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 - Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017):

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

directed and written by Martin McDonagh,

was released in the United States on November 10, 2017.
Music by Carter Burwell.

Cast:

Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Lucas Hedges, Željko Ivanek, Caleb Landry Jones, Clarke Peters, Samara Weaving, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage, Kerry Condon, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Kathryn Newton, Brendan Sexton III, Amanda Warren, Malaya Drew, Christopher Berry, Jerry Winsett, Sandy Martin, Nick Searcy.

On this day in music history - The Circle, by Bon Jovi (2009):

The Circle

Album by Bon Jovi,

released November 10, 2009.

Track list:

We Weren’t Born to Follow; When We Were Beautiful; Work for the Working Man; Superman Tonight; Bullet; Thorn in My Side; Live Before You Die; Brokenpromiseland; Love’s the Only Rule; Fast Cars; Happy Now; Learn to Love.

On this day in movie history - James Ellroy: American Dog (2006):

James Ellroy: American Dog

documentary directed and written by Clara Kuperberg and Robert Kuperberg,

was released in France on November 10, 2006.

Cast:

James Ellroy, William J. Bratton, Dana Delany, Gerald Derloshon, William Stoner, Bruce Wagner, Tim Wride.

On this day in movie history - La Balance (1982):

La Balance

English translation: The Informer,

released in the United States as: The Nark,

directed by Bob Swaim,

written by Mathieu Fabiani and Bob Swaim,

was released in France on November 10, 1982.
Music by Roland Bocquet.

Cast:

Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Richard Berry, Maurice Ronet, Bernard Freyd, Christophe Malavoy, Jean-Paul Comart, Albert Dray, Florent Pagny, Tchéky Karyo, Raouf Ben Yaghlane, Galia Salimo, Sam Karmann, Robert Atlan, Luc-Antoine Diquéro, Jean-Daniel Laval, Geoffrey Carey, Michel Amphoux, Gérard Baume, Pierre-Marie Escourrou, Claude Villers, Mostefa Zerguine, Patrick Guillaumes, Catherine Le Dall, Guy Dhers, François Berléand, Sidney Boccara, Marc Ballif, Christian Gaubert, David Overbey, Lorella De Gennaro, Audrey Lazzini.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1975):

Space 1999

Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Black Sun.

Released November 10, 1975.

Directed by Lee H. Katzin.

Written by David Weir.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Barry Gray.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Paul Jones, Prentis Hancock, Clifton Jones, Zienia Merton, Anton Phillips, Nick Tate, Jon Laurimore, Tony Allyn, Loftus Burton, Ronald Chenery, Melita Clarke, Philip Clifton, Andy Dempsey, Richard Eden, Sandor Elès, Guy Groen, Alan Harris, Jan Harvey, Barbara Kelly, Chai Lee, Jack McKenzie, Quentin Pierre, Vincent Wong, David Robb, Suzanne Roquette, Corinne Skinner-Carter, Lesley Stamps, Michael Stevens, Marc Zuber.

On this day in movie history - Lenny (movie & play):

Lenny

directed by Bob Fosse,

written by Julian Barry,

based on the play by Julian Barry,

was released in the United States on November 10, 1974.
Music by Ralph Burns.

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman, Valerie Perrine, Jan Miner, Stanley Beck, Frankie Man, Rashel Novikoff, Gary Morton, Guy Rennie, Michele Yonge, Kathryn Witt, Monroe Myers, John DiSanti, Mickey Gatlin, Martin Begley, Mark Harris, Richard Friedman, Lee Sandman, Jack Nagle, Phil Philbin, Bruce McLaughlin, Ted Sorel, Clarence Thomas, Mike Murphy, Susan Malnik, George DeWitt, Judy LaScala, Don Newsome, Allison Goldstein, Winston Lee, Bridghid Glass, Joe Mencel, Richard O'Barry, Beth Challis, Robert Parsons, Cecil Seay, Bob Collins.

Recommended reading:

Lenny:

A Play, Based on the Life and Words of Lenny Bruce

By Julian Barry.

Published 1971.
Mass Market Paperback.
Published by Grove Press.
ISBN 13: 9780394177625
ISBN 10: 0394177622
ASIN: 0394177622

On this day in movie history - Tony Rome (movie & novel):

Tony Rome

directed by Gordon Douglas,

written by Richard L. Breen,

based on the novel Miami Mayhem by Marvin Albert,

was released in the United States on November 10, 1967.

Music by Billy May.

Cast:

Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands, Simon Oakland, Jeffrey Lynn, Lloyd Bochner, Sue Lyon, Robert J. Wilke, Virginia Vincent, Joan Shawlee, Richard Krisher, Lloyd Gough, Babe Hart, Templeton Fox, Rocky Graziano, Elisabeth Fraser, Shecky Greene, Jeanne Cooper, Harry Davis, Stanley Ralph Ross, Rey Baumel, Sean Bersell, Tiffany Bolling, Linda Dano, Levi Forte, Robert 'Buzz' Henry, Beau Jack, Deanna Lund, Norman Marlow, Jilly Rizzo, Michael Romanoff, Joe E. Ross, Carl Starling.

Recommended reading:

Miami Mayhem

By Marvin Albert.

Filmed as Tony Rome (1967), directed by Gordon Douglas.

Published 1960.

Published by Fawcett.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0449133869

ISBN-13: 978-0449133866

Description:

Miami. The city.

Rome. The man.

He’s a hard-living, hard-loving private detective, who’s been muscling through Miami’s vice longer than any punk in a baggy suit. He gets his fill of offers from women. But the brand of cruising he prefers is aboard his luxury power boat, the Straight Pass. The roads of pleasure and danger are many. But all the roads lead to Rome….

Filmed as "Tony Rome" in 1967. Then released as "Tony Rome"(1967) by the author based on the film script. It seemed a routine little job.... Just return a high-flying heiress to her worried papa. But some of a man's worst messes start out as routine little jobs. This one really hits the pedal, with a body on the floor of Tony's office, the head smashed by a bullet. The bait to catch the filler: a daisy-shaped, gold-and-diamond pin that couldn't bring enough to be worth anybody's trouble. Or worth murdering for...

On this day in music history - Nights in White Satin, by The Moody Blues (1967):

Nights in White Satin

Song by The Moody Blues,
released November 10, 1967.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1966 & 1967)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: The Corbomite Maneuver.

Released November 10, 1966.

Directed by Joseph Sargent.

Written by Jerry Sohl.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, Fred Steiner.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, Grace Lee Whitney, George Takei, James Doohan, Anthony D. Call, Clint Howard, Majel Barrett, Bill Blackburn, Ted Cassidy, Frank da Vinci, Walker Edmiston, Jeannie Malone, Sean Morgan, Eddie Paskey, Frieda Rentie, Eddie Smith, Ron Veto.

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Metamorphosis.

Released November 10, 1967.

Directed by Ralph Senensky.

Written by Gene L. Coon.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, George Duning.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Glenn Corbett, Elinor Donahue, Bill Blackburn, Lisabeth Hush, Eddie Paskey.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 4. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Future Imperfect.

Released November 10, 1990.

Directed by Les Landau.

Written by J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Andreas Katsulas, Chris Demetral, Carolyn McCormick, Patti Yasutake, Todd Merrill, April Grace, George O'Hanlon Jr., Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Gilbert B. Combs, Nyra Crenshaw, Robert Daniels, Debbie David, Tim McCormack, Keith Rayve, Joyce Robinson, Richard Sarstedt, Dana Tjulander, Natalie Wood.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 6. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Dragon’s Teeth.

Released November 10, 1999.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Michael Taylor, Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Bryan Fuller, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Jeff Allin, Robert Knepper, Scarlett Pomers, Ron Fassler, Mimi Craven, Bob Stillman, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin, Nichole McAuley.