So much of the Michael Harris/Hannibal series depends on those in authority making absolutely horrendous and self-serving decisions. It really made "Hannibal" (both novel and film) unbearable and morally repugnant.

You definitely latch onto the plot points that stretch credulity. This is true of the book, which I think describes motherhood as much as "Silence of the Lambs" describes psychiatry. However, the novel's epistolatory structure and the narrator's voice really helps distract you from the plot-holes and is excellently…