Heat Lightning / The Head Start
HEAT LIGHTNING:
The scene is a decaying Northeast Ohio Rust Belt city, where a betrayal between a husband and wife becomes inextricably mixed with political tension and corruption ... where a dying city's young mayor struggles to find some footing amidst layoffs and plant closings-and is met with a violent rear-guard resistance from a group of far right radicals.
The large and small crimes fueling the action ultimately result in a homegrown tragedy that unfolds in lightning-burst chapters and creates a portrait of a floundering marriage and of a once prosperous city struggling under the weight of its history and uncertain future.
THE HEAD START:
Work in the South Carolina Department of Parole, Probation and Pardon Services is beginning to take its toll on Jess Talbert. She's spent the last fifteen years dealing with clients whose lives have derailed or dead-ended. So far, she's been able to keep her personal life separate from work.
But that suddenly changes when her young brother Austin runs away from home and lands in Magnolia Beach, and ends up complicating her life by running errands for a local crime boss. Austin and his new girlfriend hatch an ill-conceived plan to rip off the boss-and Jess is pulled right into the treacherous crosscurrents.
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