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The Silence of the Lambs
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A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nickname-Buffalo Bill-is stalking 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 FBI Academy, is surprised to be summoned by Jack Crawford, chief of the
Bureau's Behavioral Science section. Her assignment: to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter-Hannibal the Cannibal-who
is kept under close watch in the Baltimore State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
Dr. Lecter is a
former psychiatrist with a grisly history, unusual tastes, and an intense curiosity about the darker corners
of the mind. His intimate understanding of the killer and of Clarice herself form the core of The Silence of
the Lambs-and ingenious, masterfully written book and an unforgettable classic of suspense fiction.
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Hannibal: A Novel
(Book 2) |
Invite Hannibal Lecter into the palace of your mind and be invited into his mind palace in
turn. Note the similarities in yours and his, the high vaulted chambers of your dreams, the shadowed halls,
the locked storerooms where you dare not go, the scrap of half-forgotten music, the muffled cries from behind
a wall.
In one of the most eagerly anticipated literary events of the decade, Thomas Harris takes us
once again into the mind of a killer, crafting a chilling portrait of insidiously evolving evil—a tour de
force of psychological suspense.
Seven years have passed since Dr. Hannibal Lecter escaped from
custody, seven years since FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling interviewed him in a maximum security hospital
for the criminally insane. The doctor is still at large, pursuing his own ineffable interests, savoring the
scents, the essences of an unguarded world. But Starling has never forgotten her encounters with Dr. Lecter,
and the metallic rasp of his seldom-used voice still sounds in her dreams.
Mason Verger remembers Dr.
Lecter, too, and is obsessed with revenge. He was Dr. Lecter's sixth victim, and he has survived to rule his
own butcher's empire. From his respirator, Verger monitors every twitch in his worldwide web. Soon he sees
that to draw the doctor, he must have the most exquisite and innocent-appearing bait; he must have what Dr.
Lecter likes best.
Powerful, hypnotic, utterly original, Hannibal is a dazzling feast for the
imagination. Prepare to travel to hell and beyond as a master storyteller permanently alters the world you
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Hannibal Rising
(Book 3) |
Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front, a boy in the snow, mute,
with a chain around his neck.
He seems utterly alone, but he has brought his demons with him.
Hannibal’s uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France, where Hannibal
will live with his uncle and his uncle’s beautiful and exotic wife, Lady Murasaki.
Lady Murasaki helps
Hannibal to heal. With her help he flourishes, becoming the youngest person ever admitted to medical school in
France.
But Hannibal’s demons visit him and torment him. When he is old enough, he visits them in
turn.
He discovers he has gifts beyond the academic, and in that epiphany, Hannibal Lecter becomes
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Red Dragon
(Book 4) |
In the realm of psychological suspense, Thomas Harris stands alone. Exploring both the
nature of human evil and the nerve-racking anatomy of forensic investigation, Harris unleashes a frightening
vision of the dark side of our well-lighted world. In this extraordinary tale—which preceded The Silence of
the Lambs and Hannibal, Harris introduced the unforgettable character, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. And in it, Will
Graham—the FBI man who hunted Lecter down—risks his sanity and his life to duel a killer called... The Red
Dragon. A quiet summer night... a neat suburban house... and another happy family is shattered—the latest
victims of a grisly series of hideous sacrificial killings that no one understands, and no one can stop.
Nobody lives to tell of the unimaginable carnage. Only the blood-stained walls bear witness.
All hope
rests on the Special Agent Will Graham, who must peer inside the killer's tortured soul to understand his
rage, to anticipate and prevent his next vicious crime. Desperate for help, Graham finds himself locked in a
deadly alliance with the brilliant Dr. Hannibal Lecter—the infamous mass murderer who Graham put in prison
years ago. As the imprisoned Lecter tightens the reins of revenge, Graham's feverish pursuit of the Red Dragon
draws him inside the warped mind of a psychopath, into an unforgettable world of demonic ritual and violence,
beyond the limits of human terror.
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