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 - A Man Called Otto (2022):

A Man Called Otto

directed by Marc Forster,

written by David Magee,

based on the novel A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman,

was released in the United States on December 29, 2022.
Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:

Tom Hanks, Truman Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Cameron Britton, Juanita Jennings, Emonie Ellison, Peter Lawson Jones, Laval Schley, Mike Birbiglia, David Magee, John Higgins.

On this day in movie history - Blue Valentine (2010):

Blue Valentine

directed by Derek Cianfrance,

written by Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne and Joey Curtis,

was released in the United States on December 29, 2010.
Music by Grizzly Bear.

Cast:

Ryan Gosling, Michelle Williams, Faith Wladyka, John Doman, Mike Vogel, Marshall Johnson, Jen Jones, Maryann Plunkett, James Benatti, Barbara Troy, Carey Westbrook, Ben Shenkman, Eileen Rosen, Enid Graham, Ashley Gurnari, Jack Parshutich, Samii Ryan, Mark Benginia, Timothy Liveright, Tamara Torres, Robert Russell, Michelle Nagy, Felicia Reid, Melvin Jurdem, Alan Malkin, Derik Belanger, Isabella Frogoletto, Madison Ledergerber, Jaimie Jensen, Joseph Basile, Ian Bonner, Robert Eckard, Michael J. Kraycik, Corey Sullivan.

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

Space 1999

Season 1. Episode 18.

Episode entitled: The Infernal Machine.

Released December 29, 1975.

Directed by David Tomblin.

Written by Anthony Terpiloff, Elizabeth Barrows.

Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.

Music by Barry Gray.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Leo McKern, Clifton Jones, Zienia Merton, Nick Tate, Gary Waldhorn, Tony Allyn, Sarah Bullen, Loftus Burton, Andy Dempsey, Barbara Kelly, Quentin Pierre, Michael Stevens.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek (1966 & 1967)

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek

Season 1. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Shore Leave.

Released December 29, 1966.

Directed by Robert Sparr.

Written by Theodore Sturgeon.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, Gerald Fried.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, Emily Banks, Oliver McGowan, Perry Lopez, George Takei, Bruce Mars, Barbara Baldavin, Marcia Brown, Sebastian Tom, Shirley Bonne, Paul Baxley, Bill Blackburn, John Carr, Frank da Vinci, Jim Gruzalski, Jeannie Malone, Eddie Paskey, Ron Veto.

Star Trek

Season 2. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: The Trouble with Tribbles.

Released December 29, 1967.

Directed by Joseph Pevney.

Written by David Gerrold.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Alexander Courage, Jerry Fielding.

Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nichelle Nichols, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, William Schallert, William Campbell, Stanley Adams, Whit Bissell, Michael Pataki, Edwin Reimers, Walter Koenig, Charlie Brill, Paul Baxley, David L. Ross, Guy Raymond, Richard Antoni, Bobby Bass, Bill Blackburn, Dick Crockett, Frank da Vinci, Steve Hershon, Roger Holloway, William Frederick Knight, Jeannie Malone, Bob Miles, Bob Orrison, Eddie Paskey, Gary Wright.

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 4. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: The Loss.

Released December 29, 1990.

Directed by Chip Chalmers.

Written by Hilary J. Bader, Alan J. Adler, Vanessa Greene, Ronald D. Moore, Joe Menosky, David Carren, J. Larry Carroll.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Kim Braden, Mary Kohnert, Whoopi Goldberg, Majel Barrett, Michael Braveheart, Tracee Cocco, Debbie David, Denise Deuschle, Teri Noel, Keith Rayve, Joyce Robinson.

Born on this day – Jon Polito:

Jon Polito

Actor

December 29, 1950 – September 1, 2016

Born on this day – Marianne Faithfull:

Marianne Faithfull

Writer

Singer

Actress

December 29, 1946 – January 30, 2025

Credits:

Books:

Faithfull: An Autobiography (1994); Marianne Faithfull: A Life on Record (2014); Memories, Dreams & Reflections (2008).

Albums:

20th Century Blues (1996); A Child's Adventure (1983); A Perfect Stranger: The Island Anthology (1998); A Secret Life (1995); A Stranger on Earth: An Introduction to Marianne Faithfull (2001); Before the Poison (2004); Blazing Away (1990); Broken English (1979); Broken English / Deluxe Edition (2013); Broken English / Strange Weather (1995); Come My Way (1965); Dangerous Acquaintances (1981); Dreamin' My Dreams (1976); Easy Come, Easy Go (2008); Faithfull Forever (1966); Faithfull: A Collection Of Her Best Recordings (1994); Give My Love to London (2014); Go Away from My World (1965); Horses and High Heels (2011); It's All Over Now, Baby Blue (The NEMS Years - Vol. 1) (1999); Kissin Time (2002); Kissin Time / Expanded Edition (2002); Live at the BBC (2008); Live In Hollywood (2005); Love in a Mist (1967); Many Have No Speech (1987); Marianne Faithfull (1965); Marianne Faithfull: The Montreux Years (Live) (2021); Marianne Faithfull's Greatest Hits (1969); Negative Capability (2018); No Exit (2016); North Country Maid (1966); Rich Kid Blues (1985); She Walks in Beauty (2021); Songs of Innocence and Experience 1965–1995 (2022); Spring Blossoms (2023); Strange Weather (1987); The Best of Marianne Faithfull (1999); The Collection (2004); The Seven Deadly Sins (1998); The Very Best Of Marianne Faithfull (1987); The World Of Marianne Faithfull (1969); Tribute To: Marianne Faithful (2006); Trouble in Mind (1986); Twentieth Century Blues - An Evening In The Weimar Republic (1996); Vagabond Ways (1999); Vagabond Ways / Expanded Version (1999); Viva Le France (2023); Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins: Classic Library Series (2004).

