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After the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash 'Harrison Ford (I)' (qv) and 'Kristin Scott Thomas' (qv) find each others' keys in each others loved ones' possessions and realize that they were having an affair and must figure out all the details.
Themes: | police corruptiondeath of wifeunfaithfulnessgriefcorruptionextramarital affairdeceptioninvestigationfuneraladulterybetrayalinfidelitydeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | airplane accidentsex in carairportairplanehelicopterrestaurant |
Characters: | police detectivepolice sergeantpolicemandetectiveteenage girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | chesapeake bayvictimizationnew hampshireu.s. congressrogue copbowling alleypolitical campaignplane crashlost lovemiami floridascandaldeath of husbandelectionpursuitsuburb β¦politiciangunfightchasebased on novelgunviolencesex (See All) |
Sent from the city to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in a small Alaska town, a police detective (Pacino) accidentally shoots his own partner while trying to apprehend a suspect. Instead of admitting his guilt, the detective is given an unexpected alibi, but this "solution" only multiplies β¦the emotional complexity and guilt over his partner's death. He's also still got a murder to solve, in addition to the blackmail and framing of an innocent bystander being orchestrated by the man they were chasing. There's also a local detective (Swank) who is conducting her own personal investigation... of his partner's death. Will it all come crashing down on him? (Read More)
Themes: | investigationbetrayaldeath |
Locations: | airplanerestaurant |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectiveteenage girlmother daughter relationshippolice |
Story: | death of husbandpursuitchasegun |
1950's Los Angeles is the seedy backdrop for this intricate noir-ish tale of police corruption and Hollywood sleaze. Three very different cops are all after the truth, each in their own style: Ed Exley, the golden boy of the police force, willing to do almost anything to get ahead, except sell out; β¦Bud White, ready to break the rules to seek justice, but barely able to keep his raging violence under control; and Jack Vincennes, always looking for celebrity and a quick buck until his conscience drives him to join Exley and White down the one-way path to find the truth behind the dark world of L.A. crime. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptioncorruptionextramarital affairdeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | rogue copscandalgunfightbased on novelviolence |
Sometime in the 1970's, police officers from New York City wanted a safe haven to live, away from the dangers of the streets of New York City, this is when they established a "Cop Land" in the small New Jersey town of Garrison. Freddy Heflin who was always admired by the New York cops wanted to beco β¦me one, but because he was deaf in one ear this prevents him from achieving his goal, but has become sheriff of Garrison. Recently there have been a dark omen surrounding the NYPD, and Freddy is now investigating on this case, then Internal Affairs officer Mo Tilden is also on the case and asks Freddy for help, but Freddy could not. Now Freddy suspects that a New York City cop named Ray Donlan might be one of the many cops who is corrupted by the mob and other criminals. Now, Freddy must find a cop who is nicknamed "Superboy" who can testify against Donlan and protect him, before Donlan finds Superboy and kills him. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptionunfaithfulnesscorruptionextramarital affairinvestigationfuneraladulteryinfidelitydeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | death of husbandpursuitsuburbgunfightchasegunviolence |
A family of police officers - patriarch, two sons, and a son-in-law - deals with corruption in a precinct in Washington Heights. Four officers die in an ambush at a drug dealer's apartment. It's brother Francis's precinct, so when the investigation led by brother Ray finds hints of police corruption β¦, there's pressure to close ranks and save Frankie's career. Dad, a police brass, promises Ray that he and Frankie can clean things up, and Ray should focus on catching the drug dealer who killed the cops. Meanwhile, brother-in-law Jimmy, a hothead and an enforcer, is visited at home by a lowlife. Is Jimmy involved in the corruption? Where can this take the family? (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptiongriefcorruptioninvestigationfuneraldeath |
Characters: | policemandetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | rogue copdeath of husbandviolencegun |
In the US-government's special ops, Scott is a shooter, not a planner, doing the job without regard to quaint or obsolete convention. When a Harvard undergrad goes missing (the daughter of a US leader), it's Scott who applies the pressure, first to her boyfriend, then to a madam whose cathouse is th β¦e initial stop en route to a white slavery auction in Dubai. The abductors may not know the girl's identity, but once they figure it out, she's doomed. Deadly double crosses force Scott to become a planner. Through it all, earnest TV newscasters read the drivel they're handed. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnesscorruptionextramarital affairdeceptioninvestigationfuneraladulterybetrayalinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | airportairplanehelicopterrestaurant |
Characters: | mother daughter relationship |
Story: | electionpursuitpoliticiangunfightchaseviolencegun |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al β¦ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptiondeath of wifeunfaithfulnessgriefcorruptionextramarital affairinvestigationadulteryinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | airportrestaurant |
