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 - The Fighter (2010):

The Fighter

directed by David O. Russell,

written by Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson and Scott Silver,

based on a story by Keith Dorrington, Paul Tamasy and Eric Johnson,

was released in the United States on December 10, 2010.
Music by Michael Brook.

Cast:

Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo, Mickey O'Keefe, Jack McGee, Melissa McMeekin, Bianca Hunter, Erica McDermott, Jill Quigg, Dendrie Taylor, Kate B. O'Brien, Jenna Lamia, Frank Renzulli, Paul Campbell, Caitlin Dwyer, Chanty Sok, Ted Arcidi, Ross Bickell, Sean Malone, José Antonio Rivera, Richard Farrell, Matthew Muzio, Steven Barkhimer, Art Ramalho, Sugar Ray Leonard, Jackson Nicoll, Alison Folland, Sean Patrick Doherty, Sue Costello, Thomas Benton, Ray Greenhalge, Tino Kimly, Epifanio Melendez, Jeremiah Kissel, Roeun Chea, Brian Nguyen, Rikki Kleiman, Michael Dell'Orto, Paul Locke, Kim Carrell, Colin Hamell, Dale Place, Eddie Lee Anderson, Joe Lupino, Bonnie Aarons, Walter Driscoll, Matt Russell, A. Joseph Denucci, George Michael Ward, Jack Greenhalge, Kevin Paige, David A. Ramalho Sr., Ziad Akl, Simon Hamlin, Gerald Greenhalge, Matthew Russell, Rita Mercier, Deborah Bolanger, Kerry Moore, Philip Dorn Hebert, Raul Vera, Jack Lally, Carlos L. Smith, Lee Wesley, Hugh Long, Catherine Lynn Stone, Bo Cleary, Anthony Molinari, Peter Cunningham, Miguel Espino, Anthony 'Ace' Thomas, Brian Christensen, Jen Weissenberg, Michael Buffer, Larry Merchant, Jim Lampley, Emanuel Steward, Roy Jones Jr., George Foreman, Don Dunphy.

On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2008):

Pushing Daisies

Season 2. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: The Legend of Merle McQuoddy.

Released December 10, 2008.

Directed by Lawrence Trilling.

Written by Chad Gomez Creasey, Dara Resnik Creasey.

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, Field Cate, Josh Randall, Perry Anzilotti, Alexander Gould, Sammi Hanratty, David Koechner, Mary Kay Place, Jordan Feldman, Leyna Nguyen, Kristen Olson.

On this day in music history - A Word in the Wind, by 2002 (2009):

A Word in the Wind

Album by 2002,

released December 10, 2009.

Track list:

1054 A.D; A Word in the Wind; Spirit Moves; Ancient Circle; Promise of the Ocean; Free to Fly; Raindance; The Singing Stone; Dreaming Cloud; Mirage; Trismegistus; Seven Rays.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1988)

Star Trek: Discovery (2020)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: The Outrageous Okona.

Released December 10, 1988.

Directed by Robert Becker.

Written by Burton Armus, Les Menchen, Lance Dickson, David Landsberg, Leonard Mlodinow, Scott Rubenstein.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Ron Jones.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Billy Campbell, Douglas Rowe, Albert Stratton, Rosalind Allen / Rosalind Ingledew, Kieran Mulroney, Joe Piscopo, Whoopi Goldberg, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, Juliet Cesario, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Teri Hatcher, Randy James, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Guy Vardaman.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 3. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Terra Firma, Part 1.

Released December 10, 2020.

Directed by Omar Madha.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Alan B. McElroy, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Sean Cochran, Anthony Maranville, Chris Silvestri, 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, David Ajala, Michelle Yeoh, Oded Fehr, Blu del Barrio, Hannah Cheesman, David Cronenberg, Paul Guilfoyle, Rekha Sharma, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Julianne Grossman, Hannah Spear, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Shelley Owens.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: A Piece of Paradise.

Released December 10, 1959.

Directed by John Cassavetes.

