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Author
Series
New beginnings volume 4
Publication Date
2017
Summary
"Shay Benson adored her younger brother, Caden, and that got her into trouble. When he owed money, Shay realized she would do anything to help him avoid the men who were threatening him, and she crossed lines she never should have crossed. Now, determined to start fresh, she finds herself in search of a place to stay and wanders into a church to escape from the cold. Pastor Drew Douglas adored his wife. But when he lost her, it was all he could do...
2) Underworld
Publication Date
[2004?]
Summary
Just out of prison, Johnny Crown (Denis Leary) is running a bit late for a meeting he's been waiting seven years to attend. But first, he has a little unfinished business to take care of: hunt down every last man responsible for taking out his dad. And like everything else Johnny does, he's going to do it his way, in style. With his mysterious friend Frank Gavilan (Joe Mantegna) along for the ride, Johnny's out to uncover just who masterminded his...
4) Faster
Publication Date
[2011]
Summary
A veteran cop and an egocentric hit man, are on the trail of an ex-con who is determined to avenge the death of his brother that occurred during a bank robbery years ago.
5) In your eyes
Publication Date
2015
Summary
A romance with a supernatural twist, Rebecca, a lonely housewife in New Hampshire, suddenly discovers that she shares a strange connection with Dylan, a struggling ex-con in New Mexico; they can see through one another's eyes and experience sensations felt by the other. Though they've never met, the two share a unique, unparalleled intimacy by being in each other's heads and begin a long-distance relationship unlike any other.
Publication Date
[2018]
Summary
Recently released from prison, Beth (Julianne Nicholson) is working with her public defender (Jimmy Smits) to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth was incarcerated. Soon after, Beth forms an unlikely alliance with Jess (Emma Roberts), an idealistic young protégé of the public defense team, who decides to take on Beth's cause whether she likes it or not. Official Selection at the **SXSW Film Festival** and the...
8) The upside
Publication Date
[2019]
Summary
A recently paroled ex-convict, Dell, strikes up an unusual and unlikely friendship with a quadriplegic billionaire, Philip Lacasse, in this funny and warm-hearted buddy comedy. From worlds apart, Dell and Philip form an unlikely bond, bridging their differences and gaining invaluable wisdom in the process, giving each man a renewed sense of passion for all of life's possibilities.
9) The woodsman
Publication Date
[2005]
Summary
After twelve years in prison, a convicted sex offender struggles to regain the life he lost, while grappling with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons.
Publication Date
2014
Summary
Russell and his younger brother Rodney live in the economically depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother becomes involved with one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northeast--a mistake that will cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom or risking it all to seek justice for his brother....
11) Blindspotting
Publication Date
[2018]
Summary
Collin must make it through his final three days of probation for a chance at a new beginning. He and his troublemaking childhood best friend, Miles, work as movers, and when Collin witnesses a police shooting, the two men's friendship is tested as they grapple with identity and their changed realities in the rapidly-gentrifying neighborhood they grew up in.
12) End of sentence
Publication Date
[2020]
Summary
Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to honor his wife's last wish of spreading her ashes in a remote lake in her native Ireland and a promise of taking his estranged son, Sean, along for the trip.
13) The corrupted
Publication Date
[2020]
Summary
Ex-con Liam McDonagh wants nothing more than to live a peaceful life and to re-connect with his young son. After being released from prison, he learns his brother is caught up in a dark and dangerous web of corruption with property developer Clifford Cullen. In a drive for redemption, Liam must risk everything to save his brother and win back the trust of his family in this action-packed crime thriller.
Publication Date
[2017]
Summary
When Shadow Moon is released from prison, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday and a storm begins to brew. Little does Shadow know, this storm will change the course of his entire life. Left adrift by the recent, tragic death of his wife, and suddenly hired as Mr. Wednesday's bodyguard, Shadow finds himself in the center of a world that he struggles to understand. It's a hidden world where magic is real, where the Old Gods fear both irrelevance and...
16) Three fugitives
Publication Date
[2002?]
Summary
"Funnyman Martin Short plays an inept, klutzy bank robber who, on his first heist, grabs Nick Nolte as a hostage. Nolte plays a notorious ex-con who is trying to go straight, so naturally no one believes he's innocent nor Short guilty, forcing the mismatched pair to become reluctant partners in crime"--Container.
Publication Date
[2016]
Summary
Jimmy Rose is a career criminal newly free after twelve years in prison. Greeted with cold disdain from his wife, Jackie, Jimmy decides to stick to the terms of his parole: hold down a job and stay right in the eyes of the law. But when he finds out that his beloved granddaughter, Ellie, ran away and is now a drug addict, Jimmy will risk everything to bring her home.
18) Raising Arizona
Publication Date
1999
Summary
An ex-con and a police officer decide to get married and start a family. To their dismay, they discover that they can neither have nor adopt children. Desperate, they resort to kidnapping one of the newborn quintuplets of the wealthy Arizona family. However, their attempt at living a normal life is complicated by neurotic co-workers, two fugitives, and a mysterious bounty hunter.
19) Reindeer games
Publication Date
[2001]
Summary
Upon release from a stint in prison, Rudy impulsively decides to pose as his old cell mate Nick in order to make time with Nick's beautiful pen pal Ashley. But Rudy's ruse blows up when he realizes that Ashley was doublecrossing Nick-- and now he's inescapably part of an armed robbery plot being hatched by her evil brother.
20) Blood father
Publication Date
[2016]
Summary
Non-stop action in this dynamic thrill ride. Estranged teenage daughter is targeted by a drug cartel, ex-convict John must call upon connections from his criminal past to save his daughter's future.
