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 - Love is Colder Than Death (1969):

Love is Colder Than Death

directed and written by Rainer Werner Fassbinder,

premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany on June 26, 1969.

Music by Holger Münzer and Peer Raben.

Cast:

Ulli Lommel, Hanna Schygulla, Katrin Schaake, Liz Söllner, Gisela Otto, Ursula Strätz, Monika Nüchtern, Hans Hirschmüller, Les Olvides, Peer Raben, Howard Gaines, Peter Moland, Kurt Raab, Peter Berling, Anastassios Karalas, Rudolf Waldemar Brem, Yaak Karsunke, Hannes Gromball, Ingrid Caven, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Irm Hermann, Gottfried Hüngsberg, Franz Maron.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 39.

Episode entitled: The Platter Pirates.

Released June 26, 1959.

Directed by Dan Alexander.

Written by Robert C. Dennis and Jon Kubichan.

Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Gale Robbins, Tommy Farrell, Patricia Huston, Lou Krugman, Baynes Barron, Howard McLeod, Bruce Hayes, Frank Garfield, Robin Raymond.

Born on this day – Eleanor Parker:

Eleanor Parker

Actress

June 26, 1922 – December 9, 2013

Credits:

20th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2014); 24th Annual Academy Awards (1952); A Hole in the Head (1959); A Millionaire for Christy (1951); Above and Beyond (1952); Always Together (1947); An American Dream (1966); Atlantic City (1944); Between Two Worlds (1944); Bloopermania (1987); Blow-Ups of 1946 (1947); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963); Bracken's World (1969–1970); Breaking Point (1964); Buick-Electra Playhouse (1960); Busses Roar (1942); Caged (1950); Chain Lightning (1950); Checkmate (1962); Chris Olsen - The Boy Who Cried (2016); Circle of Fear (1972); Convoy (1965); Crime by Night (1944); Dead on the Money (1991); Destination Tokyo (1943); Detective Story (1951); Dinah! (1979); Escape from Fort Bravo (1953); Escape Me Never (1947); Eye of the Cat (1969); Fantasy Island (1977–1983); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); Frank Capra's American Dream (1997); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1975); Hans Brinker (1969); Hawaii Five-O (1978); Hollywood Canteen (1944); Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner (2019); Home for the Holidays (1972); Home from the Hill (1960); Hotel (1983); How to Steal the World (1968); Interrupted Melody (1955); It's a Great Feeling (1949); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Lizzie (1957); Madame X (1981); Madison Avenue (1961); Many Rivers to Cross (1955); Maybe I'll Come Home in the Spring (1971); Men of the Sky (1942); Murder, She Wrote (1986); Never Say Goodbye (1946); Of Human Bondage (1946); Once Upon a Spy (1980); Panic Button (1964); Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991); Presidential Blooper Reel (1981); Pride of the Marines (1945); Return to Peyton Place (1961); Scaramouche (1952); She's Dressed to Kill (1979); Soldiers in White (1942); Sunburn (1979); TCM Remembers 2013 (2013); The 28th Annual Academy Awards (1956); The 50th Annual Academy Awards (1978); The Bastard (1978); The Big Shot (1942); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The Gambler, the Nun and the Radio (1960); The Great American Beauty Contest (1973); The King and Four Queens (1956); The Last Ride (1944); The Love Boat (1979–1982); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1968); The Man with the Golden Arm (1955); The Mysterious Doctor (1943); The Naked Jungle (1954); The Oscar (1966); The Oscars (2014); The Return of Video Yesterbloop (1986); The Seventh Sin (1957); The Sound of Music (1965); The Tiger and the Pussycat (1967); The Very Thought of You (1944); The Voice of the Turtle (1947); The Woman in White (1948); This Is Your Life (1955); Three Secrets (1950); Today (1969); Valentino (1951); Valley of the Kings (1954); Vanished (1971); Vaudeville Days (1942); Vega$ (1980); Warning Shot (1966).

Born on this day – Richard L. Breen:

Richard L. Breen

Writer

Director

June 26, 1918 – February 1, 1967

Born on this day – Peter Lorre:

Peter Lorre

Actor

June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964

Born on this day – St. Louis Jimmy Oden:

St. Louis Jimmy Oden

Blues singer

Pianist

Songwriter

June 26, 1903 – December 30, 1977

Born on this day – Zena Keefe:

Zena Keefe

Actress

June 26, 1896 – November 16, 1977

Credits:

