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 television history - Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021):

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: The Doll Hunt.

Released November 28, 2021.

Developed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Written by Brandon Auman, Margaret Dunlap, Kenji Kamiyama, Eugene Son, Alex de Campi.

Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

Opening theme: Feel You Now by Alessia Cara.

Music by Michael Hodges, Gerald Trottman.

Cast: Jessica Henwick, Will Yun Lee, Wes Bentley, Samira Wiley, Gregg Henry, Stephen Root, Peyton List, Henry Czerny, Charlet Takahashi Chung, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Jason Spisak, Roger Craig Smith, Shinshû Fuji, Takako Honda, Takehito Koyasu, Tony Nakajima, Akio Nojima, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Arisa Shida, Kazuki Yao, Hôchû Ôtsuka.

On this day in music history - In The Wake, by Ann Sweeten (2011):

In The Wake

Album by Ann Sweeten,

released November 28, 2011.

Track list:

Was It Yesterday?; Falling Leaves; Metamorphosis; Love Remembered; A Chance for Goodbye; In the Wake; On Wings of Light; Out of Embers; The Abyss; October Sky; Now, and Again.

On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2007):

Pushing Daisies

Season 1. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Bitter Sweets.

Released November 28, 2007.

Directed by Allan Kroeker.

Written by Abby Gewanter.

Series created by Bryan Fuller.

Music by Jim Dooley.

Narrated by Jim Dale.

Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Molly Shannon, Field Cate, Michael Cornacchia, Raúl Esparza, Steve Hytner, Mike White, Tammy Dahlstrom, Tara Donato, Joe Don Harris, Wesley Harris, Nicholas Khayyat, Abbe Meryl Feder, Leyna Nguyen, Sy Richardson, Steven A. Ross, Reginald Veneziano.

On this day in movie history - The Making of Jaws (1995):

The Making of Jaws

documentary directed and written by Laurent Bouzereau,

released in the United States on November 28, 1995.

Cast:

Steven Spielberg, Peter Benchley, David Brown, Richard D. Zanuck, Carl Gottlieb, Ron Taylor, Valerie Taylor, Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Sid Sheinberg, Susan Backlinie, Ted Grossman, Joe Alves, Robert A. Mattey / Bob Mattey, Bill Butler, Richard / Dick Warlock, Verna Fields, John Williams, Bruce (the shark).

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 & 1988)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Haven.

Released November 28, 1987.

Directed by Richard Compton.

Written by Tracy Tormé, Lan O'Kun.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Majel Barrett, Robert Knepper, Nan Martin, Robert Ellenstein, Carel Struycken, Anna Katarina, Raye Birk, Danitza Kingsley, Michael Rider, James G. Becker, Richard Walker, Jeffrey Deacon, Nora Leonhardt, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Armin Shimerman.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 2. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Where Silence Has Lease.

Released November 28, 1988.

Directed by Winrich Kolbe.

Written by Jack B. Sowards.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Diana Muldaur, Earl Boen, Charles Douglass, Colm Meaney, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Steve Kelso, Tim McCormack, Jan Michael Shultz.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 1. Episode 11.

Episode entitled: Cold Front.

Released November 28, 2001.

Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill.

Written by Stephen Beck, Tim Finch, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.

Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.

Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, John Fleck, Matt Winston, Michael O'Hagan, Joseph Hindy, Leonard Kelly-Young, Lamont Thompson, David Keith Anderson, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., David Paul Christian, Mark Correy, Evan English, Hilde Garcia, Lindley Gardner, Peter Godoy, James Horan, Aldric A. Horton, Amina Julianna, John Jurgens, Louis Ortiz, Tyson Power, Mark Watson, Gary Weeks.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: The Sitters.

Released November 28, 1958.

Directed by Boris Sagal.

Written by Barry Trivers and Warren Wilson.

Music by Ernest Gold.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Mary Webster, Robert Roark, Grant Richards, James Gavin, Gladys Thornton, Steve London, Stan Jones, Bert Carlon, John Dennis.

On this day in movie history - Port of New York (1949):

Port of New York

directed by László Benedek,

written by Eugene Ling and Leo Townsend,

based on a story by Arthur A. Ross and Bert Murray,

was released in the United States on November 28, 1949.
Narrated by Chet Huntley.
Music by Sol Kaplan.

