The Express. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1983 book, Ernie Davis: The Elmira Express
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Ernie Davis: The Elmira Express
Robert C. Gallagher, 1983
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Gary Fleder, 2008

Based on the incredible true story, “The Express” follows the inspirational life of college football player Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. Following his draft by the NFL, tragedy struck the star athlete and he was never able to take the professional field. But his tale would forever change the face of professional sports.


Runaway Jury. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1996 book, The Runaway Jury
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The Runaway Jury
John Grisham, 1996
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Gary Fleder, 2003

In New Orleans, a shooting takes place at a stock brokerage firm. Two years later, with attorney Wendell Rohr, Jacob’s widow Celeste takes Vicksburg Firearms to court on the grounds that the company’s gross negligence led to her husband’s death.


Kiss the Girls. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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Kiss the Girls
James Patterson, 1995
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Gary Fleder, 1997

Washington, D.C. detective and forensic psychologist Alex Cross heads to Durham, North Carolina when his niece Naomi, a college student, is reported missing. When she awakens from a drugged state, Kate discovers that she is being held by a masked man calling himself Casanova, and she is one of several prisoners trapped in his lair.


Homefront. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the 2005 book
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Homefront
Chuck Logan, 2005
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Gary Fleder, 2013

Two years after the raids of a gang’s methamphetamine laboratory where his cover was blown, retired DEA Agent and U.S. war veteran, Phil Broker and his daughter Maddy have moved to a small Louisiana town where Maddy’s deceased mother grew up. Maddy gets into a schoolyard fight with a bully named Teddy Klum; when Broker comes to the school, Teddy’s hostile father, Jimmy, picks a fight with him and loses.


Don't Say a Word. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1990 book
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Don't Say a Word
Andrew Klavan, 1990
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Gary Fleder, 2001

In 1991, a gang of thieves steal a rare $10-million gem, but, in the process, two of the gang double-cross their leader, Patrick Koster and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, on the day before Thanksgiving, prominent private practice Manhattan child psychiatrist, Dr. Nathan R. Conrad, is invited by his friend and former colleague, Dr. Louis Sachs, to examine a disturbed young lady named Elisabeth Burrows at the state sanatorium.


Impostor. Poster of the 2001 movie and cover of the 1953 book, Imposter
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Imposter
Philip K. Dick, 1953
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Gary Fleder, 2001

The film takes place in 2079. Forty-five years earlier, Earth was attacked by a hostile and implacable alien civilization from Alpha Centauri. Force field domes are put in place to protect cities, and a totalitarian global military government is established to effect the war and the survival of humans. The Centaurians have never been physically seen.


True Haunting. Poster of the 2023 movie and cover of the 2011 book
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True Haunting
Edwin F. Becker, 2011
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Gary Fleder, 2023

A chilling account of the first exorcism ever to be broadcasted on NBC in 1971. Although the NBC news segment was popular, the exorcism was not successful and it caused more harm than good for the Becker family who were residing there. The situation got much worse than before.