Ms Liz reviewed The silence of the lambs by Thomas Harris
Sleep with the light on
5 stars
This is the horror story that keeps you awake at night.
Published 1988
The Silence of the Lambs
5 stars
(1 review)
The Silence of the Lambs is a psychological horror novel by Thomas Harris. First published in 1988, it is the sequel to Harris's 1981 novel Red Dragon. Both novels feature the cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter, this time pitted against FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling.
The novel won the 1988 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. The novel also won the 1989 Anthony Award for Best Novel. It was nominated for the 1989 World Fantasy Award.
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Subjects
- lambs
- black witch moth
- autopsy
- pupa
- offender profiling
- forensic psychiatry
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Fiction
- Government investigators
- Psychology
- Serial murderers
- Serial murders
- Detective and mystery stories
- Hannibal Lecter (Fictitious character)
- Large type books
- Fiction, suspense
- Fiction, horror
- Fiction, psychological
- Fiction, mystery & detective, women sleuths
- Lecter, hannibal (fictitious character), fiction
- Hannibal, nick (fictitious character), fiction
- Fiction, mystery & detective, general
- Serial murders, fiction
- Regény
- Amerikai irodalom
- Fiction, thrillers, suspense
Places
- United States
- Quantico
- Maryland
- Kansas City
- West Virginia
- Smithsonian Institution
- Tennessee