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.

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:

Movies ...

Finally, after decades of watching movies, I got around to writing a book about them.

Along with reviewing my personal favorites, I’m writing about watching specific movies with folks who saw them for the first time, as I noted their reactions.

The movie I chose for date night when I first met my wife.

Experiences of being at the theatre.

Some movies I went to see … then regretted the price I paid for the tickets.

The crowd in the theatre, including …

LOUD face suckers and seat creaking gropers that couldn’t afford to get a room.

Back-of-the-seat kickers.

Drunks.

Sleepers that snored … LOUDLY!

LOUD snack crunchers and soda slurpers and spillers.

LOUD belchers.

LOUD and silent farters … oh, God!

Frequent bathroom visitors who disturbed everyone as they stood up and made everyone move … then made them move again when they returned … always when the good parts of the movie were playing.

Grandstanding hecklers who chose the theatre for their LOUD impromptu comedy debut.

Video rental stores and meet-ups with friends that turned into movie-athons.

On this blog, I’m posting my favorite movies on the calendar date of their original theatre release.

On this day in television history - The Rookie (2018):

The Rookie

created by Alexi Hawley

was released in the United States on October 16, 2018.

Opening theme Kings & Queens by ChinChin.

Series music by Jordan Gagne.

Cast:

Nathan Fillion, Alyssa Diaz, Richard T. Jones, Titus Makin Jr., Mercedes Mason, Melissa O’Neil, Afton Williamson, Eric Winter, Mekia Cox, Shawn Ashmore, Jenna Dewan, Tru Valentino, Mircea Monroe, Sara Rue, Currie Graham, Demetrius Grosse, David DeSantos, Zayne Emory, Michael Beach, Brent Huff, Angel Parker, Sarah Shahi, Matthew Glave, Harold Perrineau, Daniel Lissing, Ali Larter, Jasmine Mathews, Enver Gjokaj, Carsyn Rose, Madeleine Coghlan, Annie Wersching, Jeff Pierre, Hrach Titizian, Brandon Routh, Arjay Smith, Toks Olagundoye, Dylan Conrique, Camille Guaty, Lisseth Chavez, Danny Nucci, Shawn Christian, Joelle Carter, Niko Nicotera, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Beau Garrett, Sean Maher, Mario Lopez, Joel McHale, Michael Trucco, Jim Lau, will.i.am, Stephen Lang, Felicia Day, Mark Cuban, Mitch Pileggi, Seamus Dever, Jon Huertas, Lauren Tom, Eric Weddle, Robert Woods, Alan Tudyk, Michael Cassidy, Pete Davidson, Seth Green, Roselyn Sánchez, Bailey Chase, Don Swayze, Hannah Kasulka, Christopher O’Shea, Frances Fisher, Frankie Muniz, Skyler Samuels, Rainn Wilson, Molly Quinn, Katy O’Brian, Emily Deschanel, Kyle Secor, Joshua Malina, Brandon Jay McLaren, Kathryn Prescott, Piper Curda, Peyton List, James Remar, Flula Borg, Tamala Jones, Niecy Nash, Britt Robertson, Felix Solis, Kevin Zegers, Thomas Dekker, Bridget Regan, Kelly Clarkson.

On this day in music history - Elements, by Ludovico Einaudi (2015):

The album Elements,

by Ludovico Einaudi,

was released on October 16, 2015.

On this day in music history - Believe: A Spiritual Romance, by 2002 (2012):

The album Believe: A Spiritual Romance,

by 2002,

was released on October 16, 2012.

On this day in music history - It Is Always Now, by Kathy Raimey (2007):

The album It Is Always Now,

by Kathy Raimey,

was released on October 16, 2007.

On this day in music history - Handel: Alcina, by Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Susan Graham and William Christie (2001):

The album Handel: Alcina,

by Renée Fleming, Natalie Dessay, Susan Graham and William Christie,

was released on October 16, 2001.

