Stuart Margolin
Description
Series about an ex-con-turned-private-investigator named Jim Rockford who would rather run away than fight and would rather go fishing than work. He isn't a coward, and he isn't lazy--just a bit on the cautious side, that's all. And he bears a very strong resemblance to Western TV hero Bret Maverick. Rockford is sometimes aided (and sometimes deterred) in his cases by friends Dennis Becker (a police detective), Angel (his cowardly former cell mate)...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Jim Rockford, an ex-con pardoned for an armed robbery he didn't commit, is a private investigator specializing in closed cases. The wisecracking private-eye's approach to crime is cooler than his sleek Pontiac Firebird and more casual than his mobile home in Malibu. Filled with wry humor, chilling suspense and engaging mysteries.
6) Futureworld
Pub. Date
[2010, 1976]
Description
"Futureworld" begins where "Westworld" left off, a magnificent computerised complex where each guests' wildest fantasies are fulfilled, and robots do all the work. Two reporters feel something is not as it appears to be, and set out to investigate.
7) Futureworld
Author
Description
In this sequel to "Westworld," two reporters are invited to Futureworld, a 'Disneyesque' resort for adults, to see what changes have been made since the early model robots went haywire and killed some guests. Once there, they discover a grandiose scheme to replace the leaders of the world's most powerful nations with robot clones.
Author
Description
James Garner stars in a lighthearted tale about the vices and virtues of small-town life, based on the novel by Weldon Hill. It's 1952 in Cushing, Oklahoma, and George Adams (Garner) knows his time with the railroad has come to an end. A steam-engine expert in an industry switching to diesel, George juggles a second job with his too-busy wife, the neighborhood temptress and other distractions while he figures out what to do with the rest of his life....