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Aloysius Archer novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
In 1949, World War II veteran and recent convict Aloysius Archer is released on parole with instructions to stay out of trouble, but when he becomes the suspect in a murder, he must track down the killer to avoid being sent back to prison.
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English
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In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett...
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"95 percent of the men and women who go to prison are eventually released. But then what? A gripping work of immersion reporting, Free shines a spotlight on the rollercoaster of re-entry: the exuberance of freedom, the rules and regulations that make you feel like you're still in prison, the often dispiriting work of looking for employment and housing, and more. Veteran reporter Lauren Kessler follows six individuals whose diverse stories paint a...
9) The innocent
Author
Pub. Date
2005
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IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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NOW THE NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES EL INOCENTE!
The bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger takes readers on an electrifying ride in this thriller that peeks behind the white picket fences of suburbia—where one mistake can change your life forever.
One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight—and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he’s an ex-con who takes nothing...
The bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama The Stranger takes readers on an electrifying ride in this thriller that peeks behind the white picket fences of suburbia—where one mistake can change your life forever.
One night, Matt Hunter innocently tried to break up a fight—and ended up a killer. Now, nine years later, he’s an ex-con who takes nothing...
10) Adopt a highway
Publisher
RLJE Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An ex-convict finds his life changing after he finds an abandoned baby in a dumpster.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Unexpectedly released from jail, Michael Hudson confronts profound changes in his Washington, D.C. home while struggling between loyalties to the person responsible for his freedom and the prison librarian who helped him develop his love of reading.
12) Life of a king
Publisher
Millennium Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After being released from prison, a repentant ex-convict starts a high school chess club to teach inner-city kids to think about their futures.
13) Furious 7
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
After the team's activities in London leave criminal mastermind Owen Shaw comatose, Shaw's brother seeks revenge against Dominic Toretto and his family, while Somalian terrorists try to steal a computer program that can turn any device into a weapon.
14) London boulevard
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Ex-con Mitchel, working as a bodyguard for a reclusive actress and trying to stay straight, finds himself crossing one of London's most vicious crime bosses who wants Mitchel to work for him.
15) Nobody's fool
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When a woman is released from prison, she reunites with her advertising executive sister who is madly in love with a mysterious man she met online.
16) Sing her down
Author
Publisher
MCD / Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When an unexpected reprieve frees them both from an Arizona women’s prison, Diosmary Sandoval’s fixation on her former cellmate Florida Baum turns into a dangerous obsession, resulting in a deadly cat-and-mouse chase from Arizona to the desolate streets of Los Angeles.
18) Lone Jack trail
Author
Series
Publisher
Mulholland Books
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Former Marine-turned-sheriff's deputy Jess Winslow and ex-con Mason Burke find themselves on opposite sides of the law when Jess investigates the suspicious death of a local celebrity in Deception Cove, Washington, and the evidence points to Mason's guilt.
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