Dove into a new series right now and just finished the first book to it. The new series is Thomas Harris's Hannibal series and the first book I've finished is "Red Dragon".
During his time as an FBI agent, Will Graham had risked his own sanity in order to catch Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a serial the likes of which no one has seen.
And now he is following the bloody trail of the Tooth Fairy, a killer who has committed murders of two families. In order to find him, Graham has to understand him. And to do that, there is only one place to go: inside the mind of Dr. Lecter.
This is the very first time I've read any of Harris's work, especially this series. The only thing I've ever known about the Hannibal series were the movies and the three season tv series (of which I've watched and enjoyed immensely!). But now that I've read the first book, I'm completely hooked!
This is not just a police procedural or a horror novel. It is actually both at the same time! And it is the book that introduced Hannibal Lecter to the when it was originally published in 1981.
While Hannibal does play a minor role in "Red Dragon" his presence never really goes away as I continued with my reading of it. He may appear and act like a gentleman and can be really enigmatic a lot of a time, but he is also a cold monster. And I will soon see the bigger roles he will play in the later books.
Reading "Red Dragon" is like watching an episode of Criminal Minds, and I loved every bit of it! I have yet still three books in the series that I have to read, and already I'm on the second right now. Things are apt to get a lot more interesting when I continue on with this series!
by i-the-muso-1968