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 - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023):

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

documentary directed by Rob Reiner,

was released at the AFI Fest in the United States on October 26, 2023.
Music by Marc Shaiman.

Cast:

Albert Brooks, Judd Apatow, James L. Brooks, Larry David, Nikki Glaser, Alana Haim, Jonah Hill, Conan O'Brien, Rob Reiner, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Steven Spielberg, Ben Stiller, Sharon Stone, Wanda Sykes, Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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

Interstellar

directed by Christopher Nolan,

written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan,

was released in the United States on October 26, 2014.

Music by Hans Zimmer.

Cast:

Ellen Burstyn, Matthew McConaughey, Mackenzie Foy, John Lithgow, Timothée Chalamet, David Oyelowo, Collette Wolfe, Francis X. McCarthy, Bill Irwin, Anne Hathaway, Andrew Borba, Wes Bentley, William Devane, Michael Caine, David Gyasi, Josh Stewart, Casey Affleck, Leah Cairns, Jessica Chastain, Liam Dickinson, Topher Grace, Matt Damon, Flora Nolan, Griffen Fraser, Jeff Hephner, Lena Georgas, Elyes Gabel, Brooke Smith, Russ Fega, William Patrick Brown, Cici Leah Campbell, Belle Doyle, Mark Casimir Dyniewicz Jr., Troy Fyhn, Benjamin Hardy, Alexander Michael Helisek, Ryan Irving, Alexander Lu, Derek McEntire, Joseph Oliveira, Benjamin Pitz, Marlon Sanders, Bryan Stamp, Kristian Van der Heyden, Kevan Weber.

On this day in music history - Sanctuary II: Earth, by Sherry Finzer (2011):

Sanctuary II: Earth

Album by Sherry Finzer,
released October 26, 2011.
Track list:

Earth; Dream Flight; Tranquil Waters; Woodlands; At Dawn’s First Light; Redwoods.

On this day in music history - The Art of Susan Graham, by Susan Graham (2010):

The Art of Susan Graham

Album by Susan Graham,

released October 26, 2010.

Track list:

O del mio dolce ardor bramato oggetto!; Le nozze de Figaro; Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio; La clemenza di Tito; Parto, ma tu, ben mio; Iphigénie en Tauride; Non, je n’espère plus... Ô toi qui prolongeas mes jours; Ô malheureuse Iphigénie!; Non, cet affreux devoir je ne puis le remplir... Je t’implore et je tremble; Voi che sapete che cosa è amor; Deh, per questo istante solo; Qu’entends-Je? Qu’a-t-il dit?... Amour, viens rendre à mon âme; Non ho colpa, e mi condanni; J’ai perdu mon Eurydice; Dunque sperer poss’io... Il tenero momento; He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten ein!; Hochgetürmte Rimaflut; Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen am allerschönsten ist?; Lieber Gott, du weißt, wie oft bereut ich hab; Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze; Röslein dreie in der Reihe blüh’n so rot; Kommt dir manchmal in del Sinn, mein süßes Lieb; Rote Abendwolken ziehn am Firmament; De rêve; De grève; De fleurs; De soir; Nacht; Schilflied; Die Nachtigall; Traumgekrönt; Im Zimmer; Liebesode; Sommertage; L’Anguille; Carte postale; Avant le cinema; 1904; Vois-tu, je m’en veux; J’ai deux amants; Vagabonde; À Chloris; Fantoches; Liebst du um Schönheit; Sexy Lady; La Fleur des eaux; Interlude; La Mort de l’amour; Asie; La Flûte enchantée; L’Indifférent; Le Balcon; Harmonie du soir; Le Jet d’eau; Recueillement; C’est ça la vie, c’est ça l’amour!; J’ai deux amants; Yes; Si vous saviez; Ô mon bel inconnu; Je ne vois rien... Lorsque je n’étais qu’une enfant; Les hommes sont biens tous les mêmes; Air de la Lettre; L’amour est un oiseau rebelle; Vous-tu, je m’en veux à moi-même; Être adore; Je regrette mon Pressigny; Amour! Amour! quel est donc ton pouvoir; Mon rêve; C’est très vilain d’être infidèle; C’est pas Paris, c’est sa banlieue; Vagabonde; Di te mi rido; Mi lusinga il dolce affetto; Autrefois un roi de Thulé; Dieu! Que viens-je d’entendre?; The Things Our Fathers Loved; The Housatonic at Stockbridge; Swimmers; Memories (A - Very Pleasant, B - Rather Sad); Ann Street; Serenity (A unison chant); 1, 2, 3; Songs My Mother Taught Me; The Circus Band; The Cage; The Indians; Like a Sick Eagle; A sound of a distant horn; September; Soliloquy (or A Study in Sevenths and Other Things); A Farewell to Land; Thoreau; This journey. This journey to Christ; Who will walk with me?; He will gather us around; Sonnet; Clouds; Early in the Morning; The Serpent; Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal; Opus 101; I Strolled Across an Open Field; To a Young Girl; Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair; Ode: Je te salute, heureuse Paix; For Poulenc; Little Elgy; Alleluia; Look Down, Fair Moon; O You Whom I Often and Silently Come; I Will Always Love You; The Tulip Tree; The Wintry Mind; I am Rose; The Lordly Hudson; O Do Not Love Too Long; Far - Far – Away; For Susan; A Journey; Sometimes with One I Love; Love; Orchids; Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening; Do I Love You More Than a Day?; Ferry Me Across the Water; The Sowers; That Shadow, My Likeness.