Cast:

Scott Brady, Richard Rober, K.T. Stevens, Yul Brynner, Arthur Blake, Lynne Carter, John Kellogg, William Challee, Neville Brand, Barry Brooks, Harry Brown, George M. Carleton, Stephen Chase, Steve Crandall, Sayre Dearing, Ann Doran, Frank Fenton, Fred Graham, Raymond Greenleaf, Chuck Hamilton, Patricia Hawkins, Joe Haworth, Chet Huntley, Stan Johnson, Doyle Manor, Joe Mantell, Jean McBride, Mickey McCardle, James Nolan, Tudor Owen, John Parris, Steve Pendleton, David Perry, Alexander Pope, Gordon Richards, Henry Rowland, Glenn Thompson, Larry Thompson, Harlan Warde.

Born on this day – Laura Antonelli:

Laura Antonelli

Actress

November 28, 1941 – June 22, 2015

Credits:

A Man Called Sledge (1970); Belmondo L'Incorrigible (2022); Black Journal (1977); Chaste and Pure (1981); Collector's Item (1985); Detective Belli (1969); Devil in the Flesh (1969); Disperatamente Giulia (1989); Docteur Popaul (1972); Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs (1966); Dream Girl of '67 (1967); Gli indifferenti (1988); Gradiva (1970); Grandi magazzini (1986); Hotel! (2001); How Funny Can Sex Be? (1973); Il malato immaginario (1979); Il turno (1981); Incontro d'amore a Bali (1970); Inside Laura Antonelli (1980); Isabella the Liar (1989); La rivoluzione sessuale (1968); L'avaro (1990); Le sedicenni (1965); Luchino Visconti (1999); Malicious (1973); Malizia 2000 (1991); Mi faccio la barca (1980); Nos italiennes, de Magnani à Muti (2022); Passion of Love (1981); Porca vacca (1982); Quelli che... il calcio (2008); Rimini Rimini (1987); Roba da ricchi (1987); Saucy 70's Volume 2 (2010); Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario? (1966); Senza malizia (2021); Sesso e volentieri (1982); Sexy comédie: une brève histoire de l'érotisme à l'italienne (2023); Shoe Shine Caddie (2023); Simona (1974); Tal cual (1994); The Archangel (1969); The Divine Nymph (1975); The Eroticist (1972); The Hunter Will Get You (1976); The Innocent (1976); The Magnificent Cuckold (1964); The Night Caller (1975); The Swashbuckler (1971); The Venetian Woman (1986); Tigers in Lipstick (1979); Till Marriage Do Us Part (1974); Tranches de vie (1985); Un dia és un dia (1990); Venial Sin (1974); Viuuulentemente mia (1982); Wallace & Gromit's Thrill-O-Matic (2013); Wifemistress (1977); Without Apparent Motive (1971); X-Rated Girl (1971).

Born on this day – Michael Ritchie:

Michael Ritchie

Director

Producer

November 28, 1938 – April 16, 2001

Born on this day – Hope Lange:

Hope Lange

Actress

November 28, 1933 – December 19, 2003

Born on this day – Gloria Grahame:

Gloria Grahame

Actress

Singer

November 28, 1923 – October 5, 1981

Credits:

1 a Minute (2010); A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1980); A Star Is Born World Premiere (1954); A Woman's Secret (1949); Black Noon (1971); Blonde Fever (1944); Blood and Lace (1971); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Chandler (1971); Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979); Crossfire (1947); Daniel Boone (1970); Dome Project (2010); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); Escape (1971); Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017); Game of Murder (1973); General Electric Theater (1961); Grindl (1964); Harrigan and Son (1961); Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983); Human Desire (1954); In a Lonely Place (1950); Iron Horse (1967); It Happened in Brooklyn (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Kojak (1977); Macao (1952); Mama's Dirty Girls (1974); Man on a Tightrope (1953); Mannix (1970); Mansion of the Doomed (1976); Melvin and Howard (1980); Merton of the Movies (1947); Mr. Griffin and Me (1981); My Heart Tells Me (1944); Naked Alibi (1954); Not as a Stranger (1955); Odds Against Tomorrow (1959); Oklahoma! (1955); Polka Dot Polka (1944); Prisoners of the Casbah (1953); Pulp Cinema (2001); Rich Man, Poor Man (1976); Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966); Ride Out for Revenge (1957); Roughshod (1949); Sam Benedict (1962); Seventh Avenue (1977); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Sudden Fear (1952); Tales of the Unexpected (1980–1984); The 25th Annual Academy Awards (1953); The Bad and the Beautiful (1952); The Big Heat (1953); The Cobweb (1955); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1953); The Dancing Princesses (1980); The Ed Sullivan Show (1954); The Fugitive (1964); The Girl on the Late, Late Show (1974); The Glass Wall (1953); The Good Die Young (1954); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Lee Phillip Show (1972); The Loners (1972); The Man Who Never Was (1956); The Merry Wives of Windsor (1980); The Mike Douglas Show (1972); The Name of the Game (1970); The Nesting (1981); The New Breed (1961); The Outer Limits (1964); The Todd Killings (1971); Then Came Bronson (1969); Without Love (1945).

