Mystery and Thriller Books That Should Be Movies
13 Thrillers That Should Be Movies (If Not Just So We Can Claim the Book Was Better)
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Ian Smith's debut novel The Ancient Nine is set in the Fall of 1988 at Harvard University. Spenser Collins is a sophomore, and working hard to achieve his goals. Poor, Black, and raised by a single mother, he's an unlikely candidate for the Ivy League, and he's looking to prove to himself and classmates that he does belong.
One fateful day, Spenser is "punched" to an exclusive secret society, along with his friend, Harvard legacy student Dalton Winthrop. The Delphic Club is an all-male club founded in the nineteenth century, but there's an even more exclusive club within the club. When Dalton mentions "The Ancient Nine," Spenser begins to unravel some of Delphic's darkest and oldest secrets.
If The Skulls can be a movie, let us revel in a far-more sophisticated adaptation of The Ancient Nine.