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 - Butterfly, by Natalie Merchant (2017):

Butterfly

Album by Natalie Merchant,
released July 14, 2017.

Track list:

Butterfly; She Devil; Baby Mine; Frozen Charlotte; Ophelia; The Worst Thing; The Man in the Wilderness; My Skin; Vain & Careless; Andalucia.

On this day in movie history - Escape Clause (1996):

Escape Clause

directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith,

written by Danilo Bach,

was released in the United States on July 14, 1996.

Music by Richard Marvin and Ken Thorne.

Cast:

Andrew McCarthy, Paul Sorvino, Connie Britton, Kate McNeil, Stan Egi, Kenneth Welsh, John Evans, Peter Donaldson, Victor A. Young, Sean Dick, Dawn Greenhalgh, Chantel Dick, Lupe Arenas, Tara Rosling, Peter Langley, Claire Rankin, Yanira Contreras, Stephen Bogaert, Roger Honeywell, Ron Hartmann, Bob Clout, Robbie Rox, Gord Mackenzie, Phillip Jarrett, Scott Wickware, John Boylan, Shawn Lawrence, Chuck Shamata, Laura Catalano, Carol Chwaiewsky, Tricia Brioux, Garnet Harding, Djanet Sears, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Linda Goranson, Julie Evans.

On this day in movie history - Midnight Alibi (1934):

Midnight Alibi

directed by Alan Crosland,

written by Warren Duff,

based on the short story The Old Doll’s House by Damon Runyon,

was released in the United States on July 14, 1934.
Music by Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

Richard Barthelmess, Ann Dvorak, Helen Chandler, Helen Lowell, Henry O'Neill, Robert Barrat, Robert McWade, Purnell Pratt, Harry Tyler, Paul Hurst, Arthur Aylesworth.

On this day in movie history – The Honor of the Press (1932):

The Honor of the Press

aka The Scoop,

directed by B. Reeves Eason,

written by John T. Neville,

based on a story by J.K. Foster,

was released in the United States on July 14, 1932.

Cast:

Edward J. Nugent, Rita La Roy, Dorothy Gulliver, Wheeler Oakman, Russell Simpson, John Ince, Charles K. French, Reginald Simpson, Franklin Parker, Vivian Fields, Franklyn Farnum.

Born on this day – Lynn Loring:

Lynn Loring

Actress

Producer

July 14, 1944 – December 23, 2023

Credits:

A Man Called Shenandoah (1966); And Baby Makes Three (1966); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1958); Black Noon (1971); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1967); Bonanza (1966); Burke's Law (1966); Bus Stop (1961); CBS Repertoire Workshop (1960); Circle of Fear (1972); Daniel Boone (1964); Don't Go to Sleep (1982); Fair Exchange (1962–1963); Finder of Lost Loves (1984); Frontiers of Faith (1955); General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (1957); Glitter (1984–1985); Gunsmoke (1963); Hands of Mystery (1951); Hotel (1983); Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969); Kraft Theatre (1958); Lamp Unto My Feet (1952); Lancer (1968–1970); Making of a Male Model (1983); Matt Houston (1982); Me and the Kid (1993); Mod Squad (1970–1972); Mr. Mom (1983); Mr. Novak (1964); My Three Sons (1968); Omnibus (1955); Perry Mason (1964); Play of the Week (1960); Police Woman (1974); Pressure Point (1962); Proudly I Love (1953); Return to Peyton Place (1973); Robert Montgomery Presents (1953); Scared Silly (1982); Search for Tomorrow (1951–1961); Sizzle (1981); Special for Women: Mother and Daughter (1961); Splendor in the Grass (1961); Starlight Theatre (1951); Studio One (1952–1954); Target: The Corruptors (1962); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); The Best Little Girl in the World (1981); The Big Valley (1965); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The Defenders (1961–1964); The Desperate Miles (1975); The Eleventh Hour (1963); The F.B.I. (1965); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Horror at 37,000 Feet (1973); The Immortal (1970); The Invaders (1967); The Jean Carroll Show (1953–1954); The Kansas City Massacre (1975); The Man Behind the Badge (1954); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1967); The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1962); The Return of Mod Squad (1979); The Stranger (1955); The Web (1951); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Young Lawyers (1971); Timeshift (2006); Wagon Train (1962).

Born on this day – Peter Duryea:

Peter Duryea

Actor

July 14, 1939 – March 24, 2013

Credits:

12 O'Clock High (1964–1966); Adam-12 (1969); Bewitched (1965); Birth of a Timeless Legacy (2004); Blood of the Iron Maiden (1970); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965–1966); Catalina Caper (1967); Combat! (1965–1967); Daniel Boone (1965); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dragnet 1967 (1967–1969); Family Affair (1971); For the Love of Spock (2016); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1968); I Spy (1968); Insight (1972–1976); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Leonard Nimoy: Star Trek Memories (1984); Lt. Robin Crusoe, U.S.N. (1966); Profiles in Courage (1964); Reflections on Spock (2004); Spacelift: Transporting Trek Into the 21st Century (2011); Star Trek (1966); Taggart (1964); Tempo (1970); The Bounty Killer (1965); The Carpetbaggers (1964); The Defenders (1964); The Donna Reed Show (1963); The Fugitive (1964); The Name of the Game (1969); The Outer Limits (1964); The Virginian (1966).

