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3) Hostage
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
When ex-LAPD officer Jeff Talley became chief of police in a sleepy town, he thought he'd left behind the traumas of his career as a big city hostage negotiator. But when a random crime escalates into a deadly standoff, Talley finds himself thrust into a situation far more volatile and terrifying than anything he could ever imagine.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A prequel to "Stone Cold" in the series of Jesse Stone novels by Robert B. Parker, the story picks up after Jesse Stone is fired from the Los Angeles Police Department. He becomes an unlikely candidate recruited by the town board of selectman to become police chief of Paradise, a small town on Boston's North Shore. The board hopes his failed experience will keep him from digging too deep into the town's secrets. Hungover on his first day on the job,...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
"Two men. One night. The police captain on the island of Puerto Rico interviews a prominent tax attorney and old friend - the witness to one of a shocking series of brutal crimes. But what begins as a cooperative conversation between peers descends into a night of intense interrogation between fierce adversaries. A hidden past. A secret life. Witness or suspect? Guilty or innocent?"--Container.
Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
For queen & country: A veteran turns vigilante when he returns home to find his neighborhood besieged with crime and corruption.
The mighty Quinn: Washington stars as Xavier Quinn, police chief of a small Caribbean island whose childhood friend, Maubee, is suspected of murdering a wealthy resort owner. Though doubtful of Maubee's guilt, a reluctant Quinn is forced by the governor to search for his elusive friend, who is in hiding. His investigation...