Which novel was a 1997 thriller based on that starred an actor who played leading roles in over 50 films?
Dead Silence (1997 film) Dead Silence is a 1997 made-for-TV thriller based upon the Jeffery Deaver novel "A Maiden's Grave". The plot of the book and the film, based upon a true incident, revolved around a group of eight deaf students and their two teachers, who are captured and held hostage by three escaped felons. The TV film starred James Garner as FBI hostage negotiator John Potter, Marlee Matlin as hostage teacher Melanie Charrol and Kim Coates as hostage-taker Theodore "Ted" Handy.
Independence Day (book series) The feature film "Independence Day" has been the inspiration for a series of novels. The first three novels were originally published in the 1990s based on the 1996 release of the first film, and were republished in March 2016 as a single-volume edition ("The Complete Independence Day Omnibus").