The Enforcer. Poster of the 1976 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Enforcer
Wesley Morgan, 1976
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James Fargo, 1976

In Marin County, two utility workers are lured by a scantily clad woman to a remote spot in Mill Valley and killed by Bobby Maxwell. Callahan’s superior, Captain McKay, angrily reprimands him for excessive use of force, injuring the hostages, and causing $14,379 in damages, and temporarily transfers him out of the SFPD’s Homicide unit.


Absolute Power. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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Absolute Power
David Baldacci, 1995
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Clint Eastwood, 1997

Master thief Luther Whitney breaks into the mansion of billionaire Walter Sullivan, but is forced to hide upon the arrival of Sullivan’s wife Christy, on a drunken rendezvous with Alan Richmond, the President of the United States. Chief of Staff Gloria Russell arrives, and they stage the scene to look like a burglary gone wrong.


Sudden Impact. Poster of the 1983 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Sudden Impact
Joseph C. Stinson, 1983
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Clint Eastwood, 1983

In 1973, college-age artist Jennifer Spencer and her sister, Beth, are raped by a group of young men after being betrayed by female friend Ray Parkins. Callahan later causes powerful crime lord Threlkis to suffer a fatal heart attack at his granddaughter’s wedding reception when Callahan threatens him with prosecution in a murder case.


Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1994 book
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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
John Berendt, 1994
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Clint Eastwood, 1997

The alleged murder of Billy Hanson occurred in Williams’ study – the bottom left room in this photograph. John Kelso, a magazine reporter with one book — Before the Fall — to his name, finds himself in Savannah amid the beautiful architecture and odd doings to write a feature for Town & Country on one of Williams’ famous Christmas parties.


True Crime. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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True Crime
Andrew Klavan, 1995
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Clint Eastwood, 1999

Steve Everett, an Oakland journalist recovering from alcoholism, is assigned to cover the execution of convicted murderer Frank Beechum following the death of Everett’s colleague, Michelle Ziegler, who had originally been assigned to the story. Everett interviews a prosecution witness, Dale Porterhouse, who saw Beechum at the store with a gun.


White Hunter Black Heart. Poster of the 1990 movie and cover of the 1953 book, White Hunter, Black Heart
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White Hunter, Black Heart
Peter Viertel, 1953
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Clint Eastwood, 1990

In the early 1950s, world-renowned film-maker John Wilson travels to Africa for his next film, bringing with him a young writer chum named Pete Verrill. Wilson’s final realization that his is a petty, ignoble pursuit comes at a late point and with a tragic price, as the local animal tracker Kivu is killed protecting him from an elephant Wilson decides not to shoot.


Honkytonk Man. Poster of the 1982 movie and cover of the 1980 book
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Honkytonk Man
Clancy Carlile, 1980
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Clint Eastwood, 1982

Itinerant western singer Red Stovall suffers from tuberculosis but has been given an opportunity to make it big at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee. After a series of adventures which include the nephew’s first sexual encounter in a brothel, they finally arrive. While a fit of coughing in his audition ruins his chances, talent scouts for a record company are impressed enough to arrange a recording session. The tuberculosis reaches a critical stage in the middle of this session.


Blood Work. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1998 book
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Blood Work
Michael Connelly, 1998
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Clint Eastwood, 2002

During a federal investigation into a local homicide, FBI Special Agent Terry McCaleb goes outside to address the media, but spots the so-called ‘code murderer’ in the crowd. He is approached by Graciella Rivers; her sister, Gloria, was murdered during a robbery; she asks him to solve the case.


The Gauntlet. Poster of the 1977 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Gauntlet
Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack, 1977
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Clint Eastwood, 1977

Ben Shockley, an alcoholic cop from Phoenix, is given the task to escort witness Augustina Mally from Las Vegas. The constable dies at the hands of several men armed with machine guns. They eventually run into a gang of bikers whom Shockley threatens with his revolver, then confiscates one of their motorcycles and takes off on it with Mally.


The Eiger Sanction. Poster of the 1975 movie and cover of the 1972 book
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The Eiger Sanction
Trevanian, 1972
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Clint Eastwood, 1975

Art professor and mountaineer Jonathan Hemlock is a retired government assassin called on to return to work for two more sanctions, a euphemism for officially approved killings. During his career with a secret government agency called C2, Hemlock amassed a private collection of 21 rare masterpiece paintings, paid for from his previous sanctions.


Firefox. Poster of the 1982 movie and cover of the 1977 book
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Firefox
Craig Thomas, 1977
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Clint Eastwood, 1982

A joint British-American plot is devised to steal a highly advanced Soviet fighter aircraft (MiG-31, NATO code name Firefox) which is capable of Mach 6 (hypersonic flight), is invisible to radar, and carries weapons controlled by thought. It is only through the dissidents that Gant remains one step ahead of the KGB and reaches the air base at Bilyarsk, where the Firefox prototype is under heavy guard.


Cry Macho. Poster of the 2021 movie and cover of the 1975 book
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Cry Macho
N. Richard Nash, 1975
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Clint Eastwood, 2021

After a Kentucky Derby-winning horse breeder loses his wife and child, he sinks into an alcoholic depression. In 1978, he takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home and away from his alcoholic mom, but the journey is more challenging than expected.