s serial killer drama Dexter.

Cabrera is set to portray Ethan Price, an investigative writer behind true crime books about notable murder cases, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

The news of Cabrera’s casting comes as the popular series starring Michael C. Hall and Jennifer Carpenter is set to reopen some old cases thanks to the addition of Chuck‘s Yvonne Strahovski. She’ll play Hannah a mysterious woman the Miami Metro Police Department turns to for assistance.

Cabrera, who has starred in NBC’s Heroes and the BBC’s Merlin actor, joins a cast that features Katia Winter as a Russian stripper who works at a Miami club; Jason Gedrick, who will play the manager of the same Miami strip club; and Ray Stevenson, who has been cast as the leader of a Russian organized crime syndicate

The new season of Dexter is set to premiere on September 30 on Showtime.