The Report. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2019 book, The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture
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The Senate Intelligence Committee Report on Torture
Daniel J. Jones, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 2019
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Scott Z. Burns, 2019

Daniel J. Jones, an idealistic Senate staffer, is selected by his boss Senator Dianne Feinstein to lead an investigation of the CIA’s Detention and Interrogation Program created in the aftermath of 9/11. Jones’ relentless pursuit of the truth leads to findings that uncover the lengths to which the nation’s top intelligence agency went to destroy evidence, subvert the law, and hide a shocking secret from the American public.


Stir of Echoes. Poster of the 1999 movie and cover of the 1958 book, A Stir of Echoes
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A Stir of Echoes
Richard Matheson, 1958
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David Koepp, 1999

Tom Witzky is a phone lineman living in a working-class neighborhood in Chicago with his pregnant wife Maggie and his son Jake, who possesses the ability to commune with the dead. At a party one evening, Tom challenges Maggie’s sister, Lisa, who is a believer in paranormal activity, to hypnotize him.


Back Roads. Poster of the 2018 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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Back Roads
Tawni O'Dell, 1999
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Alex Pettyfer, 2018

After his mother is imprisoned for killing his abusive father, Harley Altmyer is left to care for his three younger sisters in rural Pennsylvania. Harley forgoes his college education, working dead-end jobs to pay the bills and raise his siblings. Scarred by his past, Harley becomes infatuated with Callie Mercer, the older married woman who lives nearby.


One Of Us Is Lying. Poster of the 2021 TV series and cover of the 2017 book, One of us is Lying
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One of us is Lying
Karen M. McManus, 2017
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Jennifer Morrison, 2021-

At Bayview High, five students are given detention. Simon, known for starting an online gossip group with his friend Janae to snitch on his classmates, suffers a sudden and fatal allergic reaction. The other four students had reasons to kill Simon, along with individual motives, and after it is determined his death was not an accident, an investigation ensues.