This book had an encounter with some water, but it’s still in really good shape other than what’s showing in the photos and as you get further through the book, the water damage abates a chance to own this hardcover book for a great price. The third and the four part series of Hannibal Lecter .  7 years after the Buffalo Bill case, FBI agent Clarice Starling witnesses her career crumble around her. During a botched drug raid, Starling is forced to shoot a meth dealer who is holding a baby. Corrupt Justice Department official Paul Krendler, who resents Starling for her success and for rejecting his sexual advances, vindictively uses the resulting scandal as a way to threaten her with suspension. Fugitive serial killer Hannibal Lecter sends her a letter

ISBN: 9780385299299