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 - Elevate, by Lee Aaron (2022):

Elevate

Album by Lee Aaron,

released November 25, 2022.

Track List:

Rock Bottom Revolution; Trouble Maker; The Devil U Know; Freak Show; Heaven’s Where We Are; Still Alive; Highway Romeo; Red Dress; Spitfire Woman; Elevate.

On this day in music history - Luminous, by Michele McLaughlin (2020):

Luminous

Album by Michele McLaughlin,

released November 25, 2020.

Track List:

Droplets of Gray; When You Hurt, I Hurt; Kaleidoscope; Shimmer; Moonlit Shadows; The Golden Hour; Luminous; Fireflies; Adrift; Lanterns in the Sky.

On this day in music history - Love’s River, by Laura Sullivan (2012):

Love’s River

Album by Laura Sullivan,

released November 25, 2012.

Track List:

Secrets from the Deep; Wishing on a Dandelion; Awakening to Love; Blessed; Holding Heaven; Moonlight Passage; Love’s River; Calligraphy; River to the Sea; Story of the Rain; Snowfall on Water.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1998)

Star Trek: Discovery (2021)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Infinite Regress.

Released November 25, 1998.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Robert J. Doherty), Jimmy Diggs, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Scarlett Pomers, Neil Maffin, Erica Mer, Majel Barrett, Marvin De Baca, Sylvester Foster, Irving E. Lewis, Mark Major, Brian Simpson.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 4. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Anomaly.

Released November 25, 2021.

Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Anne Cofell Saunders, Glenise Mullins, Brandon Schultz.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Wilson Cruz, Blu del Barrio, David Ajala, Oded Fehr, Ian Alexander, Chelah Horsdal, Tara Rosling, Annabelle Wallis, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Luca Doulgeris, Linford Mark Robinson, Katherine Trowell, Fabio Tassone, Avaah Blackwell, Ache Hernandez.

On this day in movie history - Very Bad Things (1998):

Very Bad Things

directed and written by Peter Berg,

was released in the United States on November 25, 1998.
Music by Stewart Copeland.

Cast:

Jon Favreau, Cameron Diaz, Christian Slater, Rob Brownstein, Jeremy Piven, Daniel Stern, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Joey Zimmerman, Tyler Cole Malinger, Kobe Tai, Carla Scott, Russell B. McKenzie, Pancho Demmings, Blake Gibbons, Angelo Di Mascio Jr., Lawrence Pressman, Steve Fitchpatrick, Brian Grandison, John Cappon, Linda Klein, Byrne Piven, Bob Bancroft, Trey Davis, Marilyn McIntyre, Wrangler (the dog), Trooper (the dog), Peter Berg, Brian Sampson.

On this day in movie history - Tension (1949):

Tension

directed by John Berry,

written by Allen Rivkin,

based on a story by John D. Klorer,

was released in the United States on November 25, 1949.
Music by André Previn.

Cast:

Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Gough, Tom D'Andrea, William Conrad, Tito Renaldo, Ray Bennett, Virginia Brissac, Peter Brocco, Bert Davidson, John Gallaudet, Theresa Harris, John Indrisano, George Magrill, Kitty McHugh, Mike Morelli, Stephen Roberts, Carl Sklover, Hayward Soo Hoo, Arthur Tovey, Philip Van Zandt.

On this day in movie history - The Gangster (1949):

The Gangster

a.k.a. Low Company,

directed by Gordon Wiles,

written by Daniel Fuchs,

based on the novel Low Company by Daniel Fuchs,

released in the United States on November 25, 1949.

Music by Louis Gruenberg.

Cast:

Barry Sullivan, Belita, Joan Lorring, Akim Tamiroff, Harry/Henry Morgan, John Ireland, Sheldon Leonard, Fifi D'Orsay, Virginia Christine, Elisha Cook Jr., Ted Hecht/Theodore Hecht, Leif Erickson, Charles McGraw, John Kellogg, Helen Alexander, Ruth Allen, Murray Alper, Andy Andrews, Phil Arnold, Phyllis Ayres, Griff Barnett, Marie Blake, Leonard Bremen, Irene Brooks, Jean Calhoun, Dolores Castle, Gene Collins, Mikel Conrad, Clancy Cooper, Jeff Corey, Delese Daudet, Jimmy Dime, Rex Downing, Jay Eaton, Pat Emery, Franklyn Farnum, Michael Gaddis, Parker Gee, Greta Granstedt, Billy Gray, Don Haggerty, Jean Harrison, Bill Kennedy, Mike Lally, Edwin Maxwell, Sid Melton, Norma Jean Nilsson, Barry Norton, Marguerita Padula, Ralph Reed, Bob Reeves, Tommy Reilly, Jack Reynolds, Dewey Robinson, Jeffrey Sayre, Maxine Semon, Sammy Shack, Larry Steers, Larry Thompson, Anita Turner, Michael Vallon, Jane Weeks, Peter Whitney, Shelley Winters.

Recommended reading:

The Brooklyn Novels:

Summer in Williamsburg, Homage to Blenholt, Low Company

By Daniel Fuchs.

Introduction by Jonathan Lethem.

The novel Low Company was filmed as The Gangster a.k.a. Low Company (1949), directed by Gordon Wiles.

Published 2007.

Published by Black Sparrow Press.

ISBN 13: 9781574232103

ISBN 10: 157423210X

ASIN: 157423210X

Description:

Three classic novels in one volume: Summer in Williamsburg (1934), Homage to Blenholt (1936), and Low Company (1937).

Fuchs wrote, “I devoted myself simply to the tenement: the life in the hallways, the commotion at the dumbwaiters, the assortment of characters in the building, their strivings and preoccupations, their troubles.” These novels are as alive today as the day they were first printed, as exuberant. There are few novelists in America today who possess Fuchs’s talent, his energy, his sense of life.

Born on this day – Kenneth Mitchell:

Kenneth Mitchell

Actor

November 25, 1974 – February 24, 2024

Credits:

The Old Man (2022); Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2021); Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020); Nancy Drew (2019–2020); See (2019); Captain Marvel (2019); The Detectives (2018); After Trek (2017); Blood Honey (2017); Frequency (2016–2017); Notorious (2016); Code Black (2016); Broad Squad (2015); Major Crimes (2015); Minority Report (2015); The Astronaut Wives Club (2015); CSI: Cyber (2015); NCIS (2014); Switched at Birth (2014); The Night Shift (2014); Haven (2013); Body of Proof (2013); Bones (2013); Monday Mornings (2013); NCIS: Los Angeles (2013); Tasmanian Devils (2013); CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2012); Drop Dead Diva (2012); Grimm (2012); Partners (2011); The Mentalist (2011); Castle (2011); Private Practice (2011); The Quinn-tuplets (2010); Criminal Minds (2010); Detroit 1-8-7 (2010); Law & Order: LA (2010); Hawaii Five-0 (2010); Lie to Me (2009); AIDS: We Did It! (2010); Iron Road (2009); Without a Trace (2009); Ghost Whisperer (2008–2009); Meteor (2009); Flashpoint (2008); Jericho (2006–2008); Home of the Giants (2007); The Unit (2006); CSI: Miami (2006); Grey's Anatomy (2006); Tennis, Anyone...? (2005); Miracle (2004); The Recruit (2003); Why Don't You Dance (2002); Odyssey 5 (2002); Charms for the Easy Life (2002); Leap Years (2001); The Green (2001); No Man's Land (2000).

Born on this day – Simon Fisher-Becker:

Simon Fisher-Becker

Actor

November 25, 1961 – March 9, 2025

Credits:

A Perfect 10 (2019); Abnormal Stories (2022); Afterlife (2006); An Ungentlemanly Act (1992); Beg! (1994); Best of the Doctor (2011); Bragi Cinema (2018); Carnage (2017); Ckds at the Cons: Chippenham 2014 (2014); Connor's Monthly Vlog (2024); Contrast of Evil (2013); Coveted Desires (2017); Creatives on the Couch (2023); Crimewatch File (1994); Disaster Dates 2 (2023); Doctor Who (2010–2011); Doctor Who BBC Brain Trafficking (2011); Doctor Who Confidential (2011); Doctor Who Fan Series 1 (2019); Doctor Who Online Adventures (2014); Doctor Who: Prequel to A Good Man Goes to War (2005); Doctor Who: Solo (2018); Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles (2018); Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion (2014); Doctors (2001–2019); From the Mouths of Babes (2018–2019); Gallifrey (2013); Getting On (2012); Guerilla Filmmaking (2014); Hale and Pace (1993); Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001); Harry Potter: Hogwarts Tournament of Houses (2021); Henry House (2025); Humber City: The Rising Tide (2025); Indie Film (2017); Iris Wildthyme (2013); Izzy vs Jess (2022); Jenny - The Doctor's Daughter (2021–2024); Last Fish Finger in the World (2021); Les Misérables (2012); Lionel in Lockdown (2021); Looking for Alfred (2005); Love Soup (2005); Manananggal (2025); 99-1 (1994); One Foot in the Grave (1993); P.R.O.B.E.: Case Files (2022); Pundemic (2015); Puppy Love (2014); Reduced to Clear (2021); Reduced to Clear: Biscuits (2021); Rise of the Euphonious Angel (2012); ScreenPlay Firsts (1990); Sherlock Holmes (2022); Simon Fisher-Becker: Bigger on the Inside (2022); Something Sketchy (2025); Sweet Thing (2000); Tale of a Timelord (2016); Talking Who (2011); The Apprentice UK (2006); The BTG Interviews (2018); The Detective (2018); The Glam Gizmo (2020); The Great Director (2025); The Legend of the Traveling Tardis (2019–2020); 3some (2013); The No-Name Trivia Show (2020); The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast (2021–2022); The Tale of the Three Spaptors (2008); The Zombie Glitch (2013); Two Minutes About Time (2020); Vicious (2013); Waterside (2013–2018); Welcome to Paradise (2025); When It Rains (2020); Who's Changing: An Adventure in Time with Fans (2014); Who's Round (2013).

Born on this day – Darlanne Fluegel:

Darlanne Fluegel

Actress

Producer

Professor

November 25, 1953 – December 15, 2017

Born on this day – Dennis McDougal:

Dennis McDougal

Writer

November 25, 1947 – March 22, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Angel of Darkness (1991); Blood Cold (2002); Citizen Wynn: A Sin City Saga of Power, Lust, and Blind Ambition (2024); Fatal Subtraction: How Hollywood Really Does Business (1992); Five Easy Decades: How Jack Nicholson Became the Biggest Movie Star in Modern Times (2008); In the Best of Families (1994); Mother's Day (1998); Operation White Rabbit (2020); Privileged Son (2001); The Candlestickmaker (2011); The Last Mogul (1998); The Yosemite Murders (2000).

Movies and television:

House of Mystery (2020); Inventing L.A.: The Chandlers and Their Times (2009); Moguls, Millionaires & Movie Stars (2008); Ronald Reagan, un président sur mesure (2017); SCV in the Movies (2014); Sidney Korshak, la face cachée d'Hollywood (2014); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Playboy Murders (2024); Universal, l'histoire secrète d'un studio (2004); Vanity Fair Confidential (2018); Voices of True Crime Podcast (2020).

Born on this day – Jonathan Kaplan:

Jonathan Kaplan

Director

Producer

Actor

November 25, 1947 – August 1, 2025

Credits:

11th Victim (1979); A Gifted Man (2011); American Grindhouse (2010); Anatomy of a Nurse Film (2012); Bad Girls (1994); Barbra Streisand: Left in the Dark (1984); Brokedown Palace (1999); Brothers & Sisters (2010); Cannonball! (1976); Chapter 31 - How the Bad Girls Conquered the West (1994); Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011); Crossing Jordan (2005); ER (1997–2009); Fallen Angels (1993); Girls of the White Orchid (1983); HBO First Look (1999); Heart Like a Wheel (1983); Hide & Seek (2006); Hollywood Boulevard (1976); Immediate Family (1989); In Cold Blood (1996); Inconceivable (2005); John Cougar Mellencamp: Lonely Ol' Night (1985); John Cougar Mellencamp: Rain on the Scarecrow (1986); John Cougar Mellencamp: Small Town (1985); John Mellencamp: Get a Leg Up (1991); Ken Friedman Remembering 'White Line Fever' (2015); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2005–2012); Les Chroniques du Mea (2017); Love Field (1992); Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010); Mr. Billion (1977); Night Call Nurses (1972); Over the Edge (1979); Picture Windows (1995); Project X (1987); Rebel Highway (1994); Reform School Girl (1994); Rod Stewart: Infatuation (1984); Rod Stewart: Lost in You (1988); Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel (1978); That Guy Dick Miller (2014); The Accused (1988); The Celluloid Closet (1995); The Client List (2013); The Court (2002); The Gentleman Bandit (1981); The Howling (1981); The Hustler of Muscle Beach (1980); The Movies That Made Me (2020); The Slams (1973); The Student Teachers (1973); To Rise Above (2025); Trailers from Hell (2012–2014); Truck Turner (1974); Unlawful Entry (1992); We're Talkin' Serious Money (1992); White Line Fever (1975); Wide Streets + Narrow Minds (2021); Witches of East End (2013); Without a Trace (2006–2009).