Fletch Lives. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the 1974 book, Fletch
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Fletch
Gregory McDonald, 1974
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Michael Ritchie, 1989

Fletch, the chameleon-like reporter ventures to Belle Isle, a sprawling 80-acre Louisiana plantation which Fletch inherits from his aunt. Trouble begins when a lovely attorney mysteriously turns up dead, a neighborly lawyer warns him to leave town and a ravishing real estate agent comes calling with a persistent offer he may not be able to refuse. Fletch must unravel the reason for the mad land scramble with his trademark bag of hilarious disguises in this fast-moving comedy.


Planes: Fire & Rescue. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
Suzanne Francis, 2014
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Roberts Gannaway, 2014

Since winning the Wings Around the Globe race, Dusty Crophopper has had a successful career as a racer. Unfortunately, his engine’s gearbox becomes damaged because Dusty routinely operates the engine beyond its design limits. With that particular model of gearbox now out of production and none available anywhere, Dusty’s mechanic Dottie fits a warning light to his control panel to ensure that he doesn’t damage his gearbox any further.


Killshot. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1989 book
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Killshot
Elmore Leonard, 1989
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John Madden, 2008

Beautiful Carmen Colson and her ironworker husband Wayne are placed in the Federal Witness Protection program after witnessing an incident. Thinking they are at last safe, they are targeted by an experienced hit man and a psychopathic young upstart killer. The ensuing struggle will test Carmen to the limit.


Blackway. Poster of the 2015 movie and cover of the 2008 book, Go with Me
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Go with Me
Castle Freeman Jr., 2008
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Daniel Alfredson, 2015

Set in an Oregon logging community, Lillian, is a woman newly returned to her hometown after the death of her mother. Lillian refuses to be run out of town by Blackway, but Sheriff Wingate is reluctant to act against Blackway out of fear; feeling sympathetic to Lillian, he tells her to go to the town lumberyard mill and ask for a man named Scotty.