Complex sentence: In an attempt to push Graham into becoming a serial killer, Lecter sends Randall Tier, a psychotic former patient of his, to kill Graham, but Graham kills and mutilates Tier instead--just as Lecter had hoped he would.
Split into simpler sentences: In an attempt to push Graham into becoming a serial killer, Lecter sends Randall Tier, a psychotic former patient of his, to kill Graham. However, Graham kills and mutilates Tier instead--just as Lecter had hoped he would.