On this day in movie history - Barfly (1987):

Barfly

directed by Barbet Schroeder

written by Charles Bukowski

was released in the United States on October 16, 1987.

Music by Jack Baran.

Cast:

Mickey Rourke, Faye Dunaway, Alice Krige, Jack Nance, J.C. Quinn, Frank Stallone, Sandy Martin, Roberta Bassin, Gloria LeRoy, Joe Unger, Harry Cohn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Joe Rice, Julie ‘Sunny’ Pearson, Donald L. Norden, Wil Albert, Hal Shafer, Zeke Manners, Pearl Shear, Rik Colitti, Michael Collins, Ronald G. Joseph, Damon Hines, Lahmard J. Tate, Gary Carlos Cervantes, Peter Conti, Vance Colvig Jr., Stacey Pickren, Leonard Termo, Gary Cox, Fritz Feld, Albert Henderson, Sandy Rose, Madalyn Carol, George Marshall Ruge, Debby Lynn Ross, Charles Bukowski, John Forker.

On this day in movie history - Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962):

Requiem for a Heavyweight

directed by Ralph Nelson,

written by Rod Serling,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1962.

A remake of the 1956 teleplay, directed by Ralph Nelson and written by Rod Serling.
Music by Laurence Rosenthal.

Cast:

Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Stanley Adams, Madame Spivy, Cassius Clay, Val Avery, Herbie Faye, Jack Dempsey, Haystack Calhoun.

On this day in television history - The Detectives (1959-1962):

The Detectives

aka The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor, Captain of Detectives,

and Robert Taylor's Detectives,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1959,

and ran for three seasons until May 18, 1962.

Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert.

Directed by: Alvin Ganzer, Arnold Laven, Arthur Hiller, Charles F. Haas, David Friedkin, David Lowell Rich, Dick Moder, Don McDougall, Don Medford, Don Weis, Felix E. Feist, Gerald Mayer, Harry Keller, James Clavell, James Neilson, James P. Yarbrough, John Rich, Joseph H. Lewis, Lamont Johnson, Lawrence Dobkin, Lewis Allen, Murray Golden, Paul Landres, Paul Wendkos, Richard Carlson, Richard Donner, Richard Whorf, Robert B. Sinclair, Robert Butler, Roger Kay, Stuart Rosenberg, Ted Post, Thomas Carr, Tom Gries, Walter Doniger, William A. Graham, William F. Claxton.

Written by: A.I. Bezzerides, Alfred Brenner, Alvin Sapinsley, Anthony Boucher, Antony Ellis, Arthur Browne Jr., Barry Trivers, Borden Chase, Boyd Correll, Calvin Clements Sr., Christopher Knopf, Clark Howat, Curtis Kenyon, David P. Harmon, Don Brinkley, Donald S. Sanford, Ed Adamson, Elliot West, Ellis Marcus, Erna Lazarus, Gene Roddenberry, George Bruce, George W. George, Gordon Gordon, Harry Kronman, Henry F. Greenberg, Herbert Abbott Spiro, Herman Groves, Howard Dimsdale, Jack Laird, Jay Simms, John K. Butler, Joseph Petracca, Joseph Stefano, Judy George, Laurence E. Mascott, Lawrence Dobkin, Lee Berg, Lee Karson, Leonard Freeman, Lewis Reed, Louis Pelletier, Meyer Dolinsky, Michael Morris, Michael Plant, Mildred Gordon, Milton S. Gelman, Mort Thaw, Norman T. Herman, Palmer Thompson, Patricia Chase, Peter Packer, Peter Stephens, Philip Saltzman, Richard Collins, Richard Morgan, Robert B. Sinclair, Robert C. Dennis, Robert J. Shaw, Stanley Niss, Sy Salkowitz.