Born on this day – Polly Bergen:

Polly Bergen

Actress

Singer

Television host

Writer

Entrepreneur

July 14, 1930 – September 20, 2014

Credits:

5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1955); A Conversation with Polly Bergen (2007); A Guide for the Married Man (1967); A Touch of Class (1973); A Very Serious Person (2006); Across the Rio Grande (1949); Addicted to His Love (1988); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); American Bandstand (1958); Appointment with Adventure (1955); Arena (1953); Arly Hanks (1994); Art Ford's Greenwich Village Party (1957); Arthur Godfrey and His Friends (1956); At War with the Army (1950); Atlantic City Holiday (1956); Baby Talk (1991–1992); Belle Sommers (1962); Bicentennial Minutes (1976); Biography (1998 / 2002); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Born Beautiful (1982); Burke's Law (1994); Candles on Bay Street (2006); Cape Fear (1962); Cavalcade of Stars (1952); Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (1953); Celebrity Sweepstakes (1974–1976); Champion (1949); Coke Time (1954); Commander in Chief (2005–2006); Cry for Me Billy (1972); Cry of the Hunted (1953); Cry-Baby (1990); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Death Cruise (1974); Desperate Housewives (2007–2011); Desperate Housewives Special: Secrets and Lies (2007); Dinah's Place (1971); Doris & Marty (2007); Doris Day's Best Friends (2007); Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995); Dr. Kildare (1963); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Early Bird (2005); Ellery Queen (1976); Escape from Fort Bravo (1953); Fantasy Island (1984); Fast Company (1953); For Hope (1996); Frankie Laine Time (1955); General Electric Theater (1956); George Jessel's Here Come the Stars (1968); Half a Hero (1953); Hangup (1974); Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue (1977); Here's Hollywood (1961–1962); Hollywood Greats (1999); Hotel (1985); Hour Magazine (1983); How to Pick Up Girls! (1978); In the Blink of an Eye (1996); I've Got a Secret (1954–1960); Jake and the Fatman (1990); Jeanne Wolf with... (1974–1979); Joanne Carson's VIPs (1972); Just Polly and Me (1960); Kisses for My President (1964); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1960); Lady Against the Odds (1992); Leave of Absence (1994); Lightning Field (1991); Li'l Abner in the Dogpatch Today (1978); Live with Kelly and Mark (1990); Lux Playhouse (1958); Making Mr. Right (1987); Max Liebman Presents: The Maurice Chevalier Show (1956); Mother, Mother (1989); Move Over, Darling (1963); Murder on Flight 502 (1975); Murder, She Wrote (1985); Muscular Dystrophy Telethon (1957); My Brother's Wife (1989); My Two Dads (1988); Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2018); Night Watch (1973); Not for Women Only (1968–1979); Once Upon a Time... When We Were Colored (1995); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Paradise, Texas (2006); Password (1962–1972); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1955–1962); Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993); Person to Person (1960); Personality (1967); Philbin's People (1969); Playhouse 90 (1957); Polly Bergen Musical Special (1971); Robert Mitchum, le mauvais garçon d'Hollywood (2018); Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star (1991); Schlitz Playhouse (1952); Selena (1964); She Was Marked for Murder (1988); Songs for Sale (1951–1952); Special Collector's Edition (2014); Star of the Family (1951); Star Stage (1956); Startime (1959–1960); Steel Magnolias (1990); Struck by Lightning (2012); Studio One (1954); Telethon (1977); That's My Boy (1951); The 13th Annual Tony Awards (1959); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 19th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1962); The 21st Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2015); The 31st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1979); The 33rd Annual Academy Awards (1961); The 35th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1983); The 41st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1989); The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001); The 55th Annual Tony Awards (2001); The 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015); The Alan Young Show (1950–1951); The All-Star Christmas Show (1958); The Andy Williams Show (1965–1966); The Bell Telephone Hour (1959–1966); The Best of the Ed Sullivan Show (1992); The Big Record (1957); The Blue Angel (1954); The Bob Braun Show (1967–1977); The Bob Hope Show (1960); The Caretakers (1963); The Chuck Woolery Show (1991); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The Danny Thomas Hour (1968); The David Frost Show (1969–1971); The Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Double (1982); The Dean Martin Show (1966–1967); The Dick Clark Show (1958); The Dick Powell Theatre (1963); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958–1961); The Ed Nelson Show (1969); The Ed Sullivan Show (1953–1967); The Elgin Hour (1954–1955); The Game Game (1969–1970); The Garry Moore Show (1960); The George Burns Show (1960); The George Jessel Show (1954); The Haunting of Sarah Hardy (1989); The Hollywood Palace (1966–1968); The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (1967–1971); The Hollywood Squares (Primetime/Nighttime) (1968); The Jack Benny Program (1960); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The Jackie Rae Show (1955); The Jimmy Durante Show (1955); The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969); The Jonathan Winters Show (1956); The Kraft Music Hall (1969); The Larry Solway Show (1976); The Lee Phillip Show (1971); The Linkletter Show (1955); The Love Boat (1977–1982); The Making of 'War & Remembrance' (2004); The Men (1950); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1974); The Mike Douglas Show (1966–1980); The Million Dollar Face (1981); The Milton Berle Show (1958–1959); The New Revue (1954); The Packard Program (1954); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1959); The Paul Ryan Show (1977–1992); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1954–1955); The Polly Bergen Show (1957–1958); The Princess Grace Foundation Special Gala Tribute to Cary Grant (1988); The Purex Dinah Shore Special (1964); The Red Skelton Hour (1966–1968); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The Skitch Henderson Show (1968); The Sopranos (2004); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1957); The Steve Allen Show (1968); The Stooge (1951); The Stork Club (1953–1955); The Surrogate (1995); The Swift Show Wagon with Horace Heidt and the American Way (1955); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1966–1971); The Walter Winchell Show (1960); The Wide World of Mystery (1973); The Winds of War (1983); The Winds of War: Making 'The Winds of War' (2004); Thriller (1973); To Tell the Truth (1956–1991); Touched by an Angel (1998); Turner Classic Movies Remembers 2014 (2014); Twice in a Lifetime (1999); Valentine's Day (1964); Velvet (1984); Wagon Train (1961); War & Remembrance: Behind the Scenes (2004); War and Remembrance (1988–1989); Warpath (1951); Washington Square (1957); What's My Line? (1958–1966); You Don't Say (1967–1968); Your Chevrolet Showroom (1953); Your Hit Parade (1954); Your Show (1954); Yves Montand on Broadway (1961).