Characters: | policemandetectivemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | pursuitchasebased on novelgunviolence |
Four adopted brothers come to avenge their mother's death in what appears to be a random killing in a grocery store robbery. However, the boys' investigation of the death reveals more nefarious activities involving the one brother's business dealings with a notorious local hoodlum. Two cops who are β¦trying to solve the case may also not be what they seem. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptiongriefinvestigationfuneraldeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | helicopterrestaurant |
Characters: | police detectivepolice |
Story: | gunfightchaseviolence |
In New York City, detective Billy Taggart goes to court for the murder of the rapist Mikey Tavarez, but the Mayor Nicholas Hostetler and the Chief of Police Carl Fairbanks vanish with important evidence and Billy is declared not guilty by the judge; however, he leaves the police department. Seven ye β¦ars later, Billy is a private detective and lives with his girlfriend Natalie Barrow, who is an aspiring actress and the sister of Mikey's victim. His secretary Katy Bradshaw (Alona Tal) is trying to collect part of the debts to save their business. In the week of the elections, Hostetler summons Billy and offers $25,000 to investigate his wife, Cathleen Hostetler, whom he believes is having a love affair. Billy discovers that Cathleen is meeting Paul Andrews, who is the coordinator of the campaign of Jack Valliant, the opponent of Hostetler and favorite in the election. When Paul is found dead on the street, Billy finds that he had been double-crossed by Hostetler and he decides to investigate the truth behind Paul's murder. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptionextramarital affairdeceptioninvestigationbetrayalinfidelitydeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | political campaignelectionpoliticiangunfightviolence |
Hunters and their prey--Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Lt. Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery/Homicide police division. A botched job puts Hanna onto their trail while they regroup and t β¦ry to put together one last big 'retirement' score. Neil and Vincent are similar in many ways, including their troubled personal lives. At a crucial moment in his life, Neil disobeys the dictum taught to him long ago by his criminal mentor--'Never have anything in your life that you can't walk out on in thirty seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner'--as he falls in love. Thus the stage is set for the suspenseful ending.... (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulterybetrayalinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | airportairplanerestaurant |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectiveteenage girlhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | pursuitgunfightchaseviolencegun |
In Monroe, Tennessee, Hank Deerfield, an aging warrior, gets a call that his son, just back from 18 months' fighting in Iraq, is missing from his base. Hank drives to Fort Rudd, New Mexico, to search. Within a day, the charred and dismembered body of his son is found on the outskirts of town. Deerfi β¦eld pushes himself into the investigation, marked by jurisdictional antagonism between the Army and local police. Working mostly with a new detective, Emily Sanders, Hank seems to close in on what happened. Major smuggling? A drug deal gone awry? Credit card slips, some photographs, and video clips from Iraq may hold the key. If Hank gets to the truth, what will it tell him? (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifegriefinvestigationdeath |
Locations: | airportrestaurant |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectivemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | pursuitchasegun |
Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year's high school student election. But school civics teacher Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly to satisfy some deep personal anger toward Tracy, Jim talks popular varsity football player Paul Me β¦tzler to run for president as well. Chaos ensues. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnesscorruptionextramarital affairadulterybetrayalinfidelity |
Characters: | teenage girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | political campaignelectionbased on novel |
JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ens β¦uing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptionextramarital affairdeceptioninvestigationadulterybetrayaldeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | scandalviolence |
William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, β¦ and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed. (Read More)
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | airportairplanerestaurant |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | rogue coppursuitgunfightchasebased on novel |
At the offices of a Japanese corporation, during a party, a woman, who's evidently a professional mistress, is found dead, apparently after some rough sex. A police detective, Web Smith is called in to investigate but before getting there, he gets a call from someone who instructs him to pick up Joh β¦n Connor, a former police Captain and expert on Japanese affairs. When they arrive there Web thinks that everything is obvious but Connor tells him that there's a lot more going on. (Read More)
Themes: | extramarital affairinvestigationinfidelity |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | gunfightbased on novelsexviolence |
Needing extra cash, two brothers conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no violence, no problem. But when an accomplice ignores the rules and crosses the line, his actions trigger a series of events in which no one is left unscathed.
