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 - Le mie corde, by Cecilia Chailly (2013):

Le mie corde

Album by Cecilia Chailly,

Released October 28, 2013.

Track list:

Infinito; I pensieri di Tricky; Blues in sol; Core; Rapide stelle; Il tempo; Solamente tu; Kiss from Heaven; Moto perpetuo; Il breve addio; Quinto passaggio; Incanto; And Life goes on; Un fiore; Finestra D’Autunno; Varianti sulla scala enigmatica; Lucciole.

On this day in music history - No Love for the Poisonous, by Roxanne Potvin (2008):

No Love for the Poisonous

Album by Roxanne Potvin,

released October 28, 2008.

Track list:

The Real Truth; Perfect Day; Iron and Solder; Who’s the Enemy; Je T’Aime; Paralyzed; No Love for the Poisonous; Here With Me; Laws of Nature; Dig Deeper; The Puzzle; Wilting Flower.

On this day in music history - The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed, by Ry Cooder (2008):

The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed

Album by Ry Cooder,

released October 28, 2008.

Track list:

Get Rhythm; Low-Commotion; Available Space; On a Monday; Do Re Mi; Which Came First; The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor); Down in Hollywood; Smells Like Money; Let’s Work Together; I Got Mine; Cherry Ball Blues; Jesus on the Mainline; Tattler; Teardrops Will Fall; Maria Elena; Jesse James; Paris, Texas; Theme from Southern Comfort; Tamp ‘Em Up Solid; Billy the Kid; Crazy ‘Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know); Drive Like I Never Been Hurt; Feelin’ Bad Blues; Boomer’s Story; How Can You Keep Moving (Unless You Migrate Too); Alimony; Always Lift Him Up/Kanaka Wai Wai; Theme from Alamo Bay; Dark End of the Street; Why Don’t You Try Me; Poor Man’s Shangri-La; Going Back to Okinawa; Little Sister.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1989)

Star Trek: Voyager (1998)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 3. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Booby Trap.

Released October 28, 1989.

Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont.

Written by Ron Roman, Michael Piller, Richard Danus, Michael Wagner.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Gates McFadden, Susan Gibney, Colm Meaney, Whoopi Goldberg, Albert Hall, Julie Warner, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, Casey Kono, Natalie Wood.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Extreme Risk.

Released October 28, 1998.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Kenneth Biller, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Hamilton Camp, Alexander Enberg, Daniel Betances, Majel Barrett, Walter Altman, Chuck Borden, Tarik Ergin, Tony Jones, Christina Rydell.

On this day in movie history - The Roaring Twenties (1939):

The Roaring Twenties

directed by Raoul Walsh,

written by Jerry Wald, Richard Macaulay, Robert Rossen, Earl Baldwin, Frank Donoghue and John Wexley,

based on the short story The World Moves On by Mark Hellinger,

was released in the United States on October 28, 1939.

Narrated by John Deering.

Music by Ray Heindorf and Heinz Roemheld.

Cast:

James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George, Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh, George Meeker, Paul Kelly, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Keane, Joseph Sawyer, Abner Biberman, John Hamilton, Robert Elliott, Eddie Chandler, Vera Lewis, John Deering, Elliott Sullivan, Patrick H. O’Malley Jr., Bert Hanlon, Joseph Crehan, Murray Alper, Dick Wessel, George Humbert, Ben Welden, Clay Clement, Don Thaddeus Kerr, Ray Cook, Norman Willis, Arthur Loft, Al Hill, Raymond Bailey, Lew Harvey, Joe Devlin, Jeffrey Sayre, Paul Phillips, Bert Hanlon, Jack Norton, Alan Bridge, Fred Graham, James Blaine, Henry C. Bradley, Lottie Williams, John Harron, Lee Phelps, Nat Carr, Wade Boteler, Creighton Hale, Ann Codee, Eddie Acuff, Milton Kibbee, John Ridgely, Frank Mayo, Bess Flowers, Frank Wilcox, Oscar O’Shea, Robert Armstrong, James Flavin, Emory Parnell.

On this day in movie history - The Kennel Murder Case (movie & novel):

The Kennel Murder Case

directed by Michael Curtiz,

written by Robert Presnell, Robert N. Lee and Peter Milne,

based on the novel by S.S. Van Dine,

was released in the United States on October 28, 1933.

Music by Bernhard Kaun.

Cast:

William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Morgan, Robert McWade, Robert Barrat, Frank Conroy, Etienne Girardot, Paul Cavanagh, James Lee, Arthur Hohl, Helen Vinson, Jack La Rue, Harry Allen, Wade Boteler, George Chandler, Spencer Charters, Leo White.

Recommended reading:

The Kennel Murder Case

By S.S. Van Dine.

First published 1933.

Published by Scribner Paper Fiction

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0684182483

ISBN-13: 978-0684182483

Description:

Vance, an independently wealthy college educator, amateur detective, uses his deductive skills and psychological knowledge to help his friend New York County Attorney solve the murder of Archer Coe. At first, he thought of suicide when Coe's body was found in a room locked from the inside with all the windows closed. As usual, the action takes place in New York. Vance's methods are unconventional and run counter to the more stringent police investigation methods and legal requirements of a lawyer.

Given all the rich people getting bumped off in Philo Vance's Manhattan, it's amazing there are enough left to support the symphony. Latest up: Arthur Coe, found dead in his own locked bedroom. Suicide? The ever-perceptive Philo doesn't buy that theory for a second. The presence in Coe's house of a strange, prize-winning terrier only adds to the mystery, although Philo's fabulously in-depth knowledge of dogs does not in fact solve the crime; his fabulously in-depth knowledge of the murder of the Empress Elizabeth of Austria in 1898 proves much more useful.

Praise for the Philo Vance series:

“With his highbrow manner and his parade of encyclopedic learning, Philo Vance is not only a detective; he is a god out of the machine.” – The New York Times.

“Well-crafted puzzlers that captivated readers . . . the works of S.S. Van Dine serve to transport the reader back to a long-gone era of society and style of writing.” – Mystery Scene.

“Outrageous cleverness . . . among the finest fruits of the Golden Age.” – Bloody Murder.

“A classic mystery featuring dogged detective Philo Vance. An intricate puzzle . . . [Vance] has an uncanny insight into the subtler aspects of crime.” – The New York Times.

Born on this day – Bernadette Lafont:

Bernadette Lafont

Actress

October 28, 1938 – July 25, 2013

Born on this day – Joe Spinell:

Joe Spinell

Actor

Writer

October 28, 1936 – January 13, 1989

Born on this day – Carl Davis:

Carl Davis

Conductor

Composer

October 28, 1936 – August 3, 2023

Born on this day – Alan Clarke:

Alan Clarke

Director

Producer

Writer

October 28, 1935 – July 24, 1990

Born on this day – Suzy Parker:

Suzy Parker

Actress

October 28, 1932 – May 3, 2003

Credits:

10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004); Beautiful Baby, Beautiful (1980); Bert Stern: Original Madman (2011); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1967); Burke's Law (1963); Chamber of Horrors (1966); Chanel N°5: Pour la première fois (2012); Circle of Deception (1960); Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood (2001); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Dr. Kildare (1964); Everybody's Talking (1967); Flight from Ashiya (1964); Funny Face (1957); Gypsy (1967–1968); Here's Hollywood (1961); Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999); It Takes a Thief (1968); It's Your Bet (1972); I've Got a Secret (1963–1964); Kiss Them for Me (1957); Night Gallery / Segment: The Housekeeper (1970); Pat Boone in Hollywood (1967); Person to Person (1956); Playhouse 90 (1957); Producers' Showcase (1957); Tarzan (1966); Ten North Frederick (1958); The Best of Everything (1959); The Big Show (1957); The Celebrity Game (1964); The Fabulous Fifties (1960); The Game Game (1969); The Interns (1962); The Pat Boone Show (1967); The Rogues (1964); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1960–1962); The Twilight Zone (1964); To Tell the Truth (1961); Vacation Playhouse (1965); What's My Line? (1959–1961); You Don't Say (1968).

Born on this day – Marcel Bozzuffi:

Marcel Bozzuffi

Actor

October 28, 1929 – February 1, 1988

Born on this day – Philip Saville:

Philip Saville

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

October 28, 1927 – December 22, 2016

Born on this day – Dody Goodman:

Dody Goodman

Actress

October 28, 1914 – June 22, 2008

Born on this day – Don Lusk:

Don Lusk

Animator

Director

October 28, 1913 – December 30, 2018

Born on this day – Elsa Lanchester:

Elsa Lanchester

Actress

October 28, 1902 – December 26, 1986

Credits:

Die Laughing (1980); Where's Poppa? (1979); Murder by Death (1976); Arnold (1973); Terror in the Wax Museum (1973); Here's Lucy (1973); Connors in Mannix (1972–1973); Night Gallery (segment: Green Fingers) (1972); Nanny and the Professor (1971); The Bill Cosby Show (1970–1971); Willard (1971); It Takes a Thief (1969); In Name Only (1969); Then Came Bronson (1969); The Magical World of Disney (1969); Me, Natalie (1969); Rascal (1969); Blackbeard's Ghost (1968); Off to See the Wizard (1968); Easy Come, Easy Go (1967); The John Forsythe Show (1965–1966); That Darn Cat! (1965); Slattery's People (1965); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965); Ben Casey (1965); The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1964); Pajama Party (1964); Burke's Law (1963–1964); Mary Poppins (1964); Honeymoon Hotel (1964); The Eleventh Hour (1962); The Flood (1962); Follow the Sun (1962); The Dick Powell Theatre (1961); General Electric Theater (1961); Adventures in Paradise (1960); Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958); Bell Book and Candle (1958); Witness for the Prosecution (1957); Robert Montgomery Presents (1956); I Love Lucy (1956); The 20th Century-Fox Hour (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1954–1956); Shower of Stars (1956); The Star and the Story (1955); Alice in Wonderland (1955); Max Liebman Spectaculars (1955); The Best of Broadway (1955); The Ford Television Theatre (1955); The Glass Slipper (1955); 3 Ring Circus (1954); Hell's Half Acre (1954); Schlitz Playhouse (1953); Omnibus (segment: Toine) (1953); Studio One (1953); The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953); Androcles and the Lion (1952); Les Miserables (1952); Dreamboat (1952); Frenchie (1950); The Petty Girl (1950); Mystery Street (1950); Buccaneer's Girl (1950); The Inspector General (1949); Come to the Stable (1949); The Secret Garden (1949); The Big Clock (1948); The Bishop's Wife (1947); Northwest Outpost (1947); The Razor's Edge (1946); The Spiral Staircase (1946); Passport to Destiny (1944); Lassie Come Home (1943); Thumbs Up (1943); Forever and a Day (1943); Tales of Manhattan (1942); Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake (1942); Ladies in Retirement (1941); The Beachcomber (1938); Miss Bracegirdle Does Her Duty (1936); Rembrandt (1936); The Ghost Goes West (1935); The Bride of Frankenstein (1935); Naughty Marietta (1935); David Copperfield (1935); The Private Life of Don Juan (1934); The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933); The Officers' Mess (1931); Potiphar's Wife (1931); The Stronger Sex (1931); The Love Habit (1931); Ashes (1930); Mr. Smith Wakes Up (1929); The Tonic (1928); Day-Dreams (1928); Blue Bottles (1928); The Constant Nymph (1928); One of the Best (1927); The Scarlet Woman: An Ecclesiastical Melodrama (1925).