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 - The Space Between Breaths, by Sherry Finzer & Will Clipman (2019):

The Space Between Breaths

Album by Sherry Finzer & Will Clipman,

released September 20, 2019.

Track list:

Evening At Angkor Wat; Cliff Dwellers; Kilauea Rain; Penumbra; The Space Between Breaths; Enchanted Forest; Black Swan; Valley Of Lights; Timbuktu & You; Child’s Play.

On this day in music history - Power, Soul, Rock N' Roll - Live In Germany, by Lee Aaron, was released on September 20, 2019.

Power, Soul, Rock N’ Roll - Live In Germany

Album by Lee Aaron,

released September 20, 2019.

Track list:

Mistreated; Tomboy; Rock Candy; Metal Queen; Fire and Gasoline; Powerline; I’m a Woman; Some Girls Do; Sex with Love; Barely Holdin on; Whatcha Do to My Body; Diamond Baby; Hot to Be Rocked; American High - Bonus Features: Music Videos; Diamond Baby - Bonus Features: Music Videos; I’m a Woman - Bonus Features: Music Videos.

On this day in music history - Yesterwynde, by Nightwish (2024):

Yesterwynde

Album by Nightwish,

released September 20, 2024.

Track list:

Yesterwynde; An Ocean of Strange Islands; The Antikythera Mechanism; The Day of; Perfume of the Timeless; Sway; The Children of 'Ata; Something Whispered Follow Me; Spider Silk; Hiraeth; The Weave; Lanternlight.

On this day in music history - Nádúr, by Clannad (2013):

Nádúr

Album by Clannad,

released September 20, 2013.

Track list:

Vellum; Rhapsody Na Gcrann; Transatlantic; Turas DH Mhsa Chon Na Galldachd; Brave Enough; The Fishing Blues; L MH Ar L MH; Tobar An Tsaoil; The Song in Your Heart; A Quiet Town; Hymn (To Her Love); Setanta; Cit Na Gcumann.

On this day in movie history - The Old Man & the Gun (2018):

The Old Man & the Gun

directed and written by David Lowery,

was released in the United States on September 20, 2018.
Based on the true case of Forrest Tucker (June 23, 1920 – May 29, 2004),

and the article The Old Man and the Gun, published in The New Yorker (2003).

Music by Daniel Hart.

Cast:

Robert Redford, Casey Affleck, Sissy Spacek, Danny Glover, Tom Waits, Tika Sumpter, Ari Elizabeth Johnson, Teagan Johnson, Gene Jones, John David Washington, Barlow Jacobs, Augustine Frizzell, Jennifer Joplin, Lisa DeRoberts, Carter Bratton, Mike Dennis, Tomas Deckaj, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Patrick Newall, Daniel Britt, Leah Roberts, Elisabeth Moss, Alphaeus Green Jr., Keith Carradine, Kevin McClatchy, Todd Covert, Kenneisha Thompson, Robert Longstreet, John Wayne Hunt, Clara Harris, Jordan Trovillion, Derek Snow, Barry Mulholland, Annie Fitzpatrick, J. Todd Anderson, Torie Wiggins, Annell Brodeur, Toby Halbrooks, Christine Dye, Tom Lepera, Warren Bryson, Kelly Mengelkoch, Asher Parran, Kyndra Jefferies, Kay Geiger, Nathan Neorr, Dennis J. Barket, Cody Gilbert, Jack Michael Doke, Alexander M. Partridge, Larry Jack Dotson, Pam Dougherty, Atheena Frizzell, Marissa Woolf, Todd Terry, Sydney Benter, Krzysztof Abbas, Joseph L. Allen, Felicia Andes, Mark Angel, Michael Lee Bailey, Denise Barone, Judy McQueen Bauer, Anita Farmer Bergman, Laurie Bird, Rick Blodgett, John E. Brownlee, Michael W. Bunch, Alejandro Castillo, Austin Caudill, William Cross, Timothy Noah Curtis, Laura Dejean, Bobby Easley, Shawn P. Farrell, Alessandro Ferraris, Reese Foster, Tristan A. Garcia, Sammy Geroulis, Jason Gerrard, Jason Marcus Griffith, Chris Hahn, John W. Harden, Al Harland, Jennifer Henson, Ray Nicholas Hosack, Noah Jonson, Zach Kaltenbach, Susan Kile, Kenneth King, Traci Kochendorfer, Bryan Kruse, Paul Kulis, Daniel Lamont, Daniel J. Le Saint, Art Leung, Anita S Martin, Bryan Massey, Gleedis Mayfield, Joe Merritt, Brianna Moreau, Misty O'Bradovich, Barbara O'Connor, Warren Oates, Tammy Payne, Richard Phillis, David Pittinger, Derek Polen, Charles Poole, Michelle Poole, Aaron Pullins IV, Alec Reeves, Lare Roberts, Steven Schraub, James Siderits, Vince Hobart Smith, Carly Tamborski, Hickory Taylor, Robert P. Thitoff, Skyler Chase Thomas, Tom Vallis, Anthony W. Vickers, Steven Terry Walker, Allen Warchol, Victoria Watkins, Jan Duncan Weir, Dominick Wilkins, Amber Shana Williams.

