The Silence of the Lambs [Paperback]

The twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the #1New York Timesbestselling classic, now with a note by author Thomas Harris revealing his inspiration for Hannibal Lecter.

A serial murderer known only by a grotesquely apt nicknameBuffalo Billis 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 cluesabout Buffalo Bill and aboutherlaunch Clarice on a search that every reader will find startling, harrowing, and totally compelling.

An ingenious, masterfully written novel,The Silence of the Lambsis a classic of suspense and storytelling.

Razor-sharp entertainment, beautifully constructed and brilliantly written. 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&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 Press

Superb!...Harris's chilling story lowers the reader's blood temperature by several degrees. The New York Times

A thriller to out-thrill all thrillers&impossible to put down! Detroit News

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