THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
by Thomas Harris

  • I read it between Nov 14 & 18, 2016
  • Genre: THRILLER

I wish I’d written this ...

... because it made me too scared to turn out the lights!

Chilling, thrilling, and utterly enthralling, I couldn’t put it down. Harris’s writing isn’t perfect—there are a few jarring changes of viewpoint—but he has the powerful ability to peel open his characters’ psyches so that we, his readers, feel completely invested in them. Hannibal is, of course, an outstanding creation but he’s given a run for his money here by Buffalo Bill, whose twisted mind is scarily plausible. The tension crackles from beginning to end in this really unforgettable novel.

From the publisher

There's a killer on the loose who knows that beauty is only skin deep, and a trainee investigator who's trying to save her own hide. The only man that can help is locked in an asylum. But he's willing to put a brave face on — if it will help him escape.

From the novel





About Mark Hodder

Mark Hodder is the author of the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel THE STRANGE AFFAIR OF SPRING HEELED JACK and its sequels, and of the first officially sanctioned Sexton Blake novel to have been published in nearly half a century (he created and maintains BLAKIANA: The Sexton Blake Resource). He also writes short stories, flash fiction and vignettes. Find out more on his Patreon page. Mark was born in the UK but currently lives in Valencia, Spain, with his partner and two children.

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