Written by Robert L. Jacks.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Eduardo Ciannelli, Bert Freed, Walter Burke, Midge Ware, Jan Harrison, Sid Raymond, Wally Brown, Pamela Searle, Nanita Greene, Marianne Gaba, Don Ames, Kenneth Gibson, James Gonzalez, Stuart Holmes, Joe Ploski, Arthur Tovey, John Zimeas.

Born on this day – Michael Clarke Duncan:

Michael Clarke Duncan

Actor

December 10, 1957 – September 3, 2012

Born on this day – Philip R. Craig:

Philip R. Craig

Writer

December 10, 1933 – May 8, 2007

Credits:

(including titles with/by William G. Tapply):

A Beautiful Place to Die (1989); The Woman Who Walked Into the Sea / Death in Vineyard Waters (1991); The Double Minded Men / Vineyard Deceit (1992); Cliff Hanger / Vineyard Fear (1993); Off Season (1994); A Case of Vineyard Poison (1995); Death on a Vineyard Beach (1996); A Deadly Vineyard Holiday (1997); A Shoot on Martha's Vineyard (1998); A Fatal Vineyard Season (1999); Vineyard Blues (2000); Vineyard Shadows (2001); Vineyard Enigma (2002); A Vineyard Killing (2003); Murder at a Vineyard Mansion (2004); Vineyard Prey (2005); Dead in Vineyard Sand (2006); Vineyard Stalker (2007); Vineyard Chill (2008); First Light (2001); Second Sight (2004); Third Strike (2007); Gate of Ivory, Gate of Horn (1969); Delish! (2006); Death at Charity's Point (1984); The Dutch Blue Error (1984); Follow the Sharks (1985); The Marine Corpse / A Rodent of Doubt (1986); Dead Meat (1987); The Vulgar Boatman (1987); A Void in Hearts (1988); Dead Winter (1989); Client Privilege (1990); The Spotted Cats (1991); Tight Lines (1992); The Snake Eater (1993); The Seventh Enemy (1995); Close to the Bone (1996); Cutter's Run (1998); Muscle Memory (1999); Scar Tissue (2000); Past Tense (2001); A Fine Line (2002); Shadow of Death (2003); Nervous Water (2005); Out Cold (2006); One-Way Ticket (2007); Hell Bent (2008); Outwitting Trolls (2010).

Born on this day – Thomas A. Carlin:

Thomas A. Carlin

Actor

December 10, 1928 - May 6, 1991

Credits:

One Good Cop (1991); Law & Order (1991); Jacob's Ladder (1990); Family Business (1989); Blood Money (1988); The Equalizer (1986–1988); Matewan (1987); Search for Tomorrow (1985); The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984); The Executioner's Song (1982); Ragtime (1981); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); Caddyshack (1980); The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980); Hawk (1966); The Defenders (1961–1964); Route 66 (1963); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1962–1963); The Doctors and the Nurses (1962); Naked City (1961); John Brown's Raid (1960); Sunday Showcase (1960); Playhouse 90 (1960); Play of the Week (1960); Decoy (1958); True Story (1958); The Young Don't Cry (1957); Goodyear Playhouse (1956); The Alcoa Hour (1956); The Big Story (1949).

Born on this day – Barbara Nichols:

Barbara Nichols

Actress

December 10, 1928 – October 5, 1976

Born on this day – Sheldon Reynolds:

Sheldon Reynolds

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

December 10, 1923 – January 25, 2003

Born on this day – Reginald Rose:

Reginald Rose

Writer

Producer

December 10, 1920 – April 19, 2002

Born on this day – Anne Gwynne:

Anne Gwynne

Actress

December 10, 1918 – March 31, 2003

Born on this day – Dorothy Lamour:

Dorothy Lamour

Actress

Singer

December 10, 1914 – September 22, 1996

Born on this day – Mavis Villiers:

Mavis Villiers

Actress

December 10, 1909 – February 23, 1976

Credits:

A Lady's Morals (1930); A Touch of Larceny (1960); Anne of Green Gables (1952); Armchair Theatre (1969); Baxter! (1973); BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1951–1956); Boyd Q.C. (1963); Cheer the Brave (1951); Corridor of Mirrors (1948); Dixon of Dock Green (1957); Double Alibi (1937); Drama 61-67 (1961); Educated Evans (1957); Family Affairs (1949); First Night (1964); Frankie and Johnny (1950 / 1953); From a Bird's Eye View (1970–1971); Front Page Story (1965); Gasbags (1941); Harry's Girls (1963); Hi, Gang! (1941); I Believe in You (1952); I Was a Male War Bride (1949); Interpol Calling (1960); It's a Square World (1961); It's Never Too Late to Mend (1937); ITV Play of the Week (1957–1960); Jezebel ex UK (1963); Journey Together (1945); Kate (1971); King of the Castle (1936); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); Mad Men of Europe (1940); Meet the Wife (1964); Mogul (1968); Mousey (1974); No Sex Please - We're British (1973); North of 6 7/8 (1926); Old Age Handicap (1926); Once in a Lifetime (1937 / 1938); Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1974); Plays of Today (1969); Pool of London (1951); Promise Her Anything (1966); Rheingold Theatre (1954); Sailors Don't Care (1940); Saloon Bar (1940); Silk, Satin, Cotton, Rags (1952); South American George (1941); Straight on Till Morning (1972); Suddenly, Last Summer (1959); Taxi! (1963); Tess of the Storm Country (1922); The Adventures of Annabel (1956); The Bell Family (1951); The Boys (1962); The Bum's Rush (1927); The Dancing Bear (1954); The Four Just Men (1960); The Godless Girl (1928); The Haunting (1963); The Human Jungle (1963); The Inch Man (1952); The Mouse That Roared (1959); The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939); The Passing Show (1951); The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961); The Saint (1965); The Vise (1958); The Wednesday Play (1969); Theatre 625 (1966); Time Is My Enemy (1954); Too Many Detectives (1952); Two for a Pair (1951); Victim (1961); Walter and Connie Reporting (1965–1966); Went the Day Well? (1942); You Can't Do Without Love (1944); Zero One (1963).

Born on this day – Una Merkel:

Una Merkel

Actress

December 10, 1903 – January 2, 1986

Born on this day – Vivienne Osborne:

Vivienne Osborne

Actress

December 10, 1896 – June 10, 1961

Credits:

Theater:

The Whirlwind (December 23, 1919 – February 1920); The Bonehead (April 12, 1920 – May 1920); The Silver Fox (September 5, 1921 – December 1921); The Love Child (November 14, 1922 – April 1923); Scaramouche (October 24, 1923 – December 1923); New Toys (February 18, 1924 – March 1924); The Blue Bandanna (June 23, 1924 - July 1924); Houses of Sand (February 17, 1925 – March 1925); Aloma of the South Seas (April 20, 1925 – June 1925); The Harem (June 1925)Fog (February 7, 1927 – May 1927); One Glorious Hour (April 14, 1927 – May 1927); The Three Musketeers (March 13, 1928 – December 15, 1928); Week-End (October 22, 1929 – October 1929); The Royal Virgin (March 17, 1930 – March 1930); As Good as New (November 3, 1930 – December 1930); Order Please (October 9, 1934 – October 1934).

Movies and television:

Cameron of the Royal Mounted (1921); Captain Caution (1940); Champagne Waltz (1937); Dragonwyck (1946); Follow Your Heart (1936); Husband’s Holiday (1931); I Accuse My Parents (1944); In Walked Mary (1920); Let’s Sing Again (1936); Life Begins (1932); Love’s Flame (1920); Luxury Liner (1933); Masquerade (1931); Men Are Such Fools (1932); Mother Eternal (1921); Night Club (1929); No More Ladies (1935); Over the Hill to the Poorhouse (1920); Primrose Path (1940); Sailor Be Good (1933); She Asked for It (1937); Sinner Take All (1936); So You Won’t Talk (1940); Supernatural (1933); The Beloved Bachelor (1931); The Crime Nobody Saw (1937); The Dark Horse (1932); The Devil’s in Love (1933); The Famous Ferguson Case (1932); The Good Provider (1922); The Nightingale (1930); The Phantom Broadcast (1933); The Restless Sex (1920); The Right Way (1921); Tomorrow at Seven (1933); Two Kinds of Women (1932); Two Seconds (1932); Week-End Marriage (1932); Wives Never Know (1936).