The Silence of the Lambs

The Silence of the Lambs, 

written by Thomas Harris, is that the second novel in his series about the psychopathic cannibal Hannibal Lector, a genius mastermind psychiatrist with incredible powers of deduction. The novel centers around rookie G-man Clarice Starling and her attempts to prevent the sadistic serial murderer Cody , a madman who abducts overweight women and starves them before skinning them with the intent of wearing their skin.

Starling is shipped to hunt assistance from Lector, who is locked away during a heavily guarded mental hospital , for the murders he has committed. Lector offers to trade his criminal profiling skills in exchange for details about Starling's troubled childhood. within the meantime, information obtained from Buffalo Bill's most up-to-date victim suggests that he's increasing the frequency of his kills.
The stakes are further raised when the daughter of a prominent senator is kidnapped. Under immense pressure from her commandant , Starling further delves into her unusual relationship with Lector and offers him a transfer from his current asylum to an establishment with more relaxed security if he provides her with truth identity of Cody .
Lector uses the offer to his advantage and agrees as long as he's ready to personally present the knowledge to the senator. Once at their meeting, Lector toys with the senator before providing her with a alias that leads the FBI nowhere. Convinced that Lector knows the killer's true identity, Starling is forced to trade her worst lingering childhood memory, the screaming of lambs before their slaughter, for information that ultimately leads her to Cody .
Shortly after, Lector murders his guards and escapes the asylum, leaving Starling to continue her investigation on her own. during a final confrontation, Starling is forced to kill Cody , but saves the senator's daughter and earns a promotion with the FBI. Lector writes to congratulate Starling and assures her that, while he will kill again, he won't pursue her