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Series
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Service
Pub. Date
2004]
Language
English
Description
"Navajo tribal cops Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) and Jim Chee (Adam Beach) delve into the netherworld of illegal archaeological excavations, purloined pots, and slain pot hunters, set against a backdrop of Navajo witches, spirits, and lore."
2) Insomnia
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Crime never sleeps and neither does the veteran LAPD homicide detective invited to Nightmute, Alaska to head a murder investigation there. He finds the investigation disrupted by an ever-shining midnight sun that wreaks sleep-depriving havoc on his body clock. As his consciousness becomes more unstable, he is nagged by a sense of personal guilt over a second crime that might just be real.
3) Skinwalkers
Series
Publisher
Carlton International/PBS DVD Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
The Navajo Tribal Police investigate the murder of a medicine man. At the crime scene is a partially completed pictograph. One clue sends a chill through a young officer: the arrow used in the killing has a tip of human bone, a sign that a Navajo spirit - a "skinwalker" - is at work.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A team of forensic investigators are on the case 24/7, scouring the scene, collecting the irrefutable evidence, and finding the missing pieces that will solve the mystery. Features 22 gripping episodes, commentary, featurettes, deleted scenes, and more.
6) Exposed
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
When a detective starts to investigate his partner's shocking death, he uncovers disturbing evidence of police corruption and a dangerous secret involving an unlikely young woman.
7) Red dragon
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
Will Graham is an FBI agent who brought Hannibal Lecter to justice; however, his confrontation with Lecter proved to be a bloody, near-death experience. Retiring from the Bureau, he moves to Florida. However, a particularly grisly killer is on the loose, and Jack, Graham's one-time mentor at the Bureau, asks him to return to duty to find him. "The Tooth Fairy" is a vicious murderer who kills entire families at once, covering the eyes of his victims...
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2003], c1994
Language
English
Description
CIA Agent Jack Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence when his mentor, Admiral James Greer becomes gravely ill. His first assignment is to investigate the murder of one of the president's friends, a prominent U.S. businessman with secret ties to Colombian drug cartels. Caught in the crossfire, Ryan takes matters into his own hands.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A local author is found murdered and unpublished novels of his -- worth millions -- were stolen from his home. While Hodges, Holly and Jerome assist the local police, they continually unearth all the ways that Brady's terror still haunts his victims and acquaintances.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The Cold Case squad is a crack team of three detectives, a forensic expert and a psychological profiler. Their job is to reopen the files on unsolved murders. In this season, a psychotic killer is the key to an investigation when a victim who survived is harassed by a copycat assailant; a deathbed confession appears to link the hanging of an East End gangster and the assassination of the jury who found him guilty; the team come up against a wall of...
13) Bones. Season 8
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012-2013
Language
English
Description
Although the team solves some of their most challenging cases yet, madman Christopher Pelant continues his murderous rampage, inching closer to Bones and Booth daily. From solving the mystery of a roller derby darling's demise to uncovering a previously unrecognized 9/11 hero to stopping a pandemic, Bones and the team make one remarkable discovery after another.
14) Alex Cross
Publisher
Summit Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Follows the young homicide detective/psychologist as he meets his match in a serial killer. The two face off in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse, but when the mission gets personal, Cross is pushed to the edge of his moral and psychological limits in this taut and exciting action thriller.
Publisher
CBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Amidst the neon lights and long shadows, dark threats continue to lurk in Sin City. Maxine Roby leads her brilliant team of Crime Scene Investigators as they use science to solve baffling cases. Catherine Willows returns to help the CSIs face off with a dealer of death who is planning to beat the odds in Las Vegas. This combined force will deploy the latest forensic techniques in order to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In a small upstate New York town, two 11-year-old girls from opposite sides of the tracks are convicted of murdering an infant and sentenced to juvenile detention facilities. But when a toddler goes missing seven years later, Detective Nancy Porter begins to suspect recently released Ronnie and Alice. As the investigation deepens, Porter may discover that the truth can hide the most shocking secrets of all. Diane Lane and Common co-star in this grim,...
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2003], c1993
Language
English
Description
The adventure of the Egyptian tomb: After an archeological dig turns deadly, Poirot must distinguish between ordinary evil and an other-worldly curse. The underdog: Hasting's passion for golf, and Poirot's for art, lead them to the scene of a baffling murder. The yellow Iris: The death of a British heiress haunts Poirot for two years before he has a chance to confront her killer.
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
From a lethal chemistry classroom to a fatal medical marijuana clinic to a deadly memorabilia convention, the evidence leads to Sin City's most twisted corners. Whatever the case, lead investigator D.B. Russell knows he can rely on the brilliance of blood-work expert Julie Finlay, and veteran investigators Nick Stokes, Sara Sidle, and Greg Sanders.
20) The raven
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012, c2011
Language
English
Description
Baltimore 1849. While investigating a horrific double murder, police detective Emmett Fields makes a startling discovery: the killer's methods mirror the twisted writings of Edgar Allan Poe. Suspecting Poe at first, Fields ultimately enlists his help to stop future attacks. But in this deadly game of cat and mouse, the stakes are raised with each gruesome slaying as the pair races to catch a madman before he brings every one of Poe's shocking stories...
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