The Breaker - series. Books 1 - 3:

 

The Breaker

ISBN: 9781656281517

Description:

How do you know the one you love won’t hurt you?

Or even try to kill you?
In many cases … you don’t.

How do we choose our path and purpose in life?

What makes us who we are?
When Seth Egan starts working as a private detective, he knows he’ll make enemies.
It goes with the territory.
As Seth works on a murder case and hunts down the killers, he becomes the target.
Some people have no conscience, shame, empathy, or remorse.
To get their own way, to get what they want, to take everything, they will do anything.
Even murder.
In the end, they will drag you down to hell with them.
Sometimes, our enemies are those closest to us.

Amazon link:

https://t.co/eKFZ03giKR?amp=1

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Bad Blood

ISBN: 9798682203192

Description:

No one is paying Seth Egan for his latest case.

He keeps this one unofficial.

Pro bono publico.

Off the books.

For him, this one is personal.

A matter of bad blood.

A woman with a grudge of her own leads Seth to a place where people vanish without trace.

Money is the motive.

Greed is the motivator.

Scores that can only be settled in blood.

A dark underworld of illegal gambling, prostitution, drugs, violence and murder.

Amazon link:

 

https://t.co/e0XiS8crAr?amp=1

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Mall Maze

ISBN: 9798729917235

Description:

Friday the 13th.

Unlucky for many.

What should have been a routine adultery case ends with Seth Egan fighting for his life.

Cut off from the world.

With no way to call for help.

Trapped in a place where the walls are coming down around him.

Seth is running out of places to hide.

As chaos reigns and the city burns … the hunters close in.

Amazon link:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09244XVYW/

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Themes:

Abuse by proxy, Adultery, C-PTSD, crime, detective, domestic abuse, enabler, flying monkey, gaslighting, hardboiled, heist, infidelity, murder, narcissism, narcissist, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, personality disorder, psychopath, sociopath, suspense, thriller, vigilante, violence.

Books available in hardcover, paperback and Kindle.

A percentage from sales of my books is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

What’s On?

What’s On?

A Guide to Movies and TV Shows

Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9798342696098

Paperback

ISBN-13: 9798341177307

Kindle

ASIN: B0DJTZ8T58

Back cover description:

What’s On? … is the timeless question we have all asked ourselves almost every day of our lives, as we reach for the remote control and settle in front of the TV screen.

Jack Kost, a life-long movie buff and coffee addict, offers his choice of favorite movie and television masterpieces.

Providing possible answers to the question of What’s On? with over 1,900 titles, from golden oldies and timeless classics, to more recent releases, all meticulously logged and summarized.

An invaluable and collectable go-to source for discovering new favorites and revisiting old ones.

Perfect for film enthusiasts and casual viewers alike, this guide will spark conversations, bring back memories, and help you navigate the ever-evolving world of screen entertainment.

A wealth of recommendations and insights from a passionate movie buff to enrich your viewing experience, complete with personal reminiscences and nostalgic reflections, told with a world-wise critical eye, sardonic dry wit, a healthy dose of cynicism, biting observations, and a well-founded rant here and there.

Just don’t challenge or get him started on his personal favorites, like The Shining, Point Blank, Jaws, The Exorcist, The Duellists, Romeo Is Bleeding, or The Ninth Configuration. His opinions on these and other iconic titles are as intense and unyielding as the movies themselves.

All compiled by an author who not only watched the movies, but also read the books on which they were based, did his research, drank a lot of coffee in the process, and advocates for the importance and value of reading.

A glimpse into the over-caffeinated mind of a writer with a passion for great stories.

What’s On? is a celebration of the intersection between page and screen, and a reminder that great on-screen adaptations often start with a great book and a strong cup of coffee.

Kick back, grab your coffee, and enjoy the show!

As author Jack Kost says:

“Happy viewing … and do yourself a favor … read the books.”

Slipped Masks:

Slipped Masks

ISBN: 9781719330640

Description:

I can’t call you because if he hears me talking on the phone he’ll hit me again. He scares me. I know sooner or later he’s going to kill me. I’ll text you again when I can. I love you, Casey. I’ll spend the rest of our lives proving to you how much I love you. Please come. Please save me …

With only text messages to guide him, Casey Byrne is on the hunt, racing across five states to save his ex-girlfriend, Madison.

Casey loves Madison deeply and wants desperately to save her life and rekindle their relationship.

But the closer he gets to her, the more surreal his journey becomes as the dead bodies pile up in his wake.

Clinical Lycanthropy: the delusion that a human can physically transform into a wolf.

If you were insane, would you know it?

How would you see the world if you were convinced you could transform into a wolf?

The hunter … and the hunted.

Slipped Masks is a dark neo-noir thriller about how the need for love and companionship becomes twisted into obsession, possession, jealousy, violence and murder.

A horrifying portrait of Clinical Lycanthropy.

Amazon link:

https://t.co/2Gwb135V3m

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Themes:

Sociopathy, narcissistic abuse, personality disorder, Clinical Lycanthropy, crime, murder.

Book available in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle.

A percentage from sales of this book is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

Work in progress:

My next books are Triangulation and Stinger.

Books 4 and 5 in The Breaker series.

Set in the year 2001, the story continues from Mall Maze.

Themes:

Crime, detective, hardboiled, heist, murder, narcissism, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, psychopath, sociopath, thriller, vigilante.

 

A percentage from book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.

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The Breaker is an on-going series.

I’m outlining other stand-alone thriller novels.

Several coffee table books on my photography and my wife’s artwork.

A humorous book, based on the antics of our crazy pet Ragdoll cat, entitled: It’s That F****** Cat Again!

Here’s a GIF I made of our cat, settling down for another of his daily naps:

On this day in music history - Signature – Solo, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2015):

Signature – Solo

Album by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

released April 30, 2015.

Track list:

Ceremony; Grace; Fair Not; Once Upon Impossible (Solo Piano); Calling Earth; Invisible Train; Signature; Once Upon Impossible (Duet); From the Mist; Little Star.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988 & 1994)

Star Trek: Voyager (1997)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 1. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: We’ll Always Have Paris.

Released April 30, 1988.

Directed by Robert Becker.

Written by Deborah Dean Davis, Hannah Louise Shearer, Tracy Tormé, Hans Beimler, Richard Manning.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Michelle Phillips, Rod Loomis, Isabel Lorca, Dan Kern, Jean-Paul Vignon, Kelly Ashmore, Lance Spellerberg, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Susan Duchow, Nora Leonhardt, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Guy Vardaman.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 7. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Bloodlines.

Released April 30, 1994.

Directed by Les Landau.

Written by Nick/Nicholas Sagan, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Ken Olandt, Lee Arenberg, Peter Marx/Slutsker, Amy Pietz, Michelan Sisti, Majel Barrett, Lena Banks, Joe Baumann, Shawn Belschner, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Debbie David, Elliot Durant III, Holiday Freeman, Bill Hagy, Fumiko Hamada, Grace Harrell, Kerry Hoyt, Lorine Mendell, Christina Wegler Miles, Keith Rayve, Dee Giffin Scott, Sissy Sessions, Oliver Theess.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 3. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Distant Origin.

Released April 30, 1997.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Henry Woronicz, Christopher Liam Moore, Marshall R. Teague, Concetta Tomei, Nina Minton, Majel Barrett, Steve Carnahan, Tracee Cocco, Damaris Cordelia, Tarik Ergin, Ken Gruz, Dennis Madalone, Louis Ortiz, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 2. Episode 22.

Episode entitled: Cogenitor.

Released April 30, 2003.

Directed by LeVar Burton.

Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Andreas Katsulas, F.J. Rio, Becky Wahlstrom, Laura Interval, Larissa Laskin, Stacie Lynn Renna, Alexandrea Ortiz, Jef Ayres, Solomon Burke Jr., Mark Correy, Sylva Cox, Nikki Flux, Hilde Garcia, Glen Hambly, Scott Sterling Hill, Aldric A. Horton, Yoshi Jenkins, Roy Joaquin, John Jurgens, Aouri Makhlouf, Marnie Martin, Michael McAdam, Bobby Pappas.

Born on this day – Jill Clayburgh:

Jill Clayburgh

Actress

April 30, 1944 – November 5, 2010

Credits:

17th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2011); ABC Wednesday Night Starter Kit (2008); Ally McBeal (1999–2001); An Unmarried Woman (1978); Beyond the Ocean (1990); Biography (1996 / 1999); Bridesmaids (2011); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Crowned and Dangerous (1997); Dai nostri inviati: La Rai racconta la Mostra del cinema 1968-1979 (2011); De Palma (2015); De película (1987); Dirty Sexy Money (2007–2009); Dolce cinema (1984); Eligible Dentist (1993); Everything's Relative (1999); Falling (2001); Fear Stalk (1989); Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland (1993); First Monday in October (1981); Fools Rush In (1997); For the Love of Nancy (1994); Frasier (1998); Gable and Lombard (1976); Going All the Way (1997); Going Places (1973); Good Morning America (1979–1993); Griffin and Phoenix (1976); Hanna K. (1983); Hollywood: The Gift of Laughter (1982); Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders (1994); Hustling (1975); I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982); In Our Hands (1983); It's My Turn (1980); Jane Fonda in Five Acts (2018); Later with Bob Costas (1989); Law & Order (1998); Le grand pardon II (1992); Leap of Faith (2002); Lincoln (1992); Love & Other Drugs (2010); Luna (1979); Madonna in The Eighties (2016); Maude (1974); Medical Center (1974); Miles to Go... (1986); My Little Assassin (1999); N.Y.P.D. (1968); Naked in New York (1993); Never Again (2001); Nip/Tuck (2004); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Pretty Hattie's Baby (1991); Reason for Living: The Jill Ireland Story (1991); Rich in Love (1992); Running with Scissors (2006); Saturday Night Live (1976–1978); Search for Tomorrow (1969–1970); Semi-Tough (1977); Sex: The Revolution (2008); Shock-a-bye, Baby (1973); Shy People (1987); Silver Streak (1976); Sins of the Mind (1997); Sois belle et tais-toi! (1981); Starting Over (1979); The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1980); The 51st Annual Academy Awards (1979); The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (1980); The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011); The 65th Annual Academy Awards (1993); The 65th Annual Tony Awards (2011); The 83rd Annual Academy Awards (2011); The Art of Crime (1975); The Best of Chevy Chase (1987); The Choice (1969); The Face on the Milk Carton (1995); The Mike Douglas Show (1977); The Movies (2019); The Only Living Boy in New York (2000); The Only Thrill (1997); The Practice (2004); The Rockford Files (1974); The Snoop Sisters (1972); The Telephone Book (1971); The Terminal Man (1974); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1991); The Wedding Party (1969); The Wonderful World of Disney (2003); Theater Talk (2010); Today (1979); Trial: The Price of Passion (1992); Trinity (1998–1999); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Unspeakable Acts (1990); Untitled Eric Gilliland Project (2002); When Innocence Is Lost (1997); Where Are the Children? (1985); Whispers in the Dark (1992); Who Gets the Friends? (1988); Working in the Theatre (1976).