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Author
Series
Harlem trilogy (Colson Whitehead) volume 2
Language
English
Description
"It s 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It s strictly the straight-and-narrow for him until he needs...
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
After finally catching serial killer and occult 'sorcerer' Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. After his execution, Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with Watson's new fiancée and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the determined detective must unravel the clues that will...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story begins when ace private eye Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry's former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu: a hilariously wisecracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to communicate with one another, Tim and Pikachu join forces on a thrilling adventure to unravel the...
4) Red eye
Publisher
Dreamworks Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
After her grandmother's funeral, Lisa takes the red eye flight back to Miami. The man sitting next to her reveals her father's wallet and says he will be killed if she doesn't help him murder the deputy secretary of Homeland Security.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Beverly Hills cop: Axel Foley, a street-smart cop from Detroit, comes to Beverly Hills to track down his best friends killer. Beverly Hills cop II: Foley is deep undercover investigating a gang of international munitions smugglers. Beverly Hills cop III: Foley is at the center of a roller coaster thrill ride at the Wonderworld amusement park.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Rachel is unemployed and devastated by a recent divorce. She fills her time with drinking, riding the commuter train, and fantasizing about a seemingly perfect couple the train passes by every day. Then one morning, Rachel sees something shocking that unravels her and entangles her in an unfolding mystery.
8) Vertigo
Language
English
Description
Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, she is later murdered and Ferguson becomes demonic in his desire to re-create her in another woman.
Language
English
Description
A lonely doctor who once occupied an unusual lakeside home begins exchanging love letters with its newest resident, a frustrated architect. When they discover that they're living two years apart, they try to unravel the mystery behind their extraordinary romance before it's too late.
10) Foul play
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD)(116 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A shy San Francisco librarian and a clumsy detective fall in love as they attempt to solve a crime that involves drawfs, albinos and the church.
11) Max Payne
Language
English
Description
Max Payne works in the cold-case unit at the police department. He becomes obsessed with finding the killer who brutally murdered his wife and infant daughter. Max becomes hell-bent on revenge and is determined to track down those responsible for the murder of his family. Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world.
12) Serenity
Language
English
Formats
Description
Baker Dill is a fishing boat captain that leads tours off Plymouth Island. His quiet life is upended when Karen, his ex-wife, tracks him down to ask him for help. She begs him to save her and their son from her new husband. She requests that Dill take her husband out on a fishing expedition and leave him to the sharks.
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a loveable London toymaker is kidnapped, his daughter turns to none other than legendary super-sleuth, Basil of Baker Street, setting the stage for one of Disney's most entertaining and fast-paced musical adventures.
Series
Publisher
New Line Cinema
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A young girl enlists the help of her friends to solve a robbery in her home that threatens to put her family's house into foreclosure, after her father leaves town to look for work and her mother takes in borders to make ends meet.
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
Widescreen; Mystery in the mist edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 74 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The story of a clever little hero on a great big adventure. Join the Sherlock Holmes of Mousedom on a heroic journey unraveling clues through London.
16) The thin man
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 91 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The jaunty whodunit that made William Powell and Myrna Loy the champagne elite of sleuthung. Nick and Nora Charles combine screwball romance with mystery.
Author
Series
Alex Cross novels volume 25
Language
English
Description
"The charges: explosive. Alex Cross has never been on the wrong side of the law -- until now. Charged with gunning down followers of his nemesis Gary Soneji in cold blood, Cross is being turned into the poster child for trigger-happy cops who think they're above the law. Cross knows it was self-defense. But will a jury see it that way? The evidence: shocking. As Cross fights for his professional life and his freedom, his former partner John Sampson...
18) Double jeopardy
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
English
Description
Libby Parsons discovers that the husband she was convicted of murdering staged his own death and framed her for the crime.
19) Rear window
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
2001.
Edition
Collector's edition, widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings...
20) The Black Dahlia
Publisher
Universal Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1940s Los Angeles. Two police officers, Bucky Bleichert and his partner, Lee Blanchard, investigate the death of Elizabeth Short - also known as The Black Dahlia, a young woman who is found brutally murdered. With a corpse so mutilated, the photos are kept from the public. Bucky soon realizes that his girlfriend had ties to the deceased, and soon after that, he begins uncovering corruption and conspiracy within the police departmen. The case...
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