Why did I love this book?
Suspense is the backbone of any story – even a love story. In fact, anything that keeps those pages turning as a puzzle begins to unfold with an intriguing, high-concept idea, I find fascinating! In this case, the high concept is a serial killer making a coat of his victim’s skin. We want to know why, how, and whether he can be stopped.
I normally love heart-warming books with meaningful characters you want as friends, but sometimes the puzzle and suspense are enough to make me tear through a book. Alfred Hitchcock also does that to me! Thomas Harris’s novel is a beautifully engineered study of suspense yet nourishes us with a fascinating knowledge of dark psychology. The intelligence and structure of the book shines through.
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As part of the search for a serial murderer nicknames "Buffalo Bill," FBI trainee Clarice Starling is given an assignment. She must visit a man confined to a high-security facility for the criminally insane and interview him.
That man, Dr. Hannibal Lecter, is a former psychiatrist with 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 Thomas Harris' The Silence of the Lambs--an unforgettable classic of suspense fiction.