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Fresh out of prison, after taking the fall for their insurance fraud scheme, Jessica has only one thing on her mind. As she masterminds her elaborate plan for justice, Jessica must come face to face with the ghosts of her past. But while some people are beyond redemption, there is only one person who can satisfy her revenge.

My name is Al. I live in wealthy people's second homes while their real owners are away. I don’t rob them, I don’t damage anything… I’m more an unofficial house-sitter than an actual criminal. Life is good. Or it was - until last night, when my friends and I broke into the wrong place, on the wrong day, and someone wound up dead. And now…now we’re in a great deal of trouble.

When I gave up life as a hitman, I thought everything was going to be better. I was going to become a PI, help people, and live normally…and then I met Jeremy, the most perfect man to have ever saved my life (I mean, he might be the only one who has saved my life, but he’s still the best at it). From that point on, it was all over for me - I knew we were meant to be. The issue is that he doesn’t…quite seem to realize that. But when he’s targeted by criminals (literally, someone just shot at his head), he needs to rely on someone, so why not me?

شخص مفقود، ولا أحد يهتم لأمر اختفائه، ولكن هذه المرة، يجرى التحقيق في اختفائه على مسمع من الجميع. لقد تنحت بيبا فيتز أموبي عن لعب دور المحقق تمامًا، وقد اشتهر برنامجها الإذاعي عن جريمة القتل التي كشفت أسرارها العام الماضي، ولكن بيبا تصر وتصمم على أنها مهما حدث، لن تعود للتحقيق في الجرائم مرة أخرى. ولكنها ستضطر إلى نقض عهدها حين يختفي شخص عزيز عليها وتقف الشرطة عاجزة أمام اختفائه، فإن كانت الشرطة تأبى التحقيق في قضية اختفائه، فإن بيبا ستفعل هي ذلك، كاشفة في طريقها المزيد من أسرار بلدتها الغامضة، ولكن هل ستتمكن من اكتشاف الحقيقة قبل فوات الأوان؟

IT manager Mia Connors runs the computer network at the gated community where she lives. It’s the perfect job for someone who loves technology and control—until a glitch in the system changes everything. Now her boss is upset, her neighbors are livid, and Mia is utterly confused. Her system never glitches, and Mia smells a rat. Or in this case, a hacker! She’s working late to find the culprit when things go from bad to AWFUL. The body of a murder victim turns up in her office, her best friend goes missing, and the handsome new head of security names Mia as his prime suspect!

With some 66 hits under his belt, Tomislav Bokšic, or Toxic, has a flawless record as hitman for the Croatian mafia in New York. That is, until he kills the wrong guy and is forced to flee the States, leaving behind the life he knows and loves. Suddenly, he finds himself on a plane hurtling toward Reykjavik disguised as American televangelist Father Friendly. With no means of escape from this island devoid of gun shops, this country with absolutely no tradition for contract killing, he is forced to come to terms with his bloody past and reevaluate his future, to tragicomic effect.

Ten years ago, Katy, a promising young journalist, left her desk and was never seen again. Someone knows what happened to her. The controlling boyfriend? The inappropriate professor? The clingy colleague? When Katy went missing, it wasn’t just her devastated mother, Grace, whose life was ruined. Now, a new documentary delving into the missing person case threatens to open old wounds. As Grace gets closer to the truth, she discovers just how far people are willing to go to keep the past hidden.

Brutalized as a young girl by a vile sexual predator, Skye Cree is a survivor. Guided by the visions of her mystical spirit guide to the whereabouts of abducted girls, she uses her unique abilities to turn her horrifying past into a positive force for justice. Fighting the demons that have haunted her for years, she trusts only in herself - until she falls hard for a man for the first time in her life.

Harry Enfield exuberantly returns as Dirk Gently, who, fallen on hard times and dressed as a gypsy woman, is using his irritatingly accurate clairvoyant powers to read palms. He is saved when a frantic client turns up with a ludicrous story about being stalked by a goblin waving a contract...