Crime. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 2008 book
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Crime
Irvine Welsh, 2008
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Irvine Welsh, Dean Cavanagh, 2021-

When an Edinburgh schoolgirl is abducted DI Ray Lennox, due to his own traumatic past, identifies strongly with the victim. He believes the murderer is the serial killer Mister Confectioner. But his bosses believe Confectioner is behind bars. Lennox’s insistence that they have the wrong man puts him not just in conflict with his bosses, but also onto the radar of Confectioner himself. So the detective is drawn into a cat and mouse game with the killer.


In the Dark. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 2008 book
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In the Dark
Mark Billingham, 2008
TV series vs book
Gilles Bannier, Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen, 2017

In the Dark consists of two separate two-part stories centring around detective Helen Weeks. In the first two-parter, Helen finds out that she is pregnant and becomes involved in a case in which the husband of her childhood best friend is accused of kidnapping two young girls. In the second two-parter, a heavily pregnant Helen is pulled into the dark side of urban Manchester as she deals with an unexpected tragedy.


In the Dark. Poster of the 2017 TV series and cover of the 2015 book, Time of Death
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Time of Death
Mark Billingham, 2015
TV series vs book
Gilles Bannier, Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen, 2017

In the Dark consists of two separate two-part stories centring around detective Helen Weeks. In the first two-parter, Helen finds out that she is pregnant and becomes involved in a case in which the husband of her childhood best friend is accused of kidnapping two young girls. In the second two-parter, a heavily pregnant Helen is pulled into the dark side of urban Manchester as she deals with an unexpected tragedy.


Shell Shock. Poster of the 2009 movie and cover of the 1998 book, Triage
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Triage
Scott Anderson, 1998
movie vs book
Danis Tanovic, 2009

Following a devastating injury sustained during a mission, Mark Walsh, a seasoned photojournalist marked by the scars of battle, returns home from Kurdistan, leaving behind his friend and fellow journalist David. As haunting images trigger harrowing flashbacks of the wartime atrocities he witnessed, Mark becomes consumed by an insatiable desire to uncover the unsettling truth surrounding David’s vanishing act.


Intrigo: Dear Agnes. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2018 book, Intrigo
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Intrigo
Håkan Nesser, 2018
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Daniel Alfredson, 2019

In this riveting thriller, an affluent woman becomes determined to rid herself of her unfaithful husband. She approaches a financially struggling widowed friend with a sinister proposition: a substantial sum of money in exchange for the murder of her spouse. Desperation and wealth collide in a chilling tale of betrayal and deception.