That is not her only fear as she is warned Crawford will use her and toss her aside once everything is wrapped up. That becomes twice as hard for her as her finals are around the corner. Harris is quite simply the best suspense novelist working today.' - The Washington Post 'A psychological thriller so deftly woven and gripping that a reader can hardly get through one sentence fast enough to discover what's in the next.' - Associated PressĪbout the Author THOMAS HARRIS is the author of Black Sunday, Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, and Hannibal Rising, all of which were national bestsellers.Time is not on Sterling’s side as she is given a few days to follow her leads. Thrillers don't come any better than this.' - Clive Barker 'A virtual textbook on the craft of suspense, a masterwork of sheer momentum that rockets seamlessly toward its climax. 'Razor-sharp entertainment, beautifully constructed and brilliantly written. His cryptic clues-about Buffalo Bill and about her-launch Clarice on a search that every reader will find startling, harrowing, and totally compelling. Smart and attractive, Starling is shaken to find herself in a strange, intense relationship with the acutely perceptive Lecter. Lecter's insight into the minds of murderers could help track and capture Buffalo Bill. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and grisly killer now kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, Chief of the Bureau's Behavioral Science section. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the F.B.I. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states.

Hannibal Lecter.Ī serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname-Buffalo Bill-is stalking particular women. Lecter.Īn ingenious, masterfully written novel, Thomas Harris's The Silence of the Lambs is a classic of suspense and storytelling and the basis for the Oscar award-winning horror film starring Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling and Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Scheduled to open October 4, 2002, the film stars Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, and Sir Anthony Hopkins as Dr. Just in time for the upcoming release of the major motion picture by Universal Studios of Harris's 'Red Dragon, ' the book that introduced Hannibal 'the Cannibal' Lecter.

About the Book On the loose is a psychotic killer locked away is a psychopathic madman.

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