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In the glittering expanse of Hollywood's golden age, where dreams unfolded on the silver screen and illusions dazzled the masses, "Silent Shadows: Unmasking Hollywood's Noir" plunges readers into a riveting tale that transcends the boundaries of the reel and the real. The year is 1922, and the city of dreams is thrust into a noir odyssey as the murder of celebrated director William Desmond Taylor unravels a tapestry of intrigue, shadows, and unspoken...

"Nearly 10 years after 16-year-old Joan Wilson was set on fire by three other schoolgirls, journalist Alec Z. Carelli has written the definitive account of the crime, drawn from interviews with witnesses and family members, historical research and correspondence with the killers themselves, but wonders how much of the story is true"-- On a beach in a run-down seaside town on the Yorkshire coastline, sixteen-year-old Joan Wilson is set on fire by...

When boy detective Ace Wonder seeks inspiration for his next novel, he stumbles upon a family mystery of corporate espionage, scientific discovery, and murder.

The hawk of Powder River: Vivian as the Hawk is the secret leader of an outlaw gang. She wants the Chambers ranch and after Chambers is killed she sends her men to kill his daughter who is arriving on the stage. Eddie breaks it up and later foils a robbery attempt by the gang. Finding a hat at the scene, he marks it and leaves it hoping it will turn up again. Black Hills: When Hadley finds gold on his land, Kirby kills him and then goes after Hadley's...

Stranger on a train: A man jokes with a stranger about killing his wife. The stranger wants his own father dead. In theory, each could murder the other's victim. The problem is, the stranger takes the idea seriously. North by Northwest: An ad executive is mistaken for a spy by foreign agents.

The film follows a troubled security guard as he begins working at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. While spending his first night on the job, he realizes the night shift at Freddy's won't be so easy to make it through.

Starring Academy Awardʼ-winner Hilary Swank, the film follows a journalist grieving the murder of her son who forms an unlikely alliance with his pregnant girlfriend to track down the killers in the seedy world of drugs and corruption.

Wednesday is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams's years as a student at Nevermore Academy. Wednesday attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town, and solve the supernatural mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago, all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.

Screen legend Anthony Hopkins is perverse perfection in his return to the role of Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the sophisticated killer who comes out of hiding to draw FBI Special Agent Clarice Starling into a high-stakes battle that will test her strength, cunning, and loyalty. Meanwhile, the good doctor's only surviving victim plots a particularly nasty revenge.

"Do you like scary movies? Experience, for the first time in one collection, all six Scream movies, including the latest box office hit, Scream VI."--packaging.