Mindhunter. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 1995 book
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Mindhunter
John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker, 1995
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Joe Penhall, 2017

Mindhunter revolves around FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench, along with psychologist Wendy Carr, who operate the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit within the Training Division at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia. They interview imprisoned serial killers to understand how they think, with the hope of applying this knowledge to solve ongoing cases. The first season takes place from 1977 to 1980, in the early days of criminal psychology and criminal profiling at the Federal Bureau of Investigation.


You Don't Know Jack. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 2011 book, Between the Dying and the Dead
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Between the Dying and the Dead
Neal Nicol, Harry Wylie, 2011
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Barry Levinson, 2010

A look at the life and work of doctor-assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian. In 1990, Dr. Jack Kevorkian astonished the world as he took the end-of-life debate head-on with his ‘Mercitron’ and performed his first assisted suicide. “The movie follows Kevorkian as he builds his infamous Mercitron and starts a media frenzy with his epic legal battles defending a patient’s fight to die.


Remember Me. Poster of the 1995 movie and cover of the 1994 book
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Remember Me
Mary Higgins Clark, 1994
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Michael Switzer, 1995

In this gripping psychological thriller, haunting noises and strange occurrences bring back the tragic past and threaten a disturbed young mother, who begins to worry about her life and sanity. Kelly McGillis portrays a heartbroken mother who is driven insane by a vocal but invisible creature in this haunted Victorian mansion film. She thinks her son is in there.


The Arrangement. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2001 book, When the Women Come Out to Dance
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When the Women Come Out to Dance
Elmore Leonard, 2001
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Kevin Bray, 2013

The movie tells the story of Lourdes Nieves, a Columbian woman who trades her tragic and mysterious past for a fresh start in Miami by entering into a marriage with Billy Whitley, a well-meaning and ambitious politician. In a union of political expediency, Lourdes and Billy manage a delicate dance of romance and clear-eyed pragmatism as she leverages her experience and contacts to help her husband battle the blood sport that is local Florida politics.