Themes: | death of wifeunfaithfulnessextramarital affairfuneraladulterybetrayalinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | police detectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | death of husbandsuburbgunviolence |
An unremarkable ghost-writer has landed a lucrative contract to redact the memoirs of Adam Lang, the former UK Prime Minister. After dominating British politics for years, Lang has retired with his wife to the USA. He lives on an island, in luxurious, isolated premises complete with a security detai β¦l and a secretarial staff. Soon, Adam Lang gets embroiled in a major scandal with international ramifications that reveals how far he was ready to go in order to nurture UK's "special relationship" with the USA. But before this controversy has started, before even he has closed the deal with the publisher, the ghost-writer gets unmistakable signs that the turgid draft he is tasked to put into shape inexplicably constitutes highly sensitive material. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairinvestigationadulteryinfidelitydeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | airportairplanehelicopterrestaurant |
Characters: | husband wife relationship |
Story: | scandalpursuitpoliticianchasebased on novelgun |
Anna is a young widow who is finally getting on with her life after the death of her husband, Sean. Now engaged to be married, Anna meets a ten-year-old boy who tells her he is Sean reincarnated. Though his story is both unsettling and absurd, Anna can't get the boy out of her mind. And much to the β¦concern of her fiance, her increased contact with him leads her to question the choices she has made in her life. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessgriefextramarital affairfuneraladulterybetrayalinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | policemanmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | death of husbandsex |
Orin Boyd (Seagal) is a Detroit cop who doesn't follow rules. After he saved the Vice President by violating every order he received he is transferred to one of the worst precincts in the city. There he quickly encounters some corrupt cops selling heroin to drug dealers. The problem is, it's very di β¦fficult to tell who is the bad guy and who you can trust. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptioncorruptiondeceptioninvestigationbetrayaldeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | helicopterrestaurant |
Characters: | police detectivepolice sergeantdetectivepolice |
Story: | gunfightchasebased on novelviolence |
Jack Mosley, a burnt-out detective, is assigned the unenviable task of transporting a fast-talking convict from jail to a courthouse 16 blocks away. However, along the way he learns that the man is supposed to testify against Mosley's colleagues, and the entire NYPD wants him dead. Mosley must choos β¦e between loyalty to his colleagues and protecting the witness, and never has such a short distance seemed so long... (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptiondeceptiondeath |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectivepolice |
Story: | rogue coppursuitgunfightchaseviolencegun |
Finding himself in considerable debt, Chris, a Texan drug dealer, decides the only solution is to murder his mother to collect the insurance money. Getting together with his father, the ex-husband of Chris' mother, they decide to hire Joe Cooper (a contract killer) who also happens to be a police de β¦tective. The plan is that the money will go to Chris' sister Dottie. However due to the size of the contract fee, Chris agrees that Joe can take Dottie as a retainer until the insurance comes through. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairfuneraladulteryinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectiveteenage girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | pursuitchasegunsexviolence |
Marcus Burnett is a hen-pecked family man. Mike Lowry is a foot-loose and fancy free ladies' man. Both are Miami policemen, and both have 72 hours to reclaim a consignment of drugs stolen from under their station's nose. To complicate matters, in order to get the assistance of the sole witness to a β¦murder, they have to pretend to be each other. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptiondeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | airporthelicopter |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | miami floridagunfightchaseviolencegun |
In a remote area of Northern Kenya, activist Tessa Quayle is found brutally murdered. Tessa's companion, a doctor, appears to have fled the scene, and the evidence points to a crime of passion. Members of the British High Commission in Nairobi assume that Tessa's widower, their mild-mannered and una β¦mbitious colleague Justin Quayle, will leave the matter to them. They could not be more wrong. Haunted by remorse and jarred by rumors of his late wife's infidelities, Quayle surprises everyone by embarking on a personal odyssey that will take him across three continents. Using his privileged access to diplomatic secrets, he will risk his own life, stopping at nothing to uncover and expose the truth - a conspiracy more far-reaching and deadly than Quayle could ever have imagined. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifecorruptioninvestigationfuneraldeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | airportairplanerestaurant |
