Jack Kost: 07/25/25

Friday, July 25, 2025

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?

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 television history - Justified: City Primeval (2023):

Justified: City Primeval

Season 1. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: Backstabbers.
Released July 25, 2023.
Directed by Jon Avnet.
Written by Eisa Davis, Chris Provenzano, Dave Andron, Michael Dinner, Cole Quirk.
Based on City Primeval and Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.
Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, Victor Williams, Norbert Leo Butz, Boyd Holbrook, Ravi Patel, Joseph Anthony Byrd, Dominic Fumusa, Kenn E. Head, Vivian Olyphant, Alexander Pobutsky, Bri Ranae Short, Emma Kathryn Onderko, Rachel Sullivan, Wild Earp, Doc Brown, Alan Mayne, Jed Taylor, Colin Mulhern, Jae Artell.

On this day in movie history - Lucy (2014):

Lucy

directed and written by Luc Besson,

was released in the United States on July 25, 2014.
Music by Éric Serra.

Cast:

Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pilou Asbæk, Analeigh Tipton, Nicolas Phongpheth.

On this day in movie history - Give ‘Em Hell, Malone (2009):

Give ‘Em Hell, Malone

aka Malone,

directed by Russell Mulcahy,

written by Mark Hosack,

was released in the United States on July 25, 2009.
Music by David Williams.

Cast:

Thomas Jane, Ving Rhames, Elsa Pataky, French Stewart, Leland Orser, Chris Yen, William Abadie, Gregory Harrison, Doug Hutchison, Eileen Ryan, David Andriole, Thomas Olson, Mark Hosack, Melody Deatherage, Bart Heimburger, Patrick Treadway, Armand Jalayeri, Gary Pierce, Dane Farwell, Devon Graves, Brandon O’Neill, Gretchen Oyster, Jhon Goodwin, Kent Kimball, Katrina McKinley, Candy Richardz, Aaron Fink, R.J. Hampton, Dominic Salvatore, Randy Weatherbee.

On this day in movie history - Out of Bounds (1986):

Out of Bounds

directed by Richard Tuggle,

written by Tony Kayden,

was released in the United States on July 25, 1986.
Music by Stewart Copeland.

Cast:

Anthony Michael Hall, Jenny Wright, Jeff Kober, Glynn Turman, Raymond J. Barry, Pepe Serna, Michele Little, Jerry Levine, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Kevin McCorkle, Linda Shayne, Maggie Gwinn, Ted Gehring, Meat Loaf, Allan Graf, Dan Lewk, John Vickery, Tony Acierto, David Chung, Tony Kayden, John Tarnoff, Jennifer Balgobin.

On this day in movie history - The Mackintosh Man (1973):

The Mackintosh Man

directed by John Huston,

written by Walter Hill and William Fairchild,

based on the novel The Freedom Trap by Desmond Bagley,

was released in the United States on July 25, 1973.
Music by Maurice Jarre.

Cast:

Paul Newman, Dominique Sanda, James Mason, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen, Michael Hordern, Nigel Patrick, Peter Vaughan, Roland Culver, Percy Herbert, Robert Lang, Leo Genn, Jenny Runacre, John Bindon, Hugh Manning, Wolfe Morris, Noel Purcell, Donald Webster, Keith Bell, Niall MacGinnis, Eddie Byrne, Shane Briant, Michael Poole, Eric Mason, Ronald Clarke, Antony Viccars, Dinny Powell, Douglas Robinson, Jack Cooper, Marc Boyle, Marcelle Castillo, Nosher Powell, Terry Plummer, Joe Cahill, Gerry Alexander, John McDarby, Donal McCann, Joe Lynch, Seamus Healy, Tom Irwin, Pascal Perry, Steve Brennan, Vernon Hayden, Brendon O'Duill.

Born on this day – Janet Margolin:

Janet Margolin

Actress

July 25, 1943 – December 17, 1993

Credits:

Alcoa Premiere (1962); Annie Hall (1977); Arrest and Trial (1964); Ben Casey (1962); Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (1968); Bus Riley's Back in Town (1965); Columbo: Murder in Malibu (1990); Compression (2024); Coronet Blue (1967); David and Lisa (1962); Distant Thunder (1988); East Side/West Side (1963); Enter Laughing (1967); Family Flight (1972); Ghostbusters II (1989); Joe Forrester (1976); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1962); Lanigan's Rabbi (1976–1977); Last Embrace (1979); Lucas Tanner (1974); Martinelli, Outside Man (1977); Medical Center (1971); Mod Squad (1972); Morituri (1965); Murder C.O.D. (1990); Murder in Peyton Place (1977); Murder, She Wrote (1990); Nevada Smith (1966); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1971); Planet Earth (1974); Police Story (1973–1975); Police Woman (1975); Pray for the Wildcats (1974); S.W.A.T. (1975); Serpico (1976); Sharon: Portrait of a Mistress (1977); Starsky and Hutch (1977); Take the Money and Run (1969); Ten Blocks on the Camino Real (1966); The Defenders (1963); The Eavesdropper (1966); The Eddie Capra Mysteries (1978); The Edge of Night (1961); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Interns (1971); The Last Child (1971); The Plutonium Incident (1980); The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal (1979); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Young Lawyers (1971); Tonight's the Night (1987); Your Three Minutes Are Up (1973).

