Held for Ransom. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2015 book, The ISIS Hostage
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The ISIS Hostage
Puk Damsgård, 2015
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Niels Arden Oplev, Anders W. Berthelsen, 2019

Danish photographer Daniel Rye is captured by ISIS and held hostage alongside American journalist James Foley. As Daniel struggles to survive in captivity, hostage negotiator Arthur is determined to secure Daniel’s release.


A Haunting in Venice. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 1969 book, Hallowe'en Party
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Hallowe'en Party
Agatha Christie, 1969
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Kenneth Branagh, 2023

Set in post-World War II Venice, Poirot, who is now retired and living in self-imposed isolation, hesitantly participates in a seance. However, when one of the attendees is murdered, the former detective is compelled to resume his role in unraveling the identity of the killer.


Rosewater. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2011 book
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Rosewater
Maziar Bahari, Aimee Molloy, 2011
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Jon Stewart, 2014

In 2009, London-based Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained in Iran after he reports on violence against protesters of the country’s presidential election, as well as giving a satirical interview with Jason Jones of The Daily Show. While his pregnant fiancée waits for him, Bahari spends 118 days at Evin Prison being brutally interrogated.


The One. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 2016 book
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The One
John Marrs, 2016
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Jeremy Lovering, Catherine Morshead, Brady Hood, 2021-

One simple mouth swab is all it takes. A quick DNA test to find your perfect partner, the one you’re genetically made for. A decade after scientists discover everyone has a gene they share with just one other person, millions have taken the test, desperate to find true love. Now, five more people meet their Match. But even soul mates have secrets.