Fast Eddie runs a pool hall. He teams up with Minnesota Fats on TV to play pool.

The film is completely different from the book; Eddie sells liquor for a living. Eddie takes Vincent under his wing to show him how to hustle pool. He later abandons Vince and tells him to go on his own.

Luke owns his own PR firm. Becky's boss is Phillip.

He is the boss at Successful Saving magazine. He is Becky's boss.

Angela and Malachy meet in New York. Angela becomes pregnant and they get married because of the coming baby.

This isn't discussed.

Lincoln Rhyme is Caucasian-American.

Lincoln Rhyme is African-American.

Sidda goes to her friend's cabin to spend some time alone and think about the Divine Secrets.

She is taken by the Ya-Ya's to an old vacation spot.

LaGuerta catches Dexter looking for Deborah at the ship yard.

Doakes catches him.

This is a self help book. There are no specific characters.

This is a romantic comedy that uses characters to tell the story.

The movie is set in Maine in the United States and features a team of American investigators

The movie is set in England and features a of team of British investigators

Bowman spends months on the ship alone, then finds another monolith near Iapetus. When Bowman approaches the monolith in pod, it pulls him in. Before he vanishes, Mission Control hears him proclaim: "The thing's hollow, it goes on forever, oh my God! It's full of stars!" Bowman is transported to an unknown star system and sees other species' spaceships going on other routes. He is brought to what appears to be a hotel room, where his mind and memories are drained from his body, and he becomes an immortal 'Star Child', that can live and travel in space. The Star Child then returns to Earth, where he detonates an orbiting nuclear warhead.

When arriving at Jupiter Bowman sees a large Monolith and leaves in an EVA pod to investigate. He is pulled into a vortex of light and ends up in a room appearing as different versions of himself at various ages. As he reaches for a small monolith in the room he is transformed into the space child and is seen observing Earth.

Matt watches as several men, including the fathers of Jed, Matt and Ardvark are lined up and executed while singing the national anthem.

They are all watching as Jed and Matt's father is taken to try and convice the boys to give up. He is using the bullhorn and is shot in the head by the North Korean General.