Characters: | policemanteenage girlhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | scandalchasebased on novelviolencegun |
In Los Angeles, a city where streets are overrun by drug dealers, those who have sworn to uphold the law are breaking them to clean up the streets. Denzel Washington plays L.A.P.D. detective Alonzo Harris, a veteran narcotics officer whose methods of enforcing the law are questionable, if not corrup β¦t. 'Training Day' follows Harris as he trains rookie Jake Hoyt over a 24-hour period. Ethical dilemmas arise for Hoyt as well as the audience as questions present themselves as to whether or not Harris' methodology for ridding the streets of South Central Los Angeles of drugs is right or wrong. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptiondeceptioninvestigationbetrayaldeath |
Locations: | helicopterrestaurant |
Characters: | policemandetectiveteenage girlhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | scandalgunfightchasegunviolence |
Thomas Craven is a detective who has spent years working the streets of Boston. When his own daughter is killed outside his own home, Craven soon realizes that her death is only one piece of an intriguing puzzle filled with corruption and conspiracy, and it falls to him to discover who is behind the β¦ crime. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptiondeceptioninvestigationbetrayaldeath |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetective |
Story: | violencegun |
Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. And to stop the rest of his team looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford. He is paired with Danny Butterman, who endlessly questions him on the action lifestyle. Everything seems quiet for Angel, until two actors are found deca β¦pitated. It is called an accident, but Angel isn't going to accept that, especially when more and more people turn up dead. Angel and Danny clash with everyone, whilst trying to uncover the truth behind the mystery of the apparent "accidents". (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptionunfaithfulnessextramarital affairinvestigationadulteryinfidelitydeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | helicopter |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | gunfightchaseviolencegun |
San Francisco Police Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan and his new partner, Early Smith have been temporarily reassigned from Homicide to Stakeout Duty. You Meanwhile, those of the city's criminals who manage to avoid punishment by the courts are nevertheless being killed by unknown assassins. Callah β¦an begins to investigate the murders despite orders from his superior officer, Lieutenant Briggs. A man has to know his limitations... (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptioncorruptioninvestigationbetrayaldeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | airporthelicopter |
Characters: | detectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | rogue coppursuitgunfightchasebased on novelviolence |
A "story inside a story," in which the first part follows a woman named Susan who receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, a man whom she left 20 years earlier, asking for her opinion. The second element follows the actual manuscript, called "Nocturnal Animals," which revolves around a man wh β¦ose family vacation turns violent and deadly. It also continues to follow the story of Susan, who finds herself recalling her first marriage and confronting some dark truths about herself. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifegriefextramarital affairdeceptioninfidelitydeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | police detectivedetectiveteenage girlmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | based on novelviolencegun |
In TRIPLE 9, a crew of dirty cops are blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist. The only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for "officer down". Their plan is turned upside down when the unsuspecting rookie they set up to die foils the attack, trigge β¦ring a breakneck, action-packed finale filled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptioncorruptiondeceptioninvestigationbetrayaldeath |
Locations: | airplanehelicopterrestaurant |
Characters: | police detectivepolice sergeantdetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | gunfightchaseviolence |
On April 15, 2013 Boston, Massachusetts, Police Sgt, Tommy Saunders is pulling security duty on the annual Boston Marathon when the Tsarnaev brothers strike with their homemade bombs in an act of terrorism. In the resulting chaos as the wounded are cared for, Saunders and his comrades join forces wi β¦th the FBI to get to the bottom of this attack. As the investigation continues, the Tsarnaev brothers realize that the authorities are close to identifying them and attempt to flee the city to continue their fanatical mayhem. To stop them, a police manhunt is performed that would have bloody confrontations and a massive dragnet shutting down the City of Boston to make sure there is no escape from the law. (Read More)
Themes: | deceptioninvestigationfuneraldeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | helicopterrestaurant |
Characters: | police detectivepolice sergeantpolicemandetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | gunfightchaseviolencegun |
In the midst of an elaborate conspiracy, an expert negotiator is driven to the edge when he's framed for the murder of his partner, as well as embezzling money from his department's pension fund. His only chance to prove his innocence is to take hostages himself, acquire the services of another expe β¦rt negotiator, and find out who's running the conspiracy before it's too late. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptioncorruptiondeceptionfuneralbetrayaldeath |
Locations: | helicopter |
Characters: | policemanhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | gunfightviolencegun |
A mysterious and mythical motorcycle racer, Luke, (Ryan Gosling) drives out of a traveling carnival globe of death and whizzes through the backstreets of Schenectady, New York, desperately trying to connect with a former lover, Romina, (Eva Mendes) who recently and secretly gave birth to the stunt r β¦ider's son. In an attempt to provide for his new family, Luke quits the carnival life and commits a series of bank robberies aided by his superior riding ability. The stakes rise as Luke is put on a collision course with an ambitious police officer, Avery Cross, (Bradley Cooper) looking to quickly move up the ranks in a police department riddled with corruption. The sweeping drama unfolds over fifteen years as the sins of the past haunt the present days lives of two high school boys wrestling with the legacy they've inherited. The only refuge is found in the place beyond the pines. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptioncorruptioninvestigationfuneraldeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemanhusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | electionpursuitchasegunviolence |
A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children. A lawyer visits the victims' parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up the their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its ang β¦er and cannot let go. All but one young girl, left in a wheelchair after the accident, who finds the courage to lead the way toward healing. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifeunfaithfulnessgriefextramarital affairdeceptioninvestigationadulterybetrayalinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | airportairplane |
Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | based on novelsex |
Dr. Alex Cross is on his last police duty to track down an assassin called Picasso, who's been torturing and killing rich businessmen in Detroit. Soon when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits to end this once and for all.
Themes: | death of wifegriefdeceptionfuneralbetrayaldeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivemother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | chasebased on novelviolence |
Michael Mason, a pick-pocket living in Paris steals a bag with a teddy bear in it. Not realizing the toy contains a timed bomb, he tosses it aside on a busy street. A few seconds later it explodes, killing four people. CCTV footage reveals Masons face and the French police tag him as a terrorist thr β¦eat. The explosion, although botched, was set up by a select group of the French Interior Ministry as a decoy so they can make a half billion dollar digital transfer from a bank, (closed on French National Day) -hence the title Bastille Day. In a separate CIA investigation the unruly agent Sean Briar, discovers the real story behind Masons "terrorist attack". The two men, on different sides of the law, collaborate to bring the corrupt members of the Ministry down. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptioncorruptiondeceptioninvestigationbetrayaldeath |
Locations: | helicopterrestaurant |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | rogue copgunfightchaseviolence |
Based on the novel by David Baldacci, Absolute Power is about the ruthlessness of people in power. The President believes that everything he does is beyond reproach, including an affair or two. That leads to murder and everyone around him is involved. There is only one witness, a thief named Luther β¦Whitney. They are sure he'll talk, but when? The Secret Service is determined to keep him quiet, but catching a thief isn't always easy. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifecorruptionextramarital affairdeceptioninvestigationadulterybetrayaldeath |
Locations: | airport |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice |
Story: | chasebased on novelsexviolence |
The husband of aviation engineer Kyle Pratt has just died in Berlin. Now she is flying back to New York with his coffin and their six-year-old daughter Julia. Three hours into the flight Kyle awakens to find that Julia is gone! It's a big double-decker plane, so very concerned mother has a lot of te β¦rritory to cover in order to find her daughter. But as Kyle fights to discern the truth, she takes matters into her own hands. (Read More)
