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 - Bohemian Rhapsody (2018):

Bohemian Rhapsody

directed by Bryan Singer,

written by Anthony McCarten,

based on a story by Anthony McCarten and Peter Morgan,

was released in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2018.
Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Rami Malek, Lucy Boynton, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joe Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech, Tom Hollander, Mike Myers, Aaron McCusker, Meneka Das, Ace Bhatti, Priya Blackburn, Tim Plester, Dermot Murphy, Dickie Beau, Jack Roth, Max Bennett, Neil Fox-Roberts, Michelle Duncan, Adam Lambert, Luke Deacon, Emily May.

On this day in movie history - View from the Overlook: Crafting The Shining (2007):

View from the Overlook: Crafting The Shining

documentary directed by Gary Leva,

was released in the United States on October 23, 2007.

Cast:

John Baxter, Paul Duncan, Diane Johnson, Jan Harlan, Roy Walker, Jack Nicholson, David Hughes, Garrett Brown, Ernest R. Dickerson, Caleb Deschanel, Milena Canonero, Sydney Pollack, Barbara Daly, John Calley, Steven Spielberg, Charles Champlin, William Friedkin, Hugh Hudson, David Baxt, Lisa Burns, Louise Burns, Scatman Crothers, Barry Dennen, Shelley Duvall, Norman Gay, Stanley Kubrick, Danny Lloyd, Barry Nelson, Manning Redwood, Philip Stone.

On this day in movie history - Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (2007):

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

directed by Gary Leva,

written by Gary Leva and Pi Ware,

was released in the United States on October 23, 2007.
Narrated by Malcolm McDowell.

Cast:

Malcolm McDowell, Jack Nicholson, Sydney Pollack, Jan Harlan, John Calley, John Baxter, Anthony Frewin, Paul Duncan, Stuart McDougal, Daniel Richter, Louis Begley, Joseph Mazzello, Barbara Daly, Roy Walker, Stanley Kubrick.

On this day in music history – Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues, by Charley Patton (2001):

Screamin’ and Hollerin’ the Blues

Album boxset by Charley Patton,

released October 23, 2001.

Track list:

Pony Blues; A Spoonful Blues; Down The Dirt Road Blues; Prayer Of Death Part 1; Prayer Of Death Part 2; Screamin’ And Hollerin’ The Blues; Banty Rooster Blues; Tom Rushen Blues; It Won’t Be Long; Shake It And Break It (But Don’t Let It Fall Mama); Pea Vine Blues; Mississippi Boweavil Blues; Lord I’m Discouraged; I’m Goin’ Home; Snatch It And Grab It (Walter “Buddy Boy” Hawkins); A Rag Blues (Walter “Buddy Boy” Hawkins); How Come Mama Blues (Walter “Buddy Boy” Hawkins); Voice Throwin’ Blues (Walter “Buddy Boy” Hawkins); Hammer Blues (take 1; uniss.); I Shall Not Be Moved (take 1; uniss.); High Water Everywhere; Part I; High Water Everywhere; Part II; I Shall Not Be Moved; Rattlesnake Blues; Going To Move To Alabama; Hammer Blues (take 2); Joe Kirby; Frankie And Albert; Devil Sent The Rain Blues; Magnolia Blues; Running Wild Blues; Some Happy Day; Mean Black Moan; Green River Blues; That’s My Man (Edith North Johnson); Honey Dripper Blues No. 2 (Edith North Johnson); Eight Hour Woman (Edith North Johnson); Nickel’s Worth Of Liver Blues No. 2 (Edith North Johnson); Some These Days I’ll Be Gone (take 1; uniss.); Elder Greene Blues (take 2; uniss.); Jim Lee; Part I; Jim Lee; Part II; Mean Black Cat Blues; Jesus Is A Dying-Bed Maker; Elder Greene Blues (take 1); When Your Way Gets Dark; Some These Days I’ll Be Gone (take 2); Heart Like Railroad Steel; Circle Round The Moon; You’re Gonna Need Somebody When You Die; Be True Be True Blues (Henry ‘Son’ Sims); Farrell Blues (Henry “Son” Sims); Tell Me Man Blues (Henry “Son” Sims); Come Back Corrina (Henry “Son” Sims); Some Summer Day; Bird Nest Bound; Future Blues (Willie Brown); M&O Blues (Willie Brown); Walkin’ Blues (Son House); My Black Mama; Part I (Son House); My Black Mama; Part II (Son House); Preachin’ The Blues; Part I (Son House); Preachin’ The Blues; Part II (Son House); Dry Spell Blues Part I (Son House); Dry Spell Blues Part II (Son House); All Night Long Blues (Louise Johnson); On The Wall (Louise Johnson); All Night Long Blues; uniss. (Louise Johnson); By The Moon And Stars (Louise Johnson); Long Ways From Home (Louise Johnson); Dry Well Blues; Moon Going Down; We All Gonna Face The Rising Sun (Delta Big Four); Moaner Let’s Go Down In The Valley (Delta Big Four); Jesus Got His Arms Around Me (Delta Big Four); God Won’t Forsake His Own (Delta Big Four); I’ll Be Here (Delta Big Four); Where Was Eve Sleeping? (Delta Big Four); I Know My Time Ain’t Long (Delta Big Four); Watch And Pray (Delta Big Four); Paramount Test 1; 4/19/30 headlines (HC Speir); Paramount Test 2; 4/12/30 headlines (HC Speir); High Sheriff Blues; Stone Pony Blues; Jersey Bull Blues; Hang It On The Wall; 34 Blues; Love My Stuff; Poor Me; Revenue Man Blues; Troubled Bout My Mother; Oh Death; Yellow Bee (Bertha Lee); Mind Reader Blues (Bertha Lee); Booze And Blues (Ma Rainey); The Crowing Rooster (Walter Rhodes); I Will Turn Your Money Green (Furry Lewis); Ham Hound Crave (Rube Lacy); Bye Bye Blues (Tommy Johnson); Maggie Campbell (Tommy Johnson); Big Road Blues (Tommy Johnson); Kansas City Blues (William Harris); Rowdy Blues (Kid Bailey); Mississippi Bottom Blues (Kid Bailey); Cold Woman Blues (Blind Joe Reynolds); Sitting On Top Of The World (Mississippi Sheiks); Just A Spoonful (Charley Jordan); Banty Rooster (Blind Pete And George Ryan); My Grey Pony (Big Joe Williams); Dark Road Blues (Willie Lofton Trio); Blues (unknown); Sic ‘Em Dogs On (Bukka White); Po’ Boy (Bukka White); Make Me A Pallet on the Floor (Willie Brown); County Farm Blues (Son House); Saddle My Pony (The Howlin’ Wolf); Forty Four (The Howlin’ Wolf); Too Close (Roebuck “Pops” Staples & Staple Singers); Howlin’ Wolf (interview); Booker Miller (interview); HC Speir (interview); Roebuck “Pops” (interview).

On this day in music history - The Very Best of Badfinger, by Badfinger (2000):

The Very Best of Badfinger

Album by Badfinger,

released October 23, 2000.

Track list:

No Matter What; Day After Day; Baby Blue; Name of the Game; Maybe Tomorrow; Come and Get It; Rock of All Ages; Carry on Til Tomorrow; Midnight Caller; We’re for the Dark; I’ll Be the One; Without You; I’d Die Babe; It’s Over; When I Say; Dennis; Lonely You; Love Time; Meanwhile Back at the Ranch / Should I Smoke.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 7. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Phantasms.

Released October 23, 1993.

Directed by Patrick Stewart.

Written by Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Gina Ravera, Bernard Kates, Clyde Kusatsu, David L. Crowley, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart. Cameron, Tracee Cocco, Gerard David Jr., Debbie David, Grace Harrell, Clay Hodges, Rad Milo, K.J. Penthouse, Keith Rayve, Joyce Robinson, Dendrie Taylor, Oliver Theess.

On this day in movie history - Night and the City (movie & novel):

Night and the City

directed by Irwin Winkler,

written by Richard Price,

based on the novel by Gerald Kersh,

was released in the United States on October 23, 1992.
Music by James Newton Howard.

Cast:

Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange, Cliff Gorman, Alan King, Jack Warden, Eli Wallach, Barry Primus, Gene Kirkwood, Gerard Murphy, Clem Caserta, Anthony Canarozzi, David W. Butler, Byron Utley, Margo Winkler, Maurice Shrog, Regis Philbin, Joy Philbin, Richard Price, Franklin Dennis Jones, Thomas Mikal Ford, Peter Bucossi, Bert Randolph Sugar, Nathaniel E. Johnson, Brenda Denmark, Barry Squitieri, Lisa Vidal, Carol Woods, Joseph D'Onofrio, Michael Badalucco, Deborah Watkins, Nandan Sage, Harsh Nayyar, Ben Lin, John Polce, Rosalind Malloff, Kennan Scott, Henry Milligan, Victor Machado, Chuck Low, Lou Polo, Louis Cantarini, John Quinn, Philip Carlo, Cameron Lane, Sharrieff Pugh, Mitchell Tex Low, Mick Cunningham, Dave Reilly, Leslie Bart, Ann Devaney, Lorenzo Palminteri, Catherine Russell, Ed Bannister, David Boston, Angel Brown, Alfred Cole, Ronnie Cuber, Dan Gifford, Gary Gold, Jennifer C. Johnson, Diane Kimbrell, Leslie Lawrence, John Maczko, Felicia Peluso, Michael Rispoli, Beverley Sutherland, Michael Tenaglia, Paul Zimmerman.

Recommended reading:

Night And The City

By Gerald Kersh.

Published by London Books.

First published 1938.

ISBN-10: 0995721734

ISBN-13: 9780995721739

Description:

Harry Fabian is a cockney wide boy trying to make it big in the Soho underworld of the 1930s. He is a Flash Harry in an expensive suit, a chancer operating in a cosmopolitan corner of the city where villains, spivs, prostitutes and strong-arm men thrive. But his ambition and reckless nature are pushing him towards more and more extreme acts - and a day of reckoning. Night And The City is a classic work of social-realist fiction that captures the vibrant yet seedy underbelly of London between the world wars. Its author Gerald Kersh was high-profile, prolific and hugely popular at his peak, but would later drift into hardship and obscurity. His writing is now being rediscovered. A maverick character in his own right, Kersh's life was as colourful as those of his most flamboyant creations. As well as a highly respected novel, Night And The City was twice filmed - in 1950 and 1992 - and it is the first of these adaptations that is today regarded as one of the best of the British film-noir genre. Directed by Jules Dassin and starring Richard Widmark and Googie Withers, it was shot in a post-war landscape heavy with menace and charm - just like the book on which it was based.

On this day in movie history - No Man’s Land (1987):

No Man’s Land

directed by Peter Werner,

written by Dick Wolf,

was released in the United States on October 23, 1987.
Music by Basil Poledouris.

Cast:

Charlie Sheen, D. B. Sweeney, Randy Quaid, Lara Harris, Bill Duke, R.D. Call, Arlen Dean Snyder, M. Emmet Walsh, Al Shannon, Bernie Pock, Kenny Endoso, James F. Kelly, Lori Butler, Clare Wren, George Dzundza, Linda Carol, Danitza Kingsley, Peggy McCay, Linda Shayne, Robert Pierce, Claude Earl Jones, Jan Burrell, Channing Chase, Jessica Puscas, Molly Carter, Guy Boyd, Henry G. Sanders, Gary Riley, Jenny Gago, Scott Lincoln, Tom Santo, Michael Riley, Denis Hartigan, Brad Pitt.

On this day in movie history - The Shooting (1966):

The Shooting

directed by Monte Hellman,

written by Carole Eastman (writing as Adrien Joyce),

was released at the San Francisco Film Festival in the United States on October 23, 1966.
Music by Richard Markowitz.

Cast:

Will Hutchins, Millie Perkins, Jack Nicholson, Warren Oates, Charles Eastman, Guy El Tsosie, Brandon Carroll, B.J. Merholz, Wally K. Berns, William Mackleprang, James Campbell.