Songs:

As Tears Go By; Ballad of the Soldier’s Wife; Born to Live; Broken English; Come and Stay With Me; Go Away From My World; Guilt; In My Time of Sorrow; Incarceration of a Flower Child; Intrigue; Is This What I Get for Loving You?; It's All Over Now, Baby Blue; Lady Madelaine; Monday, Monday; No Moon in Paris; Rosie, Rosie; Sally Free and Easy; She Walks in Beauty; Sister Morphine; So Sad; Something Better; Sparrows Will Sing; Summer Nights; The Ballad of Lucy Jordan; The Gypsy Faerie Queen; They Come at Night; This Little Bird; Times Square; Why D’Ya Do It?; Witches’ Song; With You in Mind; Working Class Hero.

Movies and television:

100 Greatest Albums of Rock & Roll (2001); 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll (1999); 13 x 13 (1988); 2009 Women's World Awards (2009); A Dance to the Music of Time (1997); A Letter to True (2004); A Tale of Two Rivers (1967); A Violent Desire for Joy (2018); A Whole Scene Going (1966); Absolutely Fabulous (1996–2001); Absolutely Fabulous: Les dieux d'Edina (2002); Alles nur Tarnung (1996); American Horror Story (2016); Anna (1967); Another Girl Another Planet (1992); Anybody's Woman (1981); Aquarius (1971); Arena (1991–1998); Art & the 60s (2004); Assault on Agathon (1976); ATV Today (1966); Bande-annonce de 'Made in U.S.A.' (1966); BBC Four Sessions (2002–2014); Beautiful Losers (1997); Behind the Music (1999); Belle du Seigneur (2012); Bitter & Twisted (2008); Blazing Away (1990); Bob Dylan: Dont Look Back (1967); Bognor (1981); Breakfast (2011); Brit Girls (1997); British Song Contest (1965); Broken English: Three Songs by Marianne Faithfull (1979); C à vous (2011); Cadence 3 (1983); Call My Bluff (1966); Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg (2023); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2025); Ce soir (ou jamais!) (2011); Cher (1975); Cinema 3 (2007); Close Up (1999); Clues (2014); Cold Case (2005); Cold Comfort (1989); Colorspace Vol. 2 (2011); Colorspace Vol. 4 (2014); Corazón de... (2006); Countdown (1966); Crimetime (1996); Crossing Jordan (2002); Cucumber Castle (1970); Dad Strangelove (2025); Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000); Days of Rage: the Rolling Stones' Road to Altamont (2020); Die Harald Schmidt Show (1996); Disco (1980); Discs-a-gogo (1964); Dope (1968); Dune: Part One (2021); Einer wird gewinnen (1982); England Is Mine (2017); Entertainment Tonight (2014); E-penser (2023); Estudio 1 (2001); Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker (2008); Eurotrash (1995); Everyman (1996); Exhale with Candice Bergen (2001); Faces in the Crowd (2011); Faithfull (2017 / 2025); Fallen Angels (1995); Fame, Fashion and Photography: The Real Blow Up (2002); Far from China (2001); Festival di Sanremo (1967–1982); Film Review (1968); Five O'Clock Club (1965); Flicker (2008); FM (2009); Først & sist (2002); Francis Bacon: A Brush with Violence (2017); Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2002); From the Beatles to Oasis: Forty Years of Granada Pop (1996); Gadzooks! It's All Happening (1965); Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets (1989); Get All That, Ant? (2015); Ghost Story (1974); Girl on the Bridge (1999); Globos de Ouro 1997 (1998); Go Go Go Said the Bird (1966); Hamlet (1969); Hans im Glück aus Herne 2 (1983); Heads (1969); Heartsong (1965); Hellsing Ultimate (2008); Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful (2020); Hendrix (2000); Here, There and Everywhere: a Concert for Linda (1999); Hey Presto! It's Rolf (1966); His Brother (2003); History (2013); How the Beatles Changed the World (2017); Hullabaloo (1965); Hunter (1985); I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967); Ingo Metzmacher - Ein deutscher Dirigent (2011); Intimacy (2001); Irina Palm (2007); It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond (2017); Jo Whiley (1999); Juke Box Jury (1964–1966); Juliet, Naked (2018); Kulturjournal (2014); Late Night Line-Up (1965); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1994–1995); Late Show with David Letterman (2002–2009); Later... With Jools Holland (1995–2009); Le Brasier Shelley (2018); Le cercle de minuit (1994); Le grand journal de Canal+ (2004); Lena-Maria Show (1980–1981); Les nouveaux rendez-vous (1981); Lescure: Tôt ou tard (2011); Let