Themes: | griefdeath |
Locations: | airplane accidentairportairplanehelicopter |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemanmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | death of husbandchasegun |
In Seattle, detective Quentin Conners is unfairly suspended and his partner Jason York leaves the police force after a tragic shooting on Pearl Street Bridge, when the hostage and the criminal die. During a bank heist with a hostage situation, Conners is assigned in charge of the operation with the β¦rookie Shane Dekker as his partner. The thieves, lead by Lorenz, apparently do not steal a penny from the bank. While chasing the gangsters, the police team disclose that they planted a virus in the system, stealing one billion dollars from the different accounts, using the principle of the Chaos Theory. Further, they find that Lorenz is killing his accomplices. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptioninvestigationdeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | airportairplane |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectivepolice |
Story: | gunfightviolence |
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | airplane accidentairportairplane |
Characters: | mother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationship |
Story: | suburbbased on novel |
Escalating events begin when U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state, spoken in a rare dialect few people other than Silvia can understand. With the words "The Teacher will never leave this room alive," in an instant, Silvia's lif β¦e is turned upside down as she becomes a hunted target of the killers. Placed under the protection of federal agent Tobin Keller, Silvia's world only grows more nightmarish. As Keller digs deeper into his eyewitnesses' past and her secretive world of global connections, the more suspicious he becomes that she herself might be involved in the conspiracy. With every step of the way, he finds more reasons to mistrust her. Is Sylvia a victim? A suspect? Or something else entirely? And can Tobin, coping with his own personal heartache, keep her safe? Though they must depend on one another, Silvia and Tobin couldn't be more different. Silvia's strengths are words, diplomacy and the subtleties of meaning, while Tobin is all about instinct, action and reading into the most primal human behaviors. Now, as the danger of a major assassination on U.S. soil grows and Silvia's life hangs in the balance, Silvia and Tobin play out a gripping dance of evasion and revelation that keeps them both guessing as they race to stop a terrifying international crisis before it's too late. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifeunfaithfulnessgriefextramarital affairinvestigationadulteryinfidelitydeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | airportairplanehelicopter |
Characters: | policemanpolice |
Story: | pursuitchasebased on novelgunviolence |
Muriel finds life in Porpoise Spit, Australia dull and spends her days alone in her room listening to Abba music and dreaming of her wedding day. Slight problem, Muriel has never had a date. Then she steals some money to go on a tropical vacation, meets a wacky friend, changes her name to Mariel, an β¦d turns her world upside down. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifeunfaithfulnesscorruptionextramarital affairfuneraladulterybetrayalinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | policemanmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | politiciansex |
John "Scottie" Ferguson is a retired San Francisco police detective who suffers from acrophobia and Madeleine is the lady who leads him to high places. A wealthy shipbuilder who is an acquaintance from college days approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful wife, Madeleine. He fears she β¦ is going insane, maybe even contemplating suicide, he believes she is possessed by a dead ancestor. Scottie is skeptical, but agrees after he sees the beautiful Madeleine. (Read More)
Themes: | deceptionadulterybetrayaldeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | lost lovebased on novel |
Charles is worn down by his home life where he and his wife struggle to cope with the demands of their daughter's illness and his job. When he meets Lucinda on the train to work in Chicago, there is an immediate spark between them. Soon they are doing lunch; dinner and drinks follow. This leads to a β¦n adulterous rendezvous in a hotel. However, no sooner have they torn each other's clothes off than their room is invaded by a thief who beats Charles and rapes Lucinda. Because of the illicit nature of their relationship, Charles agrees with Lucinda who is reluctant to go to the police and soon finds he is powerless to resist the demands of the thief. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdeceptioninvestigationadulteryinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemanmother daughter relationshiphusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | based on novelgunviolence |
