Silence Of The Lambs

THE CULT CLASSIC PSYCHOLIGICAL CRIME THRILLER THAT CREATED DR HANNIBAL LECTER ‘The only FBI-centred novel worth reading’ The Guardian ‘Completely gripping ’ Time Out ‘Endlessly terrifying ’ Los Angeles Times 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. To understand the Buffalo Bill's mindset, FBI rookie Clarice Starling is assigned to seek help from imprisoned psychopath and convicted serial killer Dr Hannibal Lecter, whose insight into the depraved minds of 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

THE CULT CLASSIC PSYCHOLIGICAL CRIME THRILLER THAT CREATED DR HANNIBAL LECTER ‘The only FBI-centred novel worth reading’ The Guardian ‘Completely gripping ’ Time Out ‘Endlessly terrifying ’ Los Angeles Times 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. To understand the Buffalo Bill's mindset, FBI rookie Clarice Starling is assigned to seek help from imprisoned psychopath and convicted serial killer Dr Hannibal Lecter, whose insight into the depraved minds of 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

The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling classic, now with a note by author Thomas Harris revealing his inspiration for Hannibal Lecter. An ingenious, masterfully written novel, 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. Hannibal Lecter. A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname--Buffalo Bill--is stalking particular women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the F.B.I. Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, Chief of the Bureau's Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and grisly killer now kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Lecter's insight into the minds of murderers could help track and capture Buffalo Bill. Smart and attractive, Starling is shaken to find herself in a strange, intense relationship with the acutely perceptive Lecter. His cryptic clues--about Buffalo Bill and about her --launch Clarice on a search that every reader will find startling, harrowing, and totally compelling.

The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling classic, now with a note by author Thomas Harris revealing his inspiration for Hannibal Lecter. An ingenious, masterfully written novel, 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. Hannibal Lecter. A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname--Buffalo Bill--is stalking particular women. He has a purpose, but no one can fathom it, for the bodies are discovered in different states. Clarice Starling, a young trainee at the F.B.I. Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, Chief of the Bureau's Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and grisly killer now kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Lecter's insight into the minds of murderers could help track and capture Buffalo Bill. Smart and attractive, Starling is shaken to find herself in a strange, intense relationship with the acutely perceptive Lecter. His cryptic clues--about Buffalo Bill and about her --launch Clarice on a search that every reader will find startling, harrowing, and totally compelling.