Born on this day – Pilar Seurat:

Pilar Seurat

Actress

July 25, 1938 – June 2, 2001

Credits:

7 Women from Hell (1961); 77 Sunset Strip (1959); A Death of Innocence (1971); Adventures in Paradise (1960–1962); Battle at Bloody Beach (1961); Ben Casey (1964); Bonanza (1972); Burke's Law (1964); Checkmate (1961); Custer (1967); Daniel Boone (1965); Eight Legged Freaks (2002); General Electric Theater (1959); Hawaii Five-O (1970); Hawaiian Eye (1959); Hong Kong (1960); I Spy (1965); King of Diamonds (1961); Mackenzie's Raiders (1959); Mannix (1969); Maverick (1960); Michael Shayne (1961); Mod Squad (1970); Naked City (1962); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); On the Road (1962); Peter Loves Mary (1961); Playhouse 90 (1959); Rawhide (1964); Seaway (1966); Slattery's People (1965); Star Trek (1967); Stoney Burke (1963); Temple Houston (1964); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963); The Defenders (1964); The F.B.I. (1965–1970); The Fugitive (1966); The High Chaparral (1967); The Islanders (1961); The Lieutenant (1963); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1966); The New Breed (1961); The Virginian (1966–1968); The Wild Wild West (1966); The Young Savages (1961); Then Came Bronson (1969); Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1965).

Born on this day – Renée Victor:

Renée Victor

Actress

Singer

Dance instructor

July 25, 1938 – May 30, 2025

Credits:

All You've Got (2006); All Rise (2020); A Time of Love and War (2025); A Night in Old Mexico (2013); A Million Little Things (2023); A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story (2000); Assassination Tango (2002); Bob (1993); Boyle Heights (2010); Childrens Hospital (2010); Coco (2017); Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009); Dead to Me (2020–2022); El Llorón (2025); Entanglement (2014); ER (2004); Fairfax (2021); Forever Young at Heart (2011); Four Corners (1998); Futurama (2024); Gentefied (2020); George Burns Comedy Week (1985); Good Morning Agrestic (2007); Green Ghost and the Masters of the Stone (2021); Hollywood Familia (2006); Hot Tamale (2006); Hotel (1983–1985); House of Cards (1993); House of Payne (2008–2009); In My Mother's Arms (2017); In Other Words (2020); Island Prey (2001); Kid Quick (2000); Kiss Me a Killer (1991); La carretera (2009); Libertad (1996); Major Crimes (2014); Mary-Louise Parker in Weeds (2005–2012); Masquerade (1984); Matlock (1987); Mayans M.C. (2022); Men Behaving Badly (1996); Mister Sterling (2003); Moe (2023); My Brother the Pig (1999); Never Trust a Serial Killer (2002); Parallel Lives (1994); Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014); Parking Spot (2023); Prospect (2004); Saint George (2014); Salsa (1988); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985); Snowpiercer (2020–2021); Steal Big Steal Little (1995); Strong Medicine (2001); Stuntmen (2009); SuperFly (2018); Team Knight Rider (1998); Tears & Tortillas (2006); That Motherf**Ker (2017); That's Life (2000); The Addams Family (1992); The Apostle (1997); The City for God's Sake (1987); The Doctor (1991); The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered (2025); The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011); The Flight (1989); The Mealybug (2024); The Neon Bible (1995); The Ortegas (2003); The Parent 'Hood (1996); The Prophecy II (1998); The Super Man (2017); The Tony Danza Show (1997); The Unspeakable (2017); The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998); This One Is for the Neighborhood (2023); Time Well Spent (1996); Undone (2022); Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity (2021); Victor & Valentino (2020–2021); Vida (2018–2019); Visitando Oliva (2023); Wake (2011); Wake-Up Call (2001); Walker (2022); Weeds: Suburban Shakedown (2005); Welcome to Our World (2021); Witches of East End (2014); With Love (2021–2023); Women's Murder Club (2007).

Born on this day – Barbara Harris:

Barbara Harris

Actress

July 25, 1935 – August 21, 2018

Credits:

A Doonesbury Special (1977); A Thousand Clowns (1965); Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1961); Anne Manx on Amazonia (2005); As Caesar Sees It (1962); Camera Three (1961); Channing (1963); Chronicle (1963); Days of Our Lives (1989); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988); Family Plot (1976); Freaky Friday (1976); Grosse Pointe Blank (1997); Life Itself (2014); Middle Ages (1992); Mixed Company (1974); Movie Movie / Segment: Baxter's Beauties of 1933 (1978); Naked City (1962); Nashville (1975); Nice Girls Don't Explode (1987); Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (1967); Peggy Sue Got Married (1986); Plaza Suite (1971); Second City: First Family of Comedy (2006); Second-Hand Hearts (1980); Stand Up and Cheer (1971); TCM Remembers 2018 (2018); The 21st Annual Tony Awards (1967); The 44th Annual Academy Awards (1972); The 73rd Annual Tony Awards (2019); The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008); The Bell Telephone Hour (1966); The Defenders (1964); The Doctors and the Nurses (1964); The Garry Moore Show (1964); The Magical World of Disney (1982); The Making of 'Nashville' (2013); The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975); The Merv Griffin Show (1967); The North Avenue Irregulars (1979); The Oscars (2019); The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1964); The Walt Disney Comedy and Magic Revue (1985); The War Between Men and Women (1972); Todd's Pop Song Reviews (2013); What's Going on Here? (1963); Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971); You Will Be with Us in Paradise (2019).