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21) Spotlight
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
The riveting true story of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe investigation that would rock the city and cause a crisis in one of the world's oldest and most trusted institutions. When the newspaper's tenacious 'Spotlight' team of reporters delve into allegations of sexual abuse of children by clergy in the Catholic Church, their year-long investigation uncovers a decades-long cover-up at the highest levels of Boston's religious, legal, and government...
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Stone cold: "Chief of Police Jesse Stone must track down a pair of serial killers and lead an investigation while trying to recover from alcoholism."-- Container.
Jesse Stone: death in paradise: "Jesse Stone is a small-town police chief whose investigation into the death of a troubled teenager leads him to suspect a prominent philanthropist and author."-- Container.
Jesse Stone: night passage: "After moving to a quaint Massachusetts town, troubled...
Series
Jesse Stone volume Thin ice
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Chief Stone juggles investigations of a kidnapped boy and the attempted murder of a Boston detective.
25) Gone baby gone
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Amanda McCready is a 4-year-old who has disappeared from her Boston home. The police make little headway in solving the case, so the girl's aunt hires Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, private detectives. They freely admit that they have little experience with this type of case, but the family wants them for two reasons: they're not cops and they know the tough neighborhood in which they all live. As the case progresses, Patrick and Angie must face...
26) Young @ Heart
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Young at Heart Chorus is based in Northampton, MA. See the final weeks of rehearsal for the group, whose average age is 81, and many of whom must overcome health adversities to participate. Their music is unexpected, going against the stereotype of their age group, performing songs that range from James Brown to Coldplay. Although the group has toured in Europe and sang for royalty, they are now focusing on preparing new songs, not an easy endeavor,...
29) 21
Description
"Inspired by the true story of MIT students who mastered the art of card counting and took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. Looking for a way to pay for tuition, Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess) finds himself quietly recruited by MIT's most gifted students in a daring plot to break Vegas. With the help of a brilliant statistics professor (Kevin Spacey) and armed with fake IDs, intelligence and a complicated system of counting cards, Ben and his...
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Ethically-challenged attorney Alan Shore settles in at a wealthy and powerful legal firm that focuses primarily on civil cases. With some help from veteran attorney Denny Crane, Shore quickly makes his mark winning cases no one would take. In doing so, he develops a rival in his colleague Brad Chase, who has been assigned to the office partly to keep an eye on the increasingly eccentric (and possibly senile) Denny Crane. Though his questionable conduct...
32) Chappaquiddick
Description
Based on historical events, this suspenseful thriller examines the infamous 1969 death of Mary Jo Kopechne, who drowned after Senator Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island, and the moral and legal complexities that play out over the following week.
"First-time screenwriters Taylor Allen and Andrew Logan's tight script sticks mostly to the well-documented facts and aftermath, and Clarke lets his Teddy live in the tricky place between...
Series
Jesse Stone volume 8
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Jesse finds himself struggling to get his job back as the Paradise police chief, and he is forced to rely on his cop intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues and hidden meaning as he attempts to solve a shocking and horrifying mob related double homicide.
Pub. Date
c2011
Description
Sea Change: Police Chief Jesse Stone's shrink recommends looking into old, unsolved cases to reduce drinking by staying busy. Of 3 cases before his time, he starts on the killing of a bank teller. He's also investigating an alleged rape.
Thin Ice: Jesse Stone and Captain Healy are shot during an unauthorized stake-out in Boston. Meanwhile, a cryptic letter sent from Paradise leads the mother of a kidnapped child to Stone. Though her son was declared...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Hundreds of threatening emails. Credit accounts hacked. Her apartment burned. A death message found inside a murder victim. Someone has it out for Detective Jane Rizzoli in Season Six, and she's consumed with finding out who. As clues keep coming and Jane is assigned a bodyguard, Boston's finest are put on the case in a race against time, until medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles disappears, victim of a possible kidnapping.
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
Stone cold: "Chief of Police Jesse Stone must track down a pair of serial killers and lead an investigation while trying to recover from alcoholism."-- Container.
Jesse Stone: death in paradise: "Jesse Stone is a small-town police chief whose investigation into the death of a troubled teenager leads him to suspect a prominent philanthropist and author."-- Container.
Jesse Stone: night passage: "After moving to a quaint Massachusetts town, troubled...
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Jesse Stone: benefit of the doubt: "When a shocking double homicide rocks the quiet town of Paradise, Stone is forced back into action. His police department nealy emptied of staff, he has to rely on his expert intuition to sort through a maze of misleading clues as he attempts to unravel the mysterious murders."-- Container.
Jesse Stone: innocents lost: "Tom Selleck returns as Paradise's anguished former Chief of Police, Jesse Stone, in his most...
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