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.


Hit Me. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1954 book, A Swell-Looking Babe
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A Swell-Looking Babe
Jim Thompson, 1954
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Steven Shainberg, 1996

Sonny lives with his intellectually disabled older brother Leroy and works as a bellhop in a hotel, struggling to pay back a loan to Jack Cougar, the head of hotel security. Everything changes when Monique a beautiful, suicidal nut-case checks in. Sonny is offered a part in a heist that goes wrong.


G-Force. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the book novelization
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G-Force
James Ponti, 2009
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Hoyt Yeatman, 2009

The film revolves around a special team of trained secret agent animals, equipped with advanced tools that allow the mammalian members to talk to humans. Ben and his assistant Marcie send a trained cockroach named Harry to infiltrate their hideout and recover Darwin’s PDA, which contains the information acquired from Saber’s computer.