On this day in movie history - The Fall of the House of Usher (1928):

The Fall of the House of Usher

directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber,

based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe,

was released at the Athens Film Festival in Greece on September 20, 2011.
The movie was originally released in the United States in 1928.
Exact release date is unknown.
Music by Alec Wilder and Léon Barzin.

Cast:

Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, Melville Webber, Friedrich Haak, Dorthea House.

On this day in music history - Christmas Joy, by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2011):

Christmas Joy

Album by Fiona Joy Hawkins,
released September 20, 2011.

Track list:

Walking in the Air; Still Still Still (While Shepherds Watch); Silent Night (Down the Aisle); Jingle Bells; Gliding on a Sleigh; Christmas Wedding; O Come O Come Emmanuel; Flight of the Snowbird; The Holly and the Ivy; Christmas Joy; Away in a Manger.

On this day in music history - Have a Nice Day, by Bon Jovi (2005):

Have a Nice Day

Album by Bon Jovi,

released September 20, 2005.

Track list:

Have a Nice Day; I Want to Be Loved; Welcome to Wherever You Are; Who Says You Can’t Go Home; Last Man Standing; Bells of Freedom; Wildflower; Last Cigarette; I Am; Complicated; Novocaine; Story of My Life; Who Says You Can’t Go Home.

On this day in movie history - Eye See You (2002)

Eye See You

aka D-Tox and The Outpost,

directed by Jim Gillespie,

written by Howard Swindle,

based on a story by Ron L. Brinkerhoff,

and the novel Jitter Joint written by Howard Swindle,

was released in the United States on September 20, 2002.
Music by John Powell.

Cast:

Sylvester Stallone, Charles S. Dutton, Polly Walker, Kris Kristofferson, Mif, Christopher Fulford, Jeffrey Wright, Tom Berenger, Stephen Lang, A.C. Peterson, Hrothgar Mathews, Angela Alvarado, Robert Prosky, Robert Patrick, Courtney B. Vance, Sean Patrick Flanery, Tim Henry, Dina Meyer, Rance Howard, Frank Pellegrino, James Kidnie, Yves Cameron, Harrison Coe, Peter Flemming, Chris Nelson Norris, Bill Mackenzie, Ian Gschwind, David Lewis, John Timothy Botka, James Ralph, Ruth Zalduondo.

On this day in television history - Firefly (2002):

Firefly

created by Joss Whedon,

was released in the United States on September 20, 2002,

and ran for one season until December 20, 2002.

Episode titles:

Serenity.
The Train Job.
Bushwhacked.
Shindig.
Safe.
Our Mrs. Reynolds.
Jaynestown.
Out of Gas.
Ariel.
War Stories.
Trash.
The Message.
Objects in Space.

Series music by Greg Edmonson.

Theme song The Ballad of Serenity by Joss Whedon.
Sung by Sonny Rhodes.

Lyrics:

Take my love, take my land
Take me where I cannot stand
I don’t care, I’m still free
You can’t take the sky from me
Take me out to the black
Tell ‘em I ain’t coming back
Burn the land, boil the sea
You can’t take the sky from me
There’s no place I can be
Since I found Serenity
You can’t take the sky from me

Cast:

Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Christina Hendricks, Mark Sheppard, Michael Fairman, Jeff Ricketts, Dennis Cockrum, Zac Efron, Gregory Itzin, Doug Savant, Isabella Hofmann, Richard Brooks, Tom Towles, Carlos Jacott, Steven Flynn, Blake Robbins, Melinda Clarke, Jonathan M. Woodward, Andrew Bryniarski, Benito Martinez, Edward Atterton, Katherine Kendall, Daniel Bess, Ilia Volok, William Converse-Roberts, Branden Morgan, Richard Burgi, Kimberly McCullough, Franc Ross, Kevin Gage, Larry Drake, Rolando Molina, Andy Umberger, Lyle Kanouse, Erik Passoja, John Thaddeus, Jared Poe, Fredric Lehne, Dwier Brown, Al Pugliese, Gregg Henry, Philip Sternberg, Tom Virtue, Dax Griffin, Gary Werntz, Zachary Kranzler, Lancer Dean Shull, Bob Fimiani, Carl Bresk, John Dunn, Tracy Ryan, John Eric Bentley, Tod Nakamura, Larry Pennell, Jordan Lund, Roma Chugani, Eddie Adams, Michael Bentt, Andy Rolfes, Roderick McCarthy, Alex Stemkovsky, Valerie RedHorse, Craig Vincent, Heather Black, Michael McMillian, Kevin Will, Bob McCracken, Colin Patrick Lynch, Adam Pilver, Ira Steck, Matthew Ferreira, Morgan Rusler, Angie Hart, Bonnie Bartlett, Joel Steingold, Lina Patel, Michael Nagy, Joshua Grenrock, Johnny Shakespeare, Ronald Craig Williams, Doan Ly, Erica Tazel, John Jabaley, David Reynolds, Domingo Vara, Kim Onasch, Jason Van, Alex Connie, Sandy Mulvihill, Laura Niemi, Cate Cohen, Janora McDuffie, Ron Ostrow, Stephen O'Mahoney, Jim Lau, Jamie McShane, Morina Pierce, Simon Brooke, Casey Piotrowski, Eric Lange, Skylar Roberge, Clement Blake, John F. Kearney, Hunter Cochran, Gabrielle Wagner, Roy Werner, Tawny René Hamilton, Michelle Ferrara, Gerard J. Reyes, Damion Poitier, Michael Keyes, Tiffany Michelle, Brian J. Williams, Melody White, Stephen Silberkraus, Gary J. Wayton, Ernesto Trinidad, Kelly Wheeler, Rick Williamson, Heath Crawford, Lon Moriarty, Rabatan Salem, Greg Wendell Reid, Keith Mooney, Heath Russell, Joss Whedon, Danny Nero, Jerry Buys.

On this day in movie history - Last Man Standing (1996):

Last Man Standing

written and directed by Walter Hill,

based on Yojimbo (1961) by Akira Kurosawa,

was released in the United States on September 20, 1996.
Music by Ry Cooder.

Cast:

Bruce Willis, Bruce Dern, William Sanderson, Christopher Walken, David Patrick Kelly, Karina Lombard, Ned Eisenberg, Michael Imperioli, R. D. Call, Alexandra Powers, Ken Jenkins, Ted Markland, Leslie Mann, Patrick Kilpatrick.