An FBI trainee. A psychopath locked up for unspeakable crimes. And a serial killer getting ever closer to his latest victim... FBI rookie Clarice Starling turns to Dr Hannibal Lecter, monster cannibal held in a hospital for the criminally insane, for insight into the deadly madman she must find.
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The chilling book in the bestselling psychological crime thriller series behind the Oscar Award-winning film.
'The only FBI-centred novel worth reading' The Guardian
A serial killer known as 'Buffalo Bill' is stalking women across America.
He abducts them, starves them, and leaves their bodies in different states - each murder more disturbing than the last.
FBI rookie Clarice Starling is assigned to seek help from imprisoned psychopath and convicted killer Dr Hannibal Lecter, whose insight into the depraved minds of serial killers is second to none. Locked away in a high-security asylum, Lecter agrees to help - but at a price.
In exchange for inviting her into the darkest chambers of his mind, Hannibal begins to probe at hers, demanding knowledge of her childhood demons as the price of understanding Buffalo Bill's.
Clarice knows exactly how dangerous Hannibal Lecter is - and what he can do with the secrets she reveals.
But women are still disappearing, and time is running out. To save innocent lives, Clarice might have to risk her own...
Praise for the Thomas Harris and the Hannibal Lecter series:
'The best popular novel published since The Godfather' Stephen King
'Completely gripping' Time Out
'An intricately crafted chiller' Observer
'No one has illuminated this kind of darkness more thoroughly or effectively than Harris. It seems unlikely that anyone ever will.' Washington Post
'A unique master still at the top of his strange and chilling form.' Wall Street Journal
'Handles the suspense as finely as you would expect from one of the genre's foremost practitioners' CrimeReads
'Will not disappoint fans of disturbing, taut thrillers' BookPage
'Endlessly terrifying' Los Angeles Times