Based upon a real-life story that happened in the early seventies in which the Chase Manhattan Bank in Gravesend, Brooklyn, was held siege by a bank robber determined to steal enough money for his male lover to undergo a sex change operation. On a hot summer afternoon, the First Savings Bank of Broo β¦klyn is held up by Sonny and Sal, two down-and-out characters. Although the bank manager and female tellers agree not to interfere with the robbery, Sonny finds that there's actually nothing much to steal, as most of the cash has been picked up for the day. Sonny then gets an unexpected phone call from Police Captain Moretti, who tells him the place is surrounded by the city's entire police force. Having few options under the circumstances, Sonny nervously bargains with Moretti, demanding safe escort to the airport and a plane out of the country in return for the bank employees' safety. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairadulteryinfidelity |
Locations: | airportairplanehelicopter |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | gunsex |
Georgiana Spencer became Duchess of Devonshire on her marriage to the Duke in 1774, at the height of the Georgian period, a period of fashion, decadence, and political change. Spirited and adored by the public at large she quickly found her marriage to be a disappointment, defined by her duty to pro β¦duce a male heir and the Duke's philandering and callous indifference to her. She befriends Lady Bess but finds she is once again betrayed by her husband who wields his power with the three eventually living uncomfortably together. Against this background, and with the pressures of an unfaithful husband, strict social pressures and constant public scrutiny, Georgiana falls passionately in love with Charles Grey, a rising young Whig politician. However, despite his ongoing liaison with Lady Bess, the Duke refuses to allow her to continue the affair and threatens to take her children from her. (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnessextramarital affairdeceptionadulteryinfidelitydeath |
Characters: | mother daughter relationship |
Story: | political campaignscandalelectionpoliticiansex |
A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to β¦ prison, Kimble's transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble takes up his own investigation to find who really killed his wife, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well. (Read More)
Themes: | death of wifecorruptiondeceptioninvestigationbetrayalinfidelitydeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | helicopter |
Characters: | police detectivehusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | gunfightchase |
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murde β¦red. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan... (Read More)
Themes: | unfaithfulnesscorruptionextramarital affairdeceptioninvestigationfuneraladulteryinfidelitydeath |
Locations: | airplanerestaurant |
Characters: | detectivehusband wife relationship |
Story: | chasebased on novelviolence |
Tom Farrell is a navy officer who gets posted at the Pentagon and is to report to the secretary of defense David Brice. He starts an affair with Susan Atwell not knowing that she is Brice's mistress. When Susan is found dead, Tom is assigned to the case of finding the killer who is believed to be a β¦KGB mole! Tom could soon become a suspect when a Polaroid negative of him was found at Susan's place. He now has only a few hours to find the killer before the computer regenerates the photo. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptionextramarital affairdeceptioninvestigationadulteryinfidelitydeath |
Mood: | car chase |
Locations: | airportrestaurant |
Story: | politicianchasebased on novelviolencegun |
After Katrina, police sergeant Terence McDonagh rescues a prisoner, hurts his back in the process and earns a promotion to lieutenant plus an addiction to cocaine and painkillers. Six months later, a family is murdered over drugs; Terence runs the investigation. His drug-using prostitute girlfriend, β¦ his alcoholic father's dog, run-ins with two old women and a well-connected john, gambling losses, a nervous young witness, and thefts of police property put Terence's job and then his life in danger. He starts seeing things. He wants a big score to get out from under mounting debts, so he joins forces with drug dealers. The murders remain unsolved. A bad lieutenant gets worse. (Read More)
Themes: | police corruptioncorruptioninvestigationfuneraldeath |
Locations: | restaurant |
Characters: | police detectivepolice sergeanthusband wife relationshippolice |
Story: | violence |
After being caught in a scandalous situation days before the election, the president does not seem to have much of a chance of being re-elected. One of his advisers contacts a top Hollywood producer in order to manufacture a war in Albania that the president can heroically end, all through mass medi β¦a. (Read More)
Themes: | corruptiondeath |
Locations: | airplane accident |
Story: | political campaignplane crashscandalelectionbased on novel |