It Bleed: 40 Years of the Rolling Stones (2002); L'invité (2009–2011); Living the Life (2013); Lo + plus (1997); Lucifer Rising (1972); Made in U.S.A (1966); Mar de dudas (1995); Marianne Faithfull Live in Hollywood (2005); Marianne Faithfull: As Tears Go By (1987); Marianne Faithfull: As Tears Go by (Live) (1964); Marianne Faithfull: Broken English (1979); Marianne Faithfull: Broken English (Live from Musikladen) (1980); Marianne Faithfull: Dreaming My Dreams (2000); Marianne Faithfull: Intrigue (1981); Marianne Faithfull: Running for our Lives (1983); Marianne Faithfull: The Ballad of Lucy Jordan (1979); Marianne Faithfull: Witches' Song (1979); Marie Antoinette (2006); Mario Schifano tutto (2001); Memories of 1970-1991 (1991); Metallica: The Memory Remains (1997); Metallica: The Videos 1989-2004 (2006); Mindhunter (2019); Miradas 2 (2007); Montenegro (1981); Moondance (1994); Music of the Millennium (1999); Musikladen (1980); Musikprogrammet - programmet om music (2005); Musique and Music (1978); My First Apartamento: Marianne Faithfull (2016); My Generation (2017); Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1999); Newsnight (2018); Nice Girls Don't Stay for Breakfast (2018); Nord-Plage (2004); Novo (2002); Nulle part ailleurs (1999); Numéro un (1980); One + One (1968); One Foot in the Past (1993); One More Time with Feeling (2016); OnePeople: The Celebration (2012); Open House (1964); Our World (1967); Paris, Je T'aime / Segment: Le Marais (2006); Paul (1978); Personal Choice (1968); Platine 45 (1982); Portillo's Hidden History of Britain (2018); Power Vision - Pop Galerie (1997); Presumed Innocent (2024); Queens of British Pop (2009); Rapido (1987); Read All About It (1978); Ready, Steady, Go! (1964–1965); Rendez-vous avec Jane (2005); Retying the Knot: The Incredible String Band (1997); Richard & Judy (2004); Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony (1996); Rock Revolutions TV (2008); Roy Orbison: One of the Lonely Ones (2015); Ruby (1997–1999); Salt of the Earth (2007); Sandra After Dark (1996); Saturday Night Live (1980–1997); SBS World News (2025); Scene at 6:30 (1966); Screen Two (1991); Seitenblicke (2009); Sherrybaby (2006); Shindig! (1965); Shopping (1994); Short Cuts (1993); SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock (2016); Snapshots from the Tour (2015); So Graham Norton (2000); So It Goes (1976); Somebody Told Me About Carla Bruni (2009); Somerset Maugham Theatre (1970); Sopor: Sleep (2011); St. Pauli-Landungsbrücken (1981); Sunday Night (1988); Taratata (2011); Tarnation (2003); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1965–1966); The 2008 European Film Awards (2008); The Affair (1971); The Alan Titchmarsh Show (2009); The Beat Room (1964); The Beatles and India (2021); The Beatles Anthology (1995); The Beatles in The Beatles: 1 (2015); The Beatles Revolution (2000); The Beatles: All You Need Is Love (1967); The Big Breakfast (1998); The Book Show (2007); The Cars That Made Britain Great (2016); The City of Lost Children (1995); The Compleat Beatles (1982); The Craft (1996); The Dream Machine (1983); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1965–1967); The Equalizer (1987); The Girl from Nagasaki (2013); The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968); The Greatest (1999–2001); The Heaven and Earth Show (2004); The History of Rock 'n' Roll (1995); The Last Letter from Your Lover (2021); The Last of England (1987); The Making of 'Marie Antoinette' (2007); The Midnight Special (1973); The Music of Lennon & McCartney (1965); The Outsider (1979); The Pursuit of Love (2021); The Roaring 20s: Mick Jagger's Glory Years (2011); The Rock 'n' Roll Years (1986); The Rolling Stones - Die ersten 20 Jahre (1982); The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus (1996); The Rolling Stones: Truth and Lies (2006); The Rolling Stones: We Love You (1967); The Sopranos (2000); The Stones and Brian Jones (2023); The Stones in the Park (1969); The Stronger (1971); The Turn of the Screw (1992); The Val Doonican Show (1965); The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990); Thelma & Louise (1991); Thirty-Minute Theatre (1971); This Is Dom Joly (2003); This Much I Know to Be True (2022); Tienerklanken (1967); Tohuwabohu (1998); Tom Jones! (1966); Tonight