Born on this day – Harry Dean Stanton:

Harry Dean Stanton

Actor

Musician

Singer

July 14, 1926 – September 15, 2017

Born on this day – John Paxton:

John Paxton

Actor

Producer

July 14, 1920 – November 17, 2011

Credits:

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013); Drag Me to Hell (2009); Spider-Man 3 (2007); Medium (2005); Spider-Man 2 (2004); Boomtown (2003); Spider-Man (2002); Frailty (2001); A Simple Plan (1998); Denial (1998); Traveller (1997); Last Man Standing (1996); Barb Wire (1996); Frank & Jesse (1994); Psycho Cop Returns (1993); Brain Dead (1990); Taking Tiger Mountain (1983).

Born on this day – Ingmar Bergman:

Ingmar Bergman

Director

Producer

Writer

July 14, 1918 – July 30, 2007

Born on this day – Doris Nolan:

Doris Nolan

Actress

July 14, 1916 – July 29, 1998

Credits:

Aggie (1956); Armchair Theatre (1959); As Good as Married (1937); BBC Play of the Month (1966); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951); Bindle (One of Them Days) (1966); Boy Meets Girl (1968); Brideshead Revisited (1981); Colonel March of Scotland Yard (1955); Emergency-Ward 10 (1964); Follies Girl (1943); Holiday (1938); Irene (1940); ITV Play of the Week (1958–1959); ITV Television Playhouse (1956); Juggernaut (1974); Moon Over Burma (1940); One Hour to Live (1939); Our Little Girl (1935); Robin Hood: Quest for the Crown (1995); Saint (1962); Strange Report (1969); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1956); The Madhouse on Castle Street / BBC Sunday-Night Play (1962); The Man I Marry (1936); The Romantic Englishwoman (1975); The Servant (1963); The Third Man (1959); Top of the Town (1937).

Born on this day – William Hanna:

William Hanna

Animator

Cartoonist

Voice actor

Musician

July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001

Born on this day – Irving Stone:

Irving Stone

Writer

July 14, 1903 – August 26, 1989

Credits:

Books:

Adversary in the House (1947); Clarence Darrow for the Defence (1949); Dear Theo (1958); Depths of Glory (1985); Drawings of Michaelangelo (1960); Earl Warren (1948); From Mud-Flat Cove to Gold to Statehood: California, 1840-1850 (1999); Immortal Wife (1950); Love Is Eternal (1955); Lust for Life (1934); Mary Todd Lincoln, A Final Judgement? (1973); Men to Match My Mountains (1956); Sailor on Horseback (1938); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961); The Greek Treasure (1975); The Irving Stone Reader (1971); The Origin (1980); The Passionate Journey (1950); The Passions of the Mind (1971); The President's Lady (1952); There Was Light (1970); They Also Ran (1966); Those Who Love (1966).

Movies and television:

Arkansas Judge (1941); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Clarence Darrow (1974); Climax! (1955); Day at Night (1974); General Electric Theater (1955); Gypsy (1966); Im Zweifel für den Angeklagten (1978); Life with Linkletter (1970); Lust for Life (1956); Magnificent Doll (1946); Super Chief: The Life and Legacy of Earl Warren (1989); The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965); The David Frost Show (1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The President's Lady (1953); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1971).