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 - Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin, performed by Ann and Nancy Wilson of the band Heart (2012):

The song Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin, was performed by Ann and Nancy Wilson of the band Heart, with a full orchestra backing, for the Live at Kennedy Center Honors event, held at the Kennedy Center Opera House, on December 2, 2012.

Guitar: Shane Fontayne.

Drums: Jason Bonham.

On this day in music history - Pianoscapes for the Trails of North America, by Laura Sullivan (2003):

Pianoscapes for the Trails of North America

Album by Laura Sullivan,

released December 2, 2003.

Track list:

Mountain Magic; Sunrise on Cloud Palace; Jumping Fish; Pachelbel for the Potomac; Voice from Sacred Wilderness; The Kettle Moraine; From Sea to Sapphire Sea; Sunset on Cloud Palace; Hope for the Trees; Witches Slow Dance.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1998)

Star Trek: Discovery (2021)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Nothing Human.

Released December 2, 1998.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Jeri Taylor, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan, Michael Taylor.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, David Clennon, Jad Mager, Frank Welker, Majel Barrett, Tarik Ergin.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 4. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: Choose to Live.

Released December 2, 2021.

Directed by Christopher J. Byrne.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Terri Hughes Burton, 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, Ayesha Mansur Gonsalves, Tara Rosling, Sonja Sohn, Emily Coutts, Ronnie Rowe, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Khalil Abdul-Malik, Andreas Apergis, Mimi Côté, Luca Doulgeris, Ache Hernandez, Giovanni Spina.

On this day in movie history - A Few Good Men (movie & play):

A Few Good Men

directed by Rob Reiner,

written by Aaron Sorkin,

based on the play by Aaron Sorkin,

was released in the United States on December 2, 1992.
Music by Marc Shaiman.

Cast:

Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Pollak, James Marshall, J.T. Walsh, Christopher Guest, J.A. Preston, Matt Craven, Maud Winchester, Wolfgang Bodison, Xander Berkeley, John M. Jackson, Noah Wyle, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lawrence Lowe, Joshua Malina, Oscar Jordan, John M. Mathews, Aaron Sorkin, Alex Wexo, Frank Cavestani, Jan Munroe, Ron Ostrow, Matthew Saks, Harry Caesar, Michael DeLorenzo, Geoffrey Nauffts, Arthur Senzy, Cameron Thor, David Bowe, Gene Whittington, Christopher Coffel, Richard Lasting, Bernard Madrid, Jack Serino.

Recommended reading:

A Few Good Men

Play by Aaron Sorkin.

Published 1989.

Paperback.

Published by Concord Theatricals.

ISBN 13: 9780573700514

ISBN 10: 0573700516

ASIN: 0573700516

Description:

This Broadway hit about the trial of two Marines for complicity in the death of a fellow Marine at Guantanamo Bay sizzles on stage. The Navy lawyer, a callow young man more interested in softball games than the case, expects a plea bargain and a cover up of what really happened. Prodded by a female member of his defense team, the lawyer eventually makes a valiant effort to defend his clients and, in so doing, puts the military mentality and the Marine code of honor on trial.

On this day in movie history - Black Ice (1992):

Black Ice

aka A Passion for Murder,

directed by Neill Fearnley,

written by Arne Olsen and John Alan Schwartz,

was released in the United States on December 2, 1992.
Music by Amin Bhatia.

Cast:

Joanna Pacula, Michael Nouri, Michael Ironside, Mickey Jones, Brent Neale, Rick Skene, Arne Olsen, Lee J. Campbell, Victor Cowie, Gene Pyrz, Thom Schioler, Harry Nelken, John Cassini.

On this day in movie history - Whose Life Is It Anyway? (movie & play):

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

directed by John Badham,

written by Reginald Rose,

based on the play by Brian Clark,

was released in the United States on December 2, 1981.
Music by Arthur B. Rubinstein.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti, Bob Balaban, Thomas Carter, Kaki Hunter, Kenneth McMillan, Janet Eilber.

Recommended reading:

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Play by Brian Clark.

Published 1979.

Paperback

Published by Cornelsen.

ISBN 13: 9783454665902

ISBN 10: 3454665906

ASIN: 3454665906

Description:

Ken Harrison, is a successful sculptor with a beautiful girlfriend and everything to live for until a car wreck leaves him paralyzed for life, with no hope of physical recovery. When this charming, witty, angry young man chooses to die his doctors and nurses are determined that he must continue to live.

Born on this day – Béatrice Macola:

Béatrice Macola

Actress

December 2, 1965 – December 13, 2001

Credits:

Spider's Game (2001); Hostage (1999); La fame e la sete (1999); La strategia della maschera (1998); Buck and the Magic Bracelet (1998); Oh mamma! (1997); Corti stellari (1997); La primavera negli occhi (1994); Cari fottutissimi amici (1994); Lo sconosciuto (1993); Schindler's List (1993); La piovra (1992); Das tätowierte Herz (1991); C'est quoi ce petit boulot? (1991); Dr. M (1990); Sindrome veneziana (1989); Quando ancora non c'erano i Beatles (1988); Mak P 100 (1988).

Born on this day – Ray Garton:

Ray Garton

Writer

December 2, 1962 – April 21, 2024

Credits:

Books, including titles published as Joseph Locke:

1-900-Killer (1994); 411 (1998); All That Glitters (1998); Been There, Done That (1998); Bestial (2009); Biofire (1996); Can't Hardly Wait (1998); Crawlers! (2005); Crucifax / aka Crucifax Autumn (1988); Cut Corners (2015); Cut Corners Volume 1 (2012); Cut Corners Volume 3 (2017); Dark Channel (1992); Darklings (1985); Deadly Relations (1994); Game Over (1993); Good Burger (1997); Hocus Pocus! (1997); Invaders from Mars (1986); Invitation Only (2012); Kill the Teacher's Pet (1991); Kiss of Death (1992); Lights, Camera, Action! (1998); Live Girls (1987); Lot Lizards (1991); Loveless (2011); Meds (2011); Methods of Madness (1990); Murder Was My Alibi (2010); Nids (2006); Night Life (2005); No Place Like Home (2008); No Shelter (2024); Petrified (1992); Pieces of Hate (1996); Ravenous (2008); Resurrecting Ravana (1999); Scissors (2004); Seductions (1984); Serpent Girl / aka Cemetery Dance (2008); Sex and Violence in Hollywood (2001); Shackled (1997); Slivers of Bone (2008); Sunny Pines (2023); The Folks (2001); The Girl in the Basement (2010); The Loveliest Dead (2005); The Man in the Palace Theater (2012); The Man Who Killed Halloween (2014); The New Neighbor (1991); The Nightmares on Elm Street Part 4 (1989); The Nightmares on Elm Street Part 5 (1989); The Teacher (1993); The Troll Bride (1998); Trade Secrets (1990); Trailer Park Noir (2011); Unearthed (2016); Vampire Heart (1994); Vengeance (1994); Vortex (2016); Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth (2016); Warlock (1989); Website (1997); Zombie Love (2003).

Documentary and movie:

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010); The Profane Exhibit (2013).