Thomas Harris Hannibal Lecter Series 4 Books Collection (Red Dragon, Hannibal, Silence Of The Lambs, Hannibal Rising) (New Covers)

Thomas Harris’s Hannibal Lecter series is presented here as a four-book collection with new covers, bringing together the novels that follow the trail of one of modern fiction’s most notorious figures. The set spans investigations, interviews and escapes, moving between law enforcement and the criminally insane as the search for understanding collides with escalating violence.

Across these stories, the narrative introduces a killer who taunts the police with tormenting notes, an FBI trainee drawn into a dangerous exchange for insight, and the lingering consequences of a notorious escape. The collection also looks back to an earlier period, as Hannibal Lecter emerges from the nightmare of the Eastern Front and is taken from a Soviet orphanage to France to live with his uncle and Lady Murasaki.

Included titles

• Red Dragon
• Hannibal
• Silence Of The Lambs
• Hannibal Rising

Key details

• Author: Thomas Harris
• Hannibal Lecter series collection
• Four-book set
• New cover editions

Synopses

Red Dragon

A psychopath is driven by sexual hunger, demonic violence and sinister logic. Calling himself The Red Dragon, he torments the police with boastful notes and takes pleasure in brutally murdering happy families.

Hannibal

Seven years after Dr Hannibal Lecter escapes from custody, he remains at large. FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling has not forgotten her interview with him in a maximum security hospital for the criminally insane, and his voice continues to haunt her dreams.

Silence Of The Lambs

An FBI trainee faces a serial killer closing in on a new victim and turns to Dr Hannibal Lecter for insight. Held in a hospital for the criminally insane, Lecter draws her into the darkest parts of his mind, demanding she confront her own childhood demons as the price of understanding, as time runs out.

Hannibal Rising

Hannibal Lecter emerges from the Eastern Front as a mute boy in the snow, with a chain around his neck and demons in tow. His uncle, a noted painter, finds him in a Soviet orphanage and brings him to France to live with him and his wife, Lady Murasaki.