Cast:

Robert Taylor, Tige Andrews, Russell Thorson, Mark Goddard, Lee Farr, Adam West, Ursula Thiess, Michael Harris, Rita Lynn, Joe Higgins, Johnny Seven, Arthur Batanides, Enid Jaynes, Marc Lawrence, Sandra Warner, Dabbs Greer, William Sargent, Adam Williams, John Anderson, Michael Parks, Sandra White, Al Ruscio, Laura Shelton, Alice Backes, Arlene Martel, Joe Mantell, John Milford, Naomi Stevens, Robert Brubaker, Bruce Gordon, Vera Miles, Jay Adler, Grace Lee Whitney, Diane Mountford, Aneta Corsaut, Jena Engstrom, Jack Kruschen, Harold J. Stone, Eileen Ryan, Robert Karnes, Michael Fox, Joey Faye, Sue England, Joan Marshall, Bernard Fein, Denise Alexander, John Considine, Augusta Merighi, William Tannen, Jack Holland, Jean Allison, Hazel Shermet, Philip Bourneuf, Kay Stewart, Larry Breitman, Mel Carter, Marc Cavell, Jay Strong, John Larkin, Morris D. Erby, George E. Mather, Hugh Sanders, Arthur Malet, Joe Turkel, Adrianne Ellis, Adrienne Hayes, Alice Allyn, Alice Frost, Amzie Strickland, Anita Sands, Barbara Nichols, Brian G. Hutton, Bruce Dern, Catherine Mazzola, Cathy O'Donnell, Charles McGraw, Claire Carleton, Danielle Aubry, Darlene Fields, Diane Ladd, Dianne Foster, Donna Douglas, Dyan Cannon, Edward G. Robinson, Ellen Burstyn, Eva Gabor, Fay Spain, George Conrad, Inger Stevens, James Coburn, James Whitmore, Jean Hagen, Joseph Sargent, Joyce Van Patten, L.Q. Jones, Lawrence Tierney, Lee Meriwether, Marianna Hill, Marion Ross, Marsha Hunt, Martin Landau, Michael Constantine, Murray Hamilton, Nancy Anderson, Robert Culp, Telly Savalas.

On this day in movie history - Confidential (1935):

Confidential

directed by Edward L. Cahn,

written by Wellyn Totman and Olive Cooper,

based on a story by Scott Darling and John Rathmell,

was released in the United States on October 16, 1935.
Music by Abe Meyer.

Cast:

Donald Cook, Evalyn Knapp, Theodore von Eltz, Warren Hymer, J. Carrol Naish, Herbert Rawlinson, Kane Richmond, Guy Edward Hearn, James P. Burtis, Clay Clement, Reed Howes, Morgan Wallace, Monte Carter, Al Bridge, Earl Eby, Lynton Brent, George Chesebro, Mary Gwynne, Frank Marlowe, Lillian Castle, Donald Kerr, Edwin Argus, Jack Gustin, David Worth, Allen Connor, Tom Brower, Harry Harvey, Sr., Robert Homans, Allan Cavan, Earl Dwire, John Ince, Lee Phelps.

Born on this day – Suzanne Somers:

Suzanne Somers

Actress

Writer

Singer

October 16, 1946 – October 15, 2023

Credits:

Say It Isn't So (2001); The Darklings (1999); Rusty: A Dog's Tale (1998); Step by Step (1991–1998); No Laughing Matter (1998); Love-Struck (1997); Devil's Food (1996); The Nutty Professor (1996); The Simpsons (1996); The Naked Truth (1995); ABC TGIF (1991–1995); ABC Sneak Peek with Step by Step (1994); Seduced by Evil (1994); Serial Mom (1994); Full House (1994); The Larry Sanders Show (1993); Sisters (1993); Exclusive (1992); Keeping Secrets (1991); Rich Men, Single Women (1990); She's the Sheriff (1987–1989); Totally Minnie (1988); Goodbye Charlie (1985); Hollywood Wives (1985); Three's Company (1977–1981); Nothing Personal (1980); Yesterday's Hero (1979); The Ropers (1979); Billy (1979); ; Zuma Beach (1978); Happily Ever After (1978); The Six Million Dollar Man (1977); Ants! (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1975–1977); The Love Boat (1977); Billy Jack Goes to Washington (1977); One Day at a Time (1976); Sky Heist (1975); The Rockford Files (1974); Lotsa Luck! (1974); Magnum Force (1973); American Graffiti (1973); Fools (1970); Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969); Bullitt (1968).

