Carrie. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the 1974 book
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Carrie
Stephen King, 1974
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David Carson, 2002

In the Maine town of Chamberlain, Carietta ‘Carrie’ White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both classmates at her school, and her own domineering and religious, but abusive, mother.


The Devil's Teardrop. Poster of the 2010 movie and cover of the 1999 book
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The Devil's Teardrop
Jeffery Deaver, 1999
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Norma Bailey, 2010

After a gunman perpetrates a shooting, claiming seven lives at a train station in Washington DC, the FBI enlists the expertise of a forensic document analyst. Their sole piece of evidence is a ransom note that threatens another attack within 24 hours unless a payment of $20 million is made, and the analyst is tasked with deciphering the document to identify the killer.