The FBI is tracking a serial killer who is targeting women. Dubbed Buffalo Bill, his kills are violent and sadistic. Jack Crawford calls upon FBI trainee Clarice Starling to help with the case. He believes that she will be the secret to getting help from someone else who has the mind of a killer. Clarice is tasked with talking to Dr. Hannibal Lecter who is confined to a state hospital for the criminally insane. He is of course brilliant and brings value to the investigation but at what cost for Clarice? He will give her what she needs to solve the case if she gives him what he wants. Clarice begins the game with Dr. Lecter and starts assisting with the investigation. Wanting to prove herself as an asset to the FBI she stops at nothing to get the job done.
With a sinister plot line and of course twists and turns, this is a great read!