Born on this day – Patricia McNulty:

Patricia McNulty

Actress

Editor

October 16, 1942 – September 4, 2023

Credits:

Avril Lavigne: The Bonez Tour (2005); Capturing the Friedmans (2003); Hazel (1962); Live at the Quick (2002); Mr. Novak (1963); My Three Sons (1961–1967); Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1966); Star Trek (1966); Tammy Tell Me True (1961); The Detectives (1961); The House of God (1981); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1962); The Tycoon (1964).

Born on this day – Carmen Sevilla:

Carmen Sevilla

Actress

Singer

Dancer

October 16, 1930 – June 27, 2023

Born on this day – Eileen Ryan:

Eileen Ryan

Actress

October 16, 1927 – October 9, 2022

Born on this day – Angela Lansbury:

Angela Lansbury

Actress

Singer

October 16, 1925 – October 11, 2022

Born on this day – Linda Darnell:

Linda Darnell

Actress

October 16, 1923 – April 10, 1965

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959); A Letter to Three Wives (1949); About Faces (1960); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978); All Star Revue (1953); America After Dark (1957); America in Color (2018); Angels of Darkness (1954); Anna and the King of Siam (1946); Biography (1999); Black Spurs (1965); Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952); Blood and Sand (1941); Brigham Young (1940); Buffalo Bill (1944); Burke's Law (1964); Celebrity Playhouse (1956); Centennial Summer (1946); Chad Hanna (1940); Cimarron City (1958); Cineficción Radio / Podcast Series (2020); City Without Men (1943); Climax! (1957); Dakota Incident (1956); Day-Time Wife (1939); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2000); Everybody Does It (1949); Fallen Angel (1945); Folk Music Theater (1962); Forever Amber (1947); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); G.I. Journal (1944); Hangover Square (1945); Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood Preview (1955–1956); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963); Hotel for Women (1939); I Am Not Your Negro (2016); Igor Cassini's Million Dollar Showcase (1956); Island of Desire (1952); It Happened Tomorrow (1944); It Happens in Roma (1955); I've Got a Secret (1955); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1958); John Ford (1992); John Ford et Monument Valley (2013); Meet the Stars #5: Hollywood Meets the Navy (1941); Molly: An American Girl on the Home Front (2006); My Darling Clementine (1946); MythBusters (2007); Night Without Sleep (1952); No Way Out (1950); Playhouse 90 (1957); Pursuit (1958); Rise and Shine (1941); Schlitz Playhouse (1957); Screen Actors (1950); Screen Directors Playhouse (1956); Second Chance (1953); Showbiz Goes to War (1982); Show-Business at War (1943); Slattery's Hurricane (1949); Star Dust (1940); Stardust: The Bette Davis Story (2006); Studio 57 (1958); Summer Storm (1944); Sweet and Low-Down (1944); The 13th Letter (1951); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); The All-Star Bond Rally (1945); The American West of John Ford (1971); The Castilian (1963); The Costume Designer (1950); The Ford Television Theatre (1956–1957); The Great John L. (1945); The Guy Who Came Back (1951); The Juke Box Jury (1956–1959); The Lady Pays Off (1951); The Linkletter Show (1957); The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942); The Mark of Zorro (1940); The Mike Douglas Show (1962); The Song of Bernadette (1943); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960); The Walls of Jericho (1948); This Is My Love (1954); This Is Your Life (1957); Two Flags West (1950); Unfaithfully Yours (1948); Wagon Train (1958); What's My Line? (1956); You Asked for It (1958); Your First Impression (1962); Yours for a Song (1963); Zero Hour! (1957).