Killing Eve. Poster of the 2018 TV series and cover of the 2017 book, Codename Villanelle
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Codename Villanelle
Luke Jennings, 2017
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Phoebe Waller-Bridge, 2018

Bored with her protection role within the British intelligence agencies, Eve Polastri is overly interested in female assassins, their psychologies and their methods of killing. However, to her delight, she is recruited by a secret division within MI6 chasing an international assassin who calls herself Villanelle. Both women begin to focus less on their initial missions in order to desperately learn more about the other.


Rosewater. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2011 book
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Rosewater
Maziar Bahari, Aimee Molloy, 2011
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Jon Stewart, 2014

In 2009, London-based Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained in Iran after he reports on violence against protesters of the country’s presidential election, as well as giving a satirical interview with Jason Jones of The Daily Show. While his pregnant fiancée waits for him, Bahari spends 118 days at Evin Prison being brutally interrogated.


Serena. Poster of the 2014 movie and cover of the 2008 book
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Serena
Ron Rash, 2008
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Susanne Bier, 2014

In Depression-era North Carolina, George Pemberton is an ambitious timber baron who falls in love with Serena Shaw, a young woman with a sad past. They marry, and Serena joins George on his land and starts to take control, pressuring and questioning George while remaining affectionate. George’s business partner Buchanan feels threatened as Serena begins to exceed his authority.