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1) Blue Jean
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"It's 1988 in England and a new law stigmatizing gays and lesbians forces Jean, a closeted gym teacher, to live a double life. As pressure mounts from all sides, the arrival of a new student catalyzes a crisis that will push Jean to the edge." --container.
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"When DI Rachita Ray, a British Asian policewoman new to homicide is assigned to investigate the suspected honor killing of a young Muslim man, she quickly realizes the suspects can't be guilty. The evidence against the two brothers from a British Hindu family is flimsy at best. Her attempts at conveying this to her superiors and her colleagues fall on deaf ears. Hidden biases and a keenness to wrap the case up mean no one is listening to her. That...
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"Tate goes on a rampage to avenge his loyal and trusted foot soldier's violent death. To track down the villain responsible, Tate ventures beyond his comfort zone of Essex and into the dark side of 90s Soho. He squares up against violent kingpins and negotiates his way through treacherous backstreets with sheer brutal force. Set to execute his revenge, Tate will stop at nothing even as the world around him starts to explode." --container.
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"Dr Nikki Alexander and the team of forensic pathologists and scientists at the Lyell Centre investigate intriguing new cases: a body falling from the top of a skyscraper, a people trafficking operation, a suspicious death at a festival, a train crash, and corrupt police officers. The cases that end up the Lyell Centre are rarely straightforward. Initial suspicions are challenged as the evidence mounts and Nikki and the team must work harder than...
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"An amateur detective finds herself caught up in a real-life whodunit! Miranda Green is summoned to the remote mansion of billionaire Lewis Findley along with five myterious strangers. What do they all have in common? What's become of their absent host? And who just murdered one of the guests in cold blood? Now Miranda must hunt for hidden clues, interview witnesses, and find the killer - before she becomes the next victim!" --container.
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An American family moves to England, to the infamous Canterville Chase, the ancestral home that's been haunted for 300 years by the ghost, of Sir Simon de Canterville. When Sir Simon and the family's teenage daughter Virginia start plotting together to get her family back to New York, she discovers that Sir Simon has been cursed to be bound to the estate. After she uncovers the beautiful and tragic love story of Sir Simon's beloved wife, Virginia...
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"The year is now 1954 and the sleepy Cotswold village of Kembleford sees new faces join Father Brown's team of sleuths. The dashing Chief Inspector Sullivan is back and proves a pleasant distraction for Mrs Devine, Father Brown's lively new Parish Secretary, while plucky new housekeeper Brenda helps the priest's crime solving. With royal visits, kidnappings and notorious gangsters to contend with, Father Brown also faces his old adversary Flambeau...
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"Three former detectives thought they were retired--nitl the lovely and persuasive superintendent Sandra Pullman recruited them to right the wrongs of the past. Now members of hte unsolved crimes unit of the Metropolitan Police, they reinvestigate tough cases no one else can crack. Their methods are old-fashioned, and they don't care about the rules becuase they have little to lose. Gerry Standing is thrice divorced; Brian Lane is depressed; and...
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""When Catherine discovers the remains of a gangland murder victim in a drained reservoir, it sparks a chain of events that unwittingly leads her straight back to Tommy Lee Royce. Her grandson Ryan is now 16 and still living with Catherine, but has ideas of his own about what kind of relationship he wants to have with the man Catherine refuses to acknowledge as his father. Still battling the seemingly never-ending problem of drugs in the valley and...
14) Kindling
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"Kindling follows a group of young men who return to their home town in order to turn their friend's final days into a celebration of life and friendship." --container.
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"Detective Inspector Hannah Laing and crime matriarch Dubravka Mimica are two mothers on opposite sides of the law. Both lost their sons...Hannah's son fell in love with Bianca Mimica and fled overseas while Dubravka's son is missing, presumed dead. While Dubravka seeks revenge, Hannah must finish the job her son started and expose the Mimica gang." --container.
17) Persuasion
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When Anne Elliot turned down Captain Wentworth's proposal of marriage, she allowed herself to be persuaded by her snobbish family's conviction of his unworthiness. But now, after a separation of eight years, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth are to meet again and the tables have turned. Her former lover's fortunes have prospered and he is now returned from a career at sea both eligible and affluent. Anne's father, Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall,...
18) The holdovers
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A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them a damaged, brainy troublemaker, and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
19) Mood
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"Sasha [is] a fierce and funny young woman trying to find her place in the world. Sasha dreams of a successful career as a famous recording artist, but spends her time smoking weed in her bedroom and stalking her ex on Instagram. Kicked out of the family home after another row, Sasha meets the enigmatic Carly, who introduces her to social media influencing, online sex work and escorting. Soon she's earning money, gaining online followers and has a...
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"With the Wallace family empire collapsed, the map and soul of Londong have been redrawn. The surviving Wallaces are scattered, the Dumanis broken and estranged, and ex-undercover cop Eliot is now being forced to work for the investors. The lack of order and the chaos of a power vacuum threatens the city with gangland anarchy, and the investors are looking to license a new gang to restore stability." --container
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