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

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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/

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 - Second Sight, by Jami Sieber (1998):

The album Second Sight,

by Jami Sieber,

was released on November 24, 1998.

On this day in movie history - He Walked by Night (1948):

He Walked by Night

directed by Alfred L. Werker and Anthony Mann,

written by John C. Higgins and Crane Wilbur,

based on a story by Crane Wilbur,

was released in the United States on November 24, 1948.

Narrated by Reed Hadley.
Music by Leonid Raab.

Cast:

Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James Cardwell, Jack Webb, Dorothy Adams, Jane Adams, Jack Bailey, Alma Beltran, Robert Bice, Frank Cady, Dolores Castelli, George Chan, Garrett Craig, John Dehner, Ann Doran, Rex Downing, Michael Dugan, Paul Fierro, Byron Foulger, Kay Garrett, George Goodman, Tim Graham, Kit Guard, Reed Hadley, Harry Harvey, Thomas Browne, Peter Hobbes, Virginia Hunter, Felice Ingersoll, Anthony Jochim, Stan Johnson, Louise Kane, Tommy Kelly, Donald Kerr, Charles Lang, Lyle Latell, Rory Mallinson, Doyle Manor, Dick Mason, Billy Mauch, John McGuire, Charles Meredith, Carlotta Monti, Bert Moorhouse, Howard Negley, James Nolan, John Parrish, Steve Pendleton, John Perri, Ruth Robinson, Paul Scardon, Harry Seymour, Earl Spainard, Florence Stephens, Bernie Suss, Kenneth Tobey, Wally Vernon, Harlan Warde, Mary Ware, Robert B. Williams, Harry Wilson, Marty Wynn.

On this day in movie history - Parole, Inc. (1948):

Parole, Inc.

directed by Alfred Zeisler,

written by Sherman L. Lowe,

based on a story by Royal K. Cole and Sherman L. Lowe,

was released in the United States on November 24, 1948.
Music by Alexander Laszlo.

Cast:

Michael O'Shea, Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, Virginia Lee, Charles Bradstreet, Lyle Talbot, Michael Whalen, Charles Williams, James Cardwell, Paul Bryar, Noel Cravat, Charles Jordan.

On this day in movie history - The Flame (1947):

The Flame

directed by John H. Auer,

written by Lawrence Kimble,

based on a story by Robert T. Shannon,

was released in the United States on November 24, 1947.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

John Carroll, Vera Ralston, Robert Paige, Broderick Crawford, Henry Travers, Hattie McDaniel, Blanche Yurka, Constance Dowling, Victor Sen Yung, Harry Cheshire, John Miljan, Garry Owen, Eddie Dunn, Jeff Corey.

Born on this day – Howard Duff:

Howard Duff

Actor

November 24, 1913 – July 8, 1990

Born on this day – Geraldine Fitzgerald:

Geraldine Fitzgerald

Actress

November 24, 1913 – July 17, 2005

Credits:

12th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2006); A Child Is Born (1939); A Year in the Life (1988); AFI Life Achievement Award (1977); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); American Masters (1986); American Playhouse (1983); Arena (1983); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1955); Arthur (1981); Arthur 2: On the Rocks (1988); Biography (1995); Blind Justice (1934); Blood Link (1982); Bump in the Night (1991); Bye Bye Monkey (1978); Cafe Mascot (1936); Cagney & Lacey (1985); CBS Summer Playhouse (1987); CBS Television Workshop (1952); Circle of Violence: A Family Drama (1986); Climax! (1955); Dark Victory (1939); Debt of Honour (1936); Department Store (1935); Diary of the Dead (1976); Dixie: Changing Habits (1983); Do You Remember Love (1985); Easy Money (1983); Echoes of a Summer (1976); Étoiles et toiles (1984); Fireside Theatre / Segment: The Stronger (1949–1950); Flight from Destiny (1941); Front Row Center (1955); Geraldine Fitzgerald at Reno Sweeney (1978); Good Morning America (1977); Goodyear Playhouse (1954); Great Performances (1974–1976); Gregory Peck: A Living Biography (1977); Harry and Tonto (1974); Justice (1954); Kennedy (1983); Ladies Courageous (1944); Lieut. Daring R.N. (1935); Lou Grant (1978); Lovespell (1981); Me (1973); Naked City (1961–1962); NBC Special Treat (1978); Night of Courage (1987); Nobody Lives Forever (1946); Nurse (1982); O.S.S. (1946); Obsessed (1951); Oh Madeline (1984); Omnibus / Segment: The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio (1954); Open All Night (1934); Our Private World (1965); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Producers' Showcase (1956); Rachel, Rachel (1968); Robert Montgomery Presents (1951–1955); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Shining Victory (1941); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1960); So Evil My Love (1948); Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (1951); St. Elsewhere (1984–1987); Street Scenes: New York on Film (1992); Studio One (1952–1956); Studio One Anthology (2016); Studio One Forever (2023); Suspense (1952–1953); Tartuffe (1978); Ten North Frederick (1958); The 32nd Annual Tony Awards (1978); The 36th Annual Tony Awards (1982); The 44th Annual Tony Awards (1990); The Ace of Spades (1935); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1965); The American Parade (1974); The Arlene Francis Show (1957); The Best of Everything (1970); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Fiercest Heart (1961); The Film Society of Lincoln Center Annual Gala Tribute to Bette Davis (1989); The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (1959); The Gay Sisters (1942); The Golden Girls (1988–1989); The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980); The Lad (1935); The Last American Hero (1973); The Making of 'Easy Money' (1983); The Mango Tree (1977); The Mango Tree: Interview with Christopher Pate (2009); The Mike Douglas Show (1965–1978); The Mill on the Floss (1936); The Moon and Sixpence (1959); The Pawnbroker (1964); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Quinns (1977); The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014); The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry (1945); Three Strangers (1946); Three Witnesses (1935); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); Today (1963–1986); Trapper John, M.D. (1985); Turn of the Tide (1935); Watch on the Rhine (1943); Wilson (1944); Working in the Theatre (1984–1993); Wuthering Heights (1939); Yesterday's Child (1977).

Born on this day – Harry Kemelman:

Harry Kemelman

Writer

November 24, 1908 – December 15, 1996

Born on this day – Rina Morelli:

Rina Morelli

Actress

November 24, 1908 – July 17, 1976

Credits:

L'Innocente (1976); 'Na Santarella (1975); 'O tuono 'e marzo (1975); The Murri Affair (1974); Così è (se vi pare) (1974); L'albero dalle foglie rosa (1974); Sorelle Materassi (1972); I Buddenbrook (1971); Antonio Meucci cittadino toscano contro il monopolio Bell (1970); La tigre e il cavallo (1969); I corvi (1969); Morte di un commesso viaggiatore (1968); Questa sera parla Mark Twain (1965); The Shortest Day (1963); The Leopard (1963); Crime Does Not Pay (1962); La viaccia (1961); Che gioia vivere (1961); Vita col padre e con la madre (1960); Totò, Fabrizi e i giovani d'oggi (1960); Bell' Antonio (1960); Gli zitelloni (1958); Città di notte (1957); Vita col padre (1956); L'intrusa (1956); Andrea Chenier (1955); Le diciottenni (1955); Senso (1954); Cento anni d'amore (1954); The Return of Don Camillo (1953); Times Gone By (1952); The Forbidden Christ (1951); Fabiola (1949); Return of the Black Eagle (1946); Che distinta famiglia! (1945); Crazy Quartet (1945); Gli assi della risata (1943); Il nostro prossimo (1943); The Genius and the Nightingale (1943); Loves of Don Juan (1942); Fedora (1942); Sissignora (1942); La corona di ferro (1941); An Adventure of Salvator Rosa (1939).

Recommended reading - The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s (1993):

The Mammoth Book of Fantastic Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1970s

Presented by Isaac Asimov.

Published 1993.

Published by Running Press.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 088184795X

ISBN-13: 978-0881847956

Description:

10 short novels.

Works by Poul Anderson, Donald Kingsbury, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg, and others highlight a collection of science fiction from the heyday of the genre.

Contents:

Born with the Dead, by Robert Silverberg; The Moon Goddess and the Son, by Donald Kingsbury; Tin Soldier, by Joan D. Vinge; In the Problem Pit, by Frederik Pohl; Riding the Torch, by Norman Spinrad; Mouthpiece, by Edward Wellen; ARM, by Larry Niven; The Persistence of Vision, by John Varley; The Queen of Air and Darkness, by Poul Anderson; The Monster and the Maiden, by Gordon R. Dickson.

Barack Obama, on writing:

Writing has been an important exercise to clarify what I believe, what I see, what I care about, what my deepest values are.

The process of converting a jumble of thoughts into coherent sentences makes you ask tougher questions.

- Barack Obama.