Irena's Vow. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2009 book
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Irena's Vow
Dan Gordon, 2009
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Louise Archambault, 2023

The movie chronicles the life of Irene Gut Opdyke, a Polish nurse honored with the Righteous Among the Nations medal for her extraordinary bravery in trying to save Polish Jews during World War II.


Crime. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 2008 book
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Crime
Irvine Welsh, 2008
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Irvine Welsh, Dean Cavanagh, 2021-

When an Edinburgh schoolgirl is abducted DI Ray Lennox, due to his own traumatic past, identifies strongly with the victim. He believes the murderer is the serial killer Mister Confectioner. But his bosses believe Confectioner is behind bars. Lennox’s insistence that they have the wrong man puts him not just in conflict with his bosses, but also onto the radar of Confectioner himself. So the detective is drawn into a cat and mouse game with the killer.


Hemlock Grove. Poster of the 2013 TV series and cover of the 2012 book
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Hemlock Grove
Brian McGreevy, 2012
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Brian McGreevy, Lee Shipman, 2013-2015

The series is set in the town of Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania. The town is a mixture of extreme wealth and poverty, as the closing of the town’s steel mill many years earlier caused many to lose their jobs. The town’s main sources of employment are now the Godfrey Institute for Biomedical Technologies and Hemlock Acres Hospital.


Ripley's Game. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1974 book
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Ripley's Game
Patricia Highsmith, 1974
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Liliana Cavani, 2002

Tom Ripley is involved in an art forgery scheme in Berlin, in partnership with British gangster Reeves. Upon finding out that Reeves has attempted to cheat him, Ripley forces Reeves’ customer at gunpoint to give him the money intended for the forgeries, and kills the man’s bodyguard. He also steals back the artwork for himself, and curtly tells Reeves that their partnership is over.


Enigma. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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Enigma
Robert Harris, 1995
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Michael Apted, 2001

In March 1943, when the Second World War was at its height, the cryptanalysts at Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, have a problem: the Nazi U-boats have changed one of their code reference books used for Enigma machine ciphers, leading to a blackout in the flow of vital naval signals intelligence.


Dark Water. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the 1996 book
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Dark Water
Kōji Suzuki, 1996
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Walter Salles, 2005

Dahlia battles her ex-husband Kyle for custody of their daughter Cecilia, who is a 5-year-old kindergartener. Kyle wants Cecilia to live closer to his apartment in Jersey City, but Dahlia wants to move to the cheaper Roosevelt Island, where she has found a good school. Dahlia and Cecilia view an apartment in a dilapidated complex on Roosevelt Island, a few blocks from Cecilia’s new school.


The Day of the Triffids. Poster of the 2009 TV series and cover of the 1951 book
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The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham, 1951
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Richard Mewis, 2009

In this electrifying thriller, social order collapses as humanity confronts a double catastrophe. The majority of people have been blinded in a freak solar storm leaving them at the mercy of opportunists who still have their sight. Meanwhile the Triffids are evolving and advancing on the towns in search of human prey.


Batwoman. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 2006 comic book
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Batwoman
Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, Keith Giffen, 2006
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Caroline Dries, 2019-

Three years after billionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne and his vigilante alter-ego, Batman disappeared, his cousin Kate Kane sets out to overcome her demons and become a symbol of hope by protecting the streets of Gotham City as Batwoman. During this time, she contends with the Wonderland Gang led by her thought-dead twin sister Beth Kane who is operating as Alice.