Killer: A Journal of Murder. Poster of the 2006 movie and cover of the 1970 book, Panzram: A Journal of Murder
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Panzram: A Journal of Murder
Thomas E. Gaddis, James O. Long, 1970
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Tim Metcalfe, 2006

After being convicted of burglary, Carl Panzram is incarcerated at Leavenworth Prison where he is subjected to brutal beatings by a guard. However, neophyte guard Henry Lesser develops empathy for Panzram and establishes a friendship with him, persuading him to pen down his life story. As Lesser delves deeper into Panzram’s past, he discovers that the convict’s history is far more violent than he had initially thought, but also comes to believe that Panzram has the potential to be a better person than the rest of the prison staff perceives.


Freaky Friday. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the 1972 book
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Freaky Friday
Mary Rodgers, 1972
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Mark Waters, 2003

Anna Coleman is an aspiring teenage musician who lives with her widowed therapist mother, Tess, and younger brother, Harry. At school, Anna’s English teacher, Mr. Bates, treats her unfairly, and she is feuding with Stacey, her former best friend-turned-nemesis.


Brown's Requiem. Poster of the 1998 movie and cover of the 1981 book
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Brown's Requiem
James Ellroy, 1981
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Jason Freeland, 1998

Fritz Brown is a disgraced former LAPD officer now working as a private investigator, part-time repo man and struggling on-the-wagon ex-alcoholic. Fritz is hired by an obese caddy named Freddy ‘Fat Dog’ Baker, supposedly to keep tabs on Fat Dog’s sister, Jane. In the course of his investigation, Fritz learns that Jane is indeed living with an elderly millionaire.