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1) From hell
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
In 1888 London's Whitechapel slums, poor women like Mary Kelly and her friends walk the streets for a living. When the streetwalkers begin to be murdered one by one, it attracts the attention of Inspector Abberline, who takes a personal interest in the case, and Mary Kelly. Now he must use his psychic abilities to stop the most notorious serial killer in history -- Jack the Ripper -- before Mary is killed.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where Mr. Todd becomes the Demon of Fleet Street. Mrs. Lovett is Sweeney's...
3) Blitz
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers. A fast-paced thriller set in contemporary London reflects the challenges faced by a group of police officers working in a modern, multicultural society.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison is assigned the case of a prostitute murdered by a serial killer, a first-ever for a female DCI. Immendiately she comes up against a blue wall of resistance, gradually uncovering secerets that muddy the case.--Container
5) From hell
Language
English
Description
In 1888 London's Whitechapel slums, poor women like Mary Kelly and her friends walk the streets for a living. When the streetwalkers begin to be murdered one by one, it attracts the attention of Inspector Abberline, who takes a personal interest in the case, and Mary Kelly. Now he must use his psychic abilities to stop the most notorious serial killer in history--Jack the Ripper--before Mary is killed.
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
On her first day on the job, rookie detective Anna Travis throws up at a crime scene and faints at a postmortem. Does she have what it takes to succeed in what's still mostly a man's world? Above Suspicion: For eight years, someone has been murdering women, following the same brutal ritual each time. The Red Dahlia: A young woman's body is found by the Thames, horribly mutilated and drained of blood.
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Maverick police detective Dave Creegan is back on the job as a member of London's Organized and Serial Crime Unit (OSC), an elite, rapid-response crime squad. The OSC uses their diverse crime-fighting skills to bring justice to society. Along with his stalwart partner D.I. Susan Taylor, Creegan squares off against some of England's most dangerous criminals.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When the brutal murder of a famous young actress brings DI Anna Travis face-to-face with her old boss, DCS James Langton, the two must find a killer and deal with their own sexually charged relationship. She's determined to get ahead; he's angry about being passed over for promotion and obsessed with finding the person on his team who betrayed him. Meanwhile, there are too many suspects, and the body count is rising.
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Lost boys: Creegan races against time to find three recently abducted young boys. Despite Taylor's reservations, he zeroes in on a suspect who leaves a distinctive calling card at the scenes of the crime. But when the man appears likely to walk free, Creegan decides to take matters into his own hands.
To death and back: The death of three hospital patients in one night from drug overdoses suggests euthanasia. But these are not simply mercy killings....
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Pupil of murder: A journalist is getting messages from a psychopathic killer who has been targeting young women. The OSC team tracks the murderer down, trying to save his next victim in time. But Taylor realizes too late just how close the danger is.
Caregiver: Haunted by the atrocities he witnessed in Bosnia, an ex-soldier is systematically wiping out his memories of the conflict by killing those who served with him. The OSC team must hunt him down...
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Creegan investigates a series of gruesome, ritualized murders in the north of England. He suspects that even though the victims were all women, the real targets were their husbands, each of whom visits a local grief counselor.
A trail of burned corpses leaves in its wake a number of urgent questions for Creegan and Taylor: What links the victims? Where is the killer likely to strike next? And why might the killer consider Creegan a legitimate target?...
Series
Criterion collection volume 885
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
None
Formats
Description
"With his third feature film, The Lodger: a Story of the London Fog, Alfred Hitchcock took a major step toward greatness and made what he would come to consider his true directorial debut. This haunting silent thriller tells the tale of a mysterious young man (matinee idol Ivor Novello) who takes up residence at a London boardinghouse just as a killer known as the Avenger descends upon the city, preying on blonde women. The film is animated by the...
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