NCW Libraries

Lt. Frank Drebin loves a mystery. Why are we here? Is there life after sex? Yes, Drebin tackles the big issues, and the biggest of all is how to stop devious Quentin Hapsburg's plan to destroy the environment!

While on his honeymoon, an investigator is suckered into participating in a missing persons case.

Motor mechanic Dan Brady lacks funds for a heavy date with new waitress Vera, the type whose life's ambition is a fur coat; so he embezzles twenty dollars from his employer. To make up the shortage, he goes in debt for a hundred. Thereafter, every means he tries to get out of trouble only gets him deeper into crime, while everyone he meets is out for what they can get.

"What evil lurks in the hearts of men? The phrase rings true in this mysterious adventure that reprises the character of The Shadow. A businessman, nephew of the police commissioner, takes on the identity of the masked crime stopper 'The Shadow' in order to make the streets safer. While investigating a case of jewels that was removed from a coffin, a man with information falls to his death. While investigating a syndicate, The Shadow is himself the...

In 1959, affluent businessman Michael Courtland and his wife are celebrating their tenth anniversary when his daughter and wife are kidnapped and held for ransom. The effort to rescue the girl and her mother ends tragically, and Courtland merely exists, his days consumed with guilt. Many years later, still grieving over his loss, he returns to Florence, the city where he first met his wife, and he meets a young woman who bears a remarkable resemblance...

An original six-part thriller, about an obsessive and disfigured UK police detective, the drama is told in reverse.

When a blind man overhears a kidnapping plot, the only thing more difficult than foiling it is getting someone to believe him. Without the help of friends or the authorities, the man, along with his fiance, pieces together the clues of the mystery, all of which are sound.

A man falls from a mountain peak to his death. The detective in charge of the investigation, Hae-Joon, comes to meet the dead man's wife Seo-Rae. When she becomes a suspect, Hae-Joon finds himself slowly developing an interest in her.

Story of sixteen-year-old Brian whose life is entirely devoted to skateboarding; but when Brian's Vietnamese half-brother Vinh is found dead in a downtown motel room and the police declare his death suicide, Brian is certain that Vinh could not have taken his own life. Determined to uncover the truth, Brian realizes he must clean up his act to gain the respect of those adults whose help he needs.

Academy Awardʼ Nominee Ian McKellen stars as a powerful London theater critic who lures a struggling actress into a blackmail scheme with deadly consequences.