Books Coming to Screens: September 2024

Tell Me Lies / Carola Lovering

(Season 2)

The story of a young woman’s obsession with a man who is good at being charming.

Sept 4th/ Hulu / Put on hold

The Perfect Couple / Elin Hilderbrand

When one lavish wedding ends in disaster before it can even begin – with a body discovered in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony – everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect.

Sept 5th/ Netflix / Put on hold

Sept 6th/ Theatres/ Put on hold

The Chicken Sisters / KJ Dell’Antonia.

Families feud over generational conflict between rival fried chicken restaurants Mimi’s and Frannie’s, dividing the town as loyalties are tested. Objective: resolve longstanding rift, unite community through shared love of fried chicken.

Sept 10th/ Hallmark/ Put on hold

A world in which a compulsory operation wipes out physical differences and makes everyone pretty.

Sept 13th/ Netflix/ Put on hold

The Killer’s Game / Jay Bonansinga

A veteran assassin is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness and authorizes a kill on himself. After ordering the kill, an army of former colleagues pounce and a new piece of information comes to light. Insanity ensues.

Sept 13th/ Theatres

Three Women / Lisa Taddeo

Sept 13th/ Starz/ Put on hold

The Wild Robot / Peter Brown

After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island’s animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.

Sept 20th/ Theatres/ Put on hold

The Jealousy Man / Jo Nesbø

(Kiler Heat)

Follows twin brothers who find themselves in a dangerous love triangle on an isolated Greek island. The investigation is given to “The Jealousy Man,” a wounded detective.

Sept 26th/ Amazon/ Put on hold

 

The Lives of Lee Miller /Antony Penrose

The story of photographer Elizabeth ‘Lee’ Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.

Sept 27th/ Theatres

Canyon Dreams / Michael Powell

(Rez Ball)

The Chuska Warriors, a Native American high school basketball team from New Mexico, must band together after losing their star player if they want to keep their quest for a state championship alive.

Sept 27th/ Netflix

 

Uzumaki by Junji Ito

A town of people slowly go insane over increasing obsessions with spiral shapes: patterns in the clouds, everyday objects, hair, insects, skin.