A Bunch of Violets (1912); A Game of Cards (1913); After Midnight (1921); All Is Fair in Love and War (1911); An Amateur Widow (1919); Another Man's Wife (1924); At the Eleventh Hour (1912); Betty, the Boy and the Bird (1916); Caprice of the Mountains (1916); Captain Jenks' Diplomacy (1912); Cutey Plays Detective (1913); Cutey Tries Reporting (1913); Does Advertising Pay? (1913); Enlighten Thy Daughter (1917); Father and Son (1912); Hearts Ablaze (1915); Her Choice (1912); Her Maternal Right (1916); Heroes of the Mutiny (1911); His Wife's Money (1920); In the Furnace Fire (1912); La vie de Bohème (1916); Life's Yesterdays (1915); Little Miss Happiness (1916); Marooned Hearts (1920); None So Blind (1923); Oh Boy! (1919); Omens and Oracles (1913); One Hour (1917); Out of the Snows (1920); Perils of Our Girl Reporters (1916); Piccadilly Jim (1919); Prejudice (1922); Proxies (1921); Putting Pep in Slowtown (1916); Red Foam (1920); Screen Snapshots, Series 2, No. 17-F (1921); Shame (1917); Sisters All (1913); The Autocrat of Flapjack Junction (1913); The Awakening of Bianca (1912); The Black Sheep (1912); The Broken Silence (1922); The Broken Violin (1923); The Cabin Boy (1911); The Carpenter (1913); The Challenge Accepted (1918); The Cross Roads (1912); The Eavesdropper (1912); The Esterbrook Case (1915); The Gamblers (1912); The Hero of Submarine D-2 (1916); The Hieroglyphic (1912); The Hindoo's Curse (1912); The Island of Surprise (1916); The Jade Necklace (1916); The Long Skirt (1911); The Lure of Love (1924); The Man Under the Bed (1912); The Mate of the 'John M' (1911); The Meeting (1917); The Mills of the Gods (1912); The Pink Pajama Girl (1912); The Rail Rider (1916); The Scarlet Runner (1916); The Spider's Web (1912); The Struggle (1912); The Tigress (1915); The Unforgiven (1915); The Woman God Sent (1920); Three Girls and a Man (1912); Tommy's Sister (1912); Trouping with Ellen (1924); When Love Is Young (1922); Who's Cheating? (1924).

Born on this day – Big Bill Broonzy:

Big Bill Broonzy

Blues singer

Songwriter

Guitarist

June 26, 1893 – August 14, 1958

Credits:

Albums:

1937-1940 Part 2: Chicago 1937, 1938 (2005); 1937-1940 Part 2: Chicago 1938, 1939 (2005); 1937-1940 Part 2: Chicago 1939, 1940 (2005); A Retrospective Big Bill Broonzy (2014); Amazing Performance (2013); Amsterdam Concerts 1953 (2006); Barrelhouse of Blues (2015); Beyond Patina Jazz Masters: Big Bill Broonzy (2011); Big Bill Blues (2014); Big Bill Broonzy & Washboard Sam (1962); Big Bill Broonzy Selected Favorites (2006); Big Bill Broonzy Sings (1956); Big Bill Broonzy Sings Country Blues (1957); Big Bill Broonzy Sings Folk Songs (1962); Big Bill Broonzy Vol. 13 (1949-1951) (2013); Big Bill Broonzy Vol. 4 1935 – 1936 (2005); Big Bill Broonzy Vol. 5 1935 – 1936 (2005); Big Bill Broonzy Vol. 6 1937 (2005); Big Bill Broonzy Vol. 7 1937 – 1938 (2005); Big Bill Broonzy's Pig Meat Blues (2006); Big Bill's Blues (1957); Blues and Gospel No. 3: Big Bill Broonzy (Mono Version) (1962); Blues with Big Bill Broonzy, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee (1959); C.C.Rider Meets Lonesome Road Blues (2014); Chicago Blues (2013); Classic Box Set: The Bill Broonzy Story (2015); Hey Hey (2012); I Believe I'll Go Back Home (2014); Introducing Big Bill Broonzy (2014); Just a Dream for Big Bill Broonzy (2009); Key to the Highway (2010); Little Bug (2000); On Tour in Britain, 1952 (2002); Recorded In Club Montmartre 1956 Vol. 1 (1993); Recorded In Club Montmartre 1956 Vol. 2 (1993); Rockin' In Chicago 1949-53 (2007); St. Louis Blues (2007); Tell Me Baby (2014); The 1955 London Sessions (1990); The Blues Volume 2 (2008); The Hip Star (2014); The Historic Concert Recordings (2013); The Southern Blues (1996); Trouble In Mind - Previously Unissued Live Concert Recordings (1990); Volume 3: The War And Postwar Years 1940 – 1941 (2007); Volume 3: The War And Postwar Years 1945 – 1949 (2007); What a Wonderful Blues World (2013).

Movies and television:

All You Need Is Love (1977); Arena (1985); Big Bill Blues (1957); Blues Like Showers of Rain / Legends of Country Blues Guitar (1994); Blues Masters (1999); Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (1993); Cold Case (2006); Deadwood (2005); Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (2017); Eric Clapton: One More Car, One More Rider - Live on Tour 2001 (2002); Folk Britannia (2006); Frank's Place (1987); Hitsville: The Making of Motown (2019); Holiday (1957); Home Sweet Home (2013); I Go Back Home: Jimmy Scott (2016); I Love You (1986); Intolerable Cruelty (2003); Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues (2000); Love Hurts (2012); Matlock (1992); Mississippi Grind (2015); Panoptikum (1970); Passage to Mars (2016); Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020); Presley (1987); Six-Five Special (1957); Supernatural (2006); The Beatles Anthology (1995–1996); The Big Something (2011); The Blues (2003); The Buttercup Project (2010); The Roaring 20s: Mick Jagger's Glory Years (2011); The Terminal (2004); Toxic Apocalypse (2016); Traveller (1997); Unplugged (1992).

Born on this day – Jeanne Eagels:

Jeanne Eagels

Actress

June 26, 1890 – October 3, 1929

Credits:

A Lesson in Bridge (1914); Hollywood (1980); Jealousy (1929); Man, Woman and Sin (1927); The Ace of Hearts (1913); The Bride of the Sea (1913); The Cross Bearer (1918); The Fires of Youth (1917); The House of Fear (1915); The Letter (1929); The Madonna of the Slums (1919); The World and the Woman (1916); Under False Colors (1917).