THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFeed your fears with the terrifying classic that introduced cannibalistic serial killer Hannibal Lecter.FBI agent Will Graham once risked his sanity to capture Hannibal Lecter, an ingenious killer like no other. Now, he’s following the bloodstained pattern of the Tooth Fairy, a madman who’s already wiped out two families. To find him, Graham has to understand him. To … find him, Graham has to understand him. To understand him, Graham has only one place left to go: the mind of Dr. Lecter.
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Loved it!
Another in my top ten of fantastic books. Forget Silence of the Lambs- this book was the best!
Excellent writing.
All of his books are great, but this us my favorite!
It’s a shame there are only 5 stars. Thiis is absolutely the BEST book of this genre – I thought so many years ago when I first read it, and I think so now. Not saying much else because I don’t want to spoil anything for you. READ THIS BOOK if you like horror, crime, serial killer tales well written with great suspense and plot twists. Chilling.
Great book. Well written. Read this one twice. Definitely recommend
Another of Thomas Harris’ very scary novels.
A book and a story to be remembered. Great style, keeps interest until the last word of the last page. Incredibly good.
A book well worth reading again
I read this book years ago when it first came out in 1981 and was amazed by The Dragon’s story. It was frightening, yes, but compelling also.
The in-depth characters of FBI profiler Will Graham and the monstrous Red Dragon have stuck in my memory for all these years. And the brief cameo of Dr. Hannibal Lector – I was so glad a few years later when he got his first real book THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.
Scary all the way through – and then when it’s revealed how victims were chosen, I can remember thinking “no one is safe.”
Author Thomas Harris has always been a pretty private person, doing hardly any interviews, and that helped with the mystique of his books.
When I started reading this book again, I was thrilled to see that Harris has a new book coming out soon in May 2019. I have preordered it. It’s a standalone book like BLACK SUNDAY was and it’s titled CARI MORA.
This book was great again this time around and now I’m off to read Harris’s masterpiece THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. Fava beans, anyone?
I was grabbed by The Silence of the Lambs and have read and re-read all the books about Hannibal Lecter. A good read,
ground breaking serial killer plot
Read b4 Silence of the Lambs! This is 1 SCARY read that you won’t put down
This is one of the few books that has raised the hair on the back of my neck! Yikes! It was scary but I loved it!
For me, the first in the Hannibal Lecter series is still the best – brilliant story, characters and a dark, nail-biting read. AND it’s the basis of Manhunter, easily my favourite film.
This will always be on my top three list of thrillers
This one was long overdue… One of those classics that slip through the cracks. Introducing Hannibal Lecter to the world for the very first time. Enough said. (And ignore the movie for this one!)
In depth understanding of what made a monster and serial killer.
Read it with somebody else in the room. Hannibal!!!!
I can’t get it off my mind for many days after I finished reading this book. Better than SOTL in my opinion.
I read this when it came out. I was terrified. I made changes to how I did things, this was back in the 80’s, so you’ll understand when you read it. I remember laying in bed reading it and heard a creak and swore I saw a head coming up the steps. Poor husband had to get up and search the house.