The House on Garibaldi Street. Poster of the 1979 movie and cover of the 1975 book
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The House on Garibaldi Street
Isser Harel, 1975
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Peter Collinson, 1979

In the aftermath of World War II, rumors spread about high-ranking Nazis who had fled Germany and Europe, taking refuge in South America. One such figure was Adolf Eichmann, accused of being responsible for millions of deaths. There were suspicions that he was living under an assumed identity in Argentina. To bring him to justice, Israel’s intelligence organization Mossad embarked on a mission to track down Eichmann and confirm his presence in the country.


The Ex. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1996 book
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The Ex
John Lutz, 1996
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Mark L. Lester, 1996

David Kenyon is a divorced architect. Deidre Kenyon, his psycho ex-wife and intends to stalk him and wreck his family. She goes to extreme lengths to do this, killing everybody she can get her hands on.


Let Me Call You Sweetheart. Poster of the 1997 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Mary Higgins Clark, 1995
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Bill Corcoran, 1997

Young assistant prosecutor Kerry McGrath is haunted by two women whose faces eerily like those of Suzanne Reardon, the “Sweetheart Murder” victim from ten years earlier, after taking her ten-year-old daughter, Robin, to the doctor’s office. With the assistance of attractive attorney Geoff Dorso, who is contesting Skip Reardon’s conviction, Kerry reopens the investigation despite the advice of her friends.


Once You Meet a Stranger. Poster of the 1996 movie and cover of the 1950 book, Strangers on a Train
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Strangers on a Train
Patricia Highsmith, 1950
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Tommy Lee Wallace, 1996

A fading actress, Sheila finds consolation in a stranger, Margo during her train journey. Sheila tells Margo of her desire to divorce her husband, and in turn Margo shares her hatred for her domineering mother. They jokingly suggest performing a murder on each other’s behalf. But all too soon the joke becomes reality.