On this day in movie history - Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007):

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

directed by Sidney Lumet,

written by Kelly Masterson,

was released in the United States on October 26, 2007.
Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Marisa Tomei, Aleksa Palladino, Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Sarah Livingston, Brían F. O'Byrne, Rosemary Harris, Blaine Horton, Arija Bareikis, Leonardo Cimino, Lee Wilkof, Damon Gupton, Adrian Martinez, Patrick G. Burns, Jordan Gelber.

On this day in movie history - The Last Seduction (1994):

The Last Seduction

directed by John Dahl,

written by Steve Barancik,

was released in the United States on October 26, 1994.
Music by Joseph Vitarelli.

Cast:

Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, Michael Raysses, Zack Phifer, Peter Berg, Brien Varady, Dean Norris, Donna W. Scott, Mik Scriba, J.T. Walsh, Erik-Anders Nilsson, Patricia R. Caprio, Herb Mitchell, Bill Nunn, Renee Rogers, Billy Stevenson, Walter Addison, Anne Flanagan, Mike Lisenco, Serena, Michelle Davison, Jack Shearer.

On this day in music history - Hello (Turn Your Radio On), by Shakespears Sister (1992):

Hello (Turn Your Radio On)

Song by Shakespears Sister,
released October 26, 1992.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1991)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 5. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: The Game.

Released October 26, 1991.

Directed by Corey Allen.

Written by Brannon Braga, Susan Sackett, Fred Bronson, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Ashley Judd, Katherine Moffat, Colm Meaney, Patti Yasutake, Wil Wheaton, Diane Hurley, Majel Barrett, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Joe Baumann, Michael Braveheart, Victoria Cameron, Cullen G. Chambers, Denise Deuschle, Goldie Gareza, Keith Gearhart, Melba Gonzalez, Eben Ham, Linda Harcharic, Grace Harrell, Melanie Hathorn, Gary Hunter, Randy James, Alex Landi, Mark Lentry, Christina Wegler Miles, Bill E. Rogers, Guy Vardaman.

On this day in movie history - The Hot Spot (movie & novel):

The Hot Spot

directed by Dennis Hopper,

written by Charles Williams and Nona Tyson,

based on the novel Hell Hath No Fury by Charles Williams,

was released in the United States on October 26, 1990.
Music by Jack Nitzsche.

Cast:

Don Johnson, Virginia Madsen, Jennifer Connelly, Charles Martin Smith, William Sadler, Jerry Hardin, Barry Corbin, Leon Rippy, Jack Nance, Virgil Frye, John Hawker, Margaret Bowman, Debra Cole, Karen Culley, Cody Haynes, George Haynes, James N. Harrell, Edith Mills, Shannon Quinlan, Roosevelt Williams, Kirk Hunter, Mark Lawyer, Lynn Speier.

Recommended reading:

Hell Hath No Fury

By Charles Williams.

Filmed as The Hot Spot (1990), directed by Dennis Hopper.

Paperback.

First published 1953.

Published by Vintage.

ISBN 13: 9780679733294

ISBN 10: 0679733299

ASIN: 0679733299

Description:

A dark, brooding masterpiece of guilt, greed, and lust in a town ripe for felony.

Madox wasn't all bad.  He was just half-bad.  But trap a man like Madox in a dead-end job in a stultifying small town, introduce him to a femme fatale like the Harshaw woman, and give him a shot at a fast fifteen thousand dollars--in a bank just begging to be knocked over--and his better nature doesn't stand a chance.

Merciless in its suspense, flawless in its grasp of the ways in which ordinary people hurtle over the edge, The Hot Spot is a superb example of fifties roman noir.