Born on this day – Mario Nascimbene:

Mario Nascimbene

Composer

November 28, 1913 – 6 January 6, 2002

Born on this day – David Miller:

David Miller

Director

Writer

Producer

November 28, 1909 – April 14, 1992

Directing Doris Day and Tony Curtis, on the set of Midnight Lace (1960).

Credits:

Goldie and the Boxer Go to Hollywood (1981); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Love for Rent (1979); The Best Place to Be (1979); Bittersweet Love (1976); Executive Action (1973); Hail, Hero! (1969); Hammerhead (1968); Captain Newman, M.D. (1963); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Back Street (1961); Midnight Lace (1960); Happy Anniversary (1959); The Story of Esther Costello (1957); The Opposite Sex (1956); Diane (1956); Twist of Fate (1954); Sudden Fear (1952); Saturday's Hero (1951); Our Very Own (1950); Love Happy (1949); Top o' the Morning (1949); Women in Defense (1946); Flying Tigers (1942); Further Prophecies of Nostradamus (1942); Sunday Punch (1942); Billy the Kid (1941); More About Nostradamus (1941); The Happiest Man on Earth (1940); Drunk Driving (1939); Ice Antics (1939); The Great Heart (1938); Nostradamus (1938); Fisticuffs (1938); It's in the Stars (1938); Modeling for Money (1938); Penny's Party (1938); La Savate (1938); Equestrian Acrobats (1937); Tennis Tactics (1937); Penny Wisdom (1937); Gilding the Lily (1937); Dexterity (1937); Hurling (1936); Dare-Deviltry (1936); Aquatic Artistry (1936); Racing Canines (1936); Table Tennis (1936); Let's Dance (1936); A Sports Parade Subject: Crew Racing (1935); Trained Hoofs (1935).

Recommended reading - City Sleuths and Tough Guys: Crime Stories from Poe to the Present (1989):

City Sleuths and Tough Guys:
Crime Stories from Poe to the Present

Edited by David Willis McCullough.

Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

Published 1989.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 0395513189

ISBN-13: 978-0395513187

Description:

Trace the hard-boiled mystery back to its roots with this collection of twenty-eight detective stories set in tough, urban settings. From classics by Poe and Vidocq to contemporary favorites such as Hammett and Spillane, this is a literary feast for all mystery fans.

Contents: Introduction, by David Willis McCullough; The simple art of murder, by Raymond Chandler; The clue of the yellow curtains, by Francois Eugene Vidocq; The mystery of Marie Roget, by Edgar Allen Poe; The lodger, by Marie Belloc Lowndes; Princess Sonia's bath, by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre; The investors, by Edgar Wallace; The tenth clew, by Dashiell Hammett; The rubber trumpet, by Roy Vickers; No proof, by Yoh Sano; Dead-end for Delia, by William Campbell Gault; At the Etoile du Nord, by Georges Simenon; I always get the cuties, by John D. MacDonald; This world, then the fireworks, by Jim Thompson; The gold fever tapes, by Mickey Spillane; Wild goose chase, by Ross MacDonald; The nine-to-five man, by Stanley Ellin; Small homocide, by Ed McBain; Blind man with a pistol, by Chester Himes; Pigeon blood, by Paul Cain; Just one of those days, by Donald E. Westlake; Election day, by Joseph Hansen; The Parker shotgun, by Sue Grafton; The Johore murders, by Paul Theroux; Sure, blue, and dead, too, by Janwillem van de Wetering; Skin deep, by Sara Paretsky; Death by water, by William Marshall; Flake piece, by Carolyn Wheat; Dead soldier, by Loren D. Estleman; Double indemnity, the screenplay, by Raymond Chandler and Billy Wilder.