Sanditon. Poster of the 2019 TV series and cover of the 1925 book
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Sanditon
Jane Austen, 1925
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Andrew Davies, 2019

The spirited and impulsive Charlotte Heywood moves from her rural home to Sanditon, a fishing village attempting to reinvent itself as a seaside resort.


Elizabeth Is Missing. Poster of the 2019 movie and cover of the 2014 book
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Elizabeth Is Missing
Emma Healey, 2014
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Aisling Walsh, 2019

Maud, a grandmother in her 80s living with Alzheimer’s disease, relies on sticky notes to get through the day as her memory slowly deteriorates. One day her best friend, another elderly woman named Elizabeth, fails to meet her as promised. She is forced to investigate on her own as her memory flashes back to the mystery of another disappearance: that of her elder sister, Sukey, 70 years earlier.


The Reckoning. Poster of the 2023 TV series and cover of the 2014 book, In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile
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In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile
Dan Davies, 2014
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Sandra Goldbacher, 2023

This is the chronicle of Jimmy Savile’s journey, beginning with his humble working-class origins, ascending to fame as a BBC presenter, and concluding with his later years, during which he successfully concealed his extensive history of sexual abuse until his passing in 2011.


The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe. Poster of the 2022 TV series and cover of the 2022 book, The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe
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The Thief, His Wife and The Canoe
David Leigh, 2022
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Richard Laxton, 2022-

Suffocated by debts, prison officer John Darwin pretended to drown in a canoe accident so his wife could make fraudulent claims on their insurance. Anne Darwin played the grieving widow whilst police investigated his disappearance. Yet all along John Darwin was living in an apartment in the house next door to his wife, regularly visiting her through an interconnecting passage. Devastated by the loss of their father, neither of their sons had an inkling their parents had betrayed them.


Our Kind of Traitor. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 2010 book
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Our Kind of Traitor
John le Carré, 2010
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Susanna White, 2016

In a money laundering scheme, the Prince – head of the Russian Mafia – creates a new bank in London and has its financial oligarchs sign over their accounts to him. They bond over drinks and tennis before Dima invites the MacKendricks to his daughter’s birthday, where Dima gives Perry a USB drive linking corrupt British politicians and businessmen to the Russian mafia.


Dark River. Poster of the 2017 movie and cover of the 2010 book, Trespass
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Trespass
Rose Tremain, 2010
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Clio Barnard, 2017

After the passing of her father, Alice makes her way back to Yorkshire after 15 years to reclaim what she believes is her rightful inheritance—the tenancy of the family farm. Upon her return, she comes face to face with her older brother Joe, who has undergone significant changes over the years, burdened by the challenges of managing the farm and caring for their ailing father.