Gone Baby Gone. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1998 book, Gone, Baby, Gone
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Gone, Baby, Gone
Dennis Lehane, 1998
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Ben Affleck, 2007

In a run-down neighborhood in Dorchester, Boston, three-year-old Amanda McCready has been abducted along with her favorite doll, Mirabelle. Patrick Kenzie and his partner and girlfriend Angie Gennaro witness a televised plea for Amanda’s return by her mother, Helene, amid a media frenzy.


Death Sentence. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the 1975 book
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Death Sentence
Brian Garfield, 1975
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James Wan, 2007

Nick Hume is a businessman living in Columbia, South Carolina with his family. While Nick and Brendan are driving home, they talk about the latter’s potential future as a professional hockey player. Nick ambushes the thugs, pulls off Joe’s mask and sees his face, but Joe escapes, only to get hit by a car. Nick rushes Brendan to the hospital, but Brendan dies.


Briarpatch. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 1984 book
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Briarpatch
Ross Thomas, 1984
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Andy Greenwald, 2019-2020

When Detective Felicity Dill is killed in a car bombing, her sister Allegra Dill, an investigator working for a senator, returns home to San Bonifacio, TX near the U.S.-Mexico border, to find her killer. In the process of her investigation, she uncovers a web of corruption in the small Texas town.


Atlas Shrugged: Part I. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the 1957 book, Atlas Shrugged
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Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand, 1957
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Paul Johansson, 2011

Railroad executive Dagny Taggart and steel mogul Henry Rearden join forces to resist the growing authoritarian government in the United States.


The Last Thing He Wanted. Poster of the 2020 movie and cover of the 1996 book
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The Last Thing He Wanted
Joan Didion, 1996
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Dee Rees, 2020

A journalist for the fictitious Atlanta Post stops her coverage of the 1984 U.S. Presidential election to care for her dying father. In the process, she inherits his position as an arms dealer for Central America, and learns of the Iran–Contra affair.