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 movie history - If I Didn’t Care (2007):

If I Didn’t Care

aka Blue Blood,

directed and written by Benjamin Cummings and Orson Cummings,

was released in the United States on August 3, 2007.

Music by Michael Tremante.

Cast:

Bill Sage, Susan Misner, Roy Scheider, Noelle Beck, Ronald Guttman, Brian McQuillan, Phyllis Somerville, Nico Yektai, Darius Yekati, Alex Kilgore, Mirelly Taylor, Constance Barron, Jack Marks, Sam Riley, Holly Barron, Patrick Collins, Eddie Kassam, Michelle Kelly, Billie Jean Fellingham, Jordyn Meyers, Orson Cummings, Ben Cummings, Mellanie Hubert, Piras Sebastian, Casey Van Maanen.

On this day in music history:

Rubber Biscuit by The Chips (1956)

Emotional Rain by Lee Aaron (1994)

Spa by Hennie Bekker (1999)

Let There Be Light – Deluxe Edition by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer (2018)

Rubber Biscuit

Song by The Chips.

Recorded August 3, 1956.

 

Rubber Biscuit is a crazy song I love that gets stuck in my head for days when I rewatch the movie Mean Streets (1973), directed by Martin Scorsese. 

It’s on the soundtrack in the bar scene, with the camera focused and fixed on actor Harvey Keitel.

Now ... if only I could sing it ...

 

Lyrics:

Cow cow hoo-oo

Cow cow wanna dib-a-doo

Chicken hon-a-chick-a-chick hole-a-hubba

Hey fried chuck-a-lucka wanna jubba

Hi-low nay wanna dubba hubba

Day down sum wanna jigga-wah

Dell rown ay wanna lubba hubba

Mull an' a mound chicka lubba hubba

Fay down ah wanna dippa-zippa-dippa

Mm-mmn, do that again!

Doo doo doo boo

 

Cow cow lubba 'n a blubba lubba

How rown hibb'n 'n a hibba-lu

How low lubbin 'n a blubba-lubba

Hey ride ricky ticky hubba lubba

Dull ow de moun' chicky hubba lubba

Went down trucka lucka wanna do-uh

How low a zippin 'n a hubba-lu

Hey ride ricky ticky blubba-lu

How low duh woody woody pecker pecker

 

Mm-hmm, did you ever hear

Of a wish sandwich?

Well, that's the kind of a sandwich

That is supposed to take

Two pieces of bread

And wish you had some meat

Doo doo boo

 

Cow cow lubba 'n a blubba lubba

Hey ride hibbin' and zippin 'n

How luvva mail take a lubba hubba

Hey ride wanna take a recca recca

How low take a lubba hubba

Hey ride wanna 'n suppa suppa

How low a mail take a lubba hubba

Hey ride a hippin' and a hubbin' no

High low 'n sum a chicka wha

 

The other day

I ate a ricochet biscuit

Well, that's the kind of biscuit

That's supposed to

Bounce off the wall

Back in your mouth

If it don't bounce back

Shh-mmhh-mmhh

You go hungry

Doo doo boo

 

Cow cow lubba 'n a blubba lubba

Hey low a sum did a lubba goin'

Hey ride wanna take a-lubba do

How long long suppa dubba

How low a mail take a lubba hubba

Hey ride wanna take a lubba hubba

How low a mail take a lubba hubba

Hey down nothin' take a luvva do

Hey ride a sippin' and a hubba dubba

 

Mmm, the other day

I ate a cool water sandwich

And a Sunday-go-to-meeting bun

Doo doo boo

Cow cow lubba 'n a-blubba lubba

Hey ride ricky ticky hubba lubba

How low a wanna suppa do

Hey ride sippin' and hubba lubba

Hey ride a-hubbin' and wan' do

Hey ride a wanna an' recca recca

How low a mail take lubba hubba

Hey down a wanna suppa dubba

Please ride a hubbin' gonna do

 

What you owe for nothin'

Rubber biscuit

Doo doo doo boo

Cow cow ooooooooh

Emotional Rain

Album by Lee Aaron,

released August 3, 1994.

Track list: Odds of Love; Baby Go Round; Fire in Your Flame; Waterfall; Inside; Raggedy Jane; Soul in Motion; Emotional Rain; Judgement Day; Heaven; Cry; Had Enough.

Spa

Album by Hennie Bekker,

released August 3, 1999.

Track list: Comfort; Elusive Sensation; Euphoria; Inner Peace; Revitalized; A State of Bliss.

Let There Be Light – Deluxe Edition

Album by Tom Moore & Sherry Finzer,

released August 3, 2018.

Track list: The Way of the White Clouds; First Light; Timeless Journey; Full Moon Night; A Celebration of Life; Sacred Ground; Waves of Light; Tides of Time; A Deeper Light; Dancing in the Light.

On this day in movie history - The New Centurions (1972):

The New Centurions

directed by Richard Fleischer,

written by Stirling Silliphant,

based on the novel by Joseph Wambaugh,

was released in the United States on August 3, 1972.
Music by Quincy Jones.

Cast:

George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson, Rosalind Cash, Erik Estrada, Clifton James, Richard E. Kalk, James Sikking, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Mittie Lawrence, Isabel Sanford, Carol Speed, Tracee Lyles, Burke Byrnes, William Atherton, Peter De Anda, Ed Lauter, Dolph Sweet, Stefan Gierasch, Debbie Fresh, Mike Lane, Roger E. Mosley, Charles H. Gray, Read Morgan, Michael DeLano, Adriana Shaw, Pepe Serna, Bea Thompkins, Hilly Hicks, Shaaron Claridge, Herbert Coley, Otis Day, Dick DeCoit, Lieux Dressler, Brent Dunsford, Raymond Guth, Kitten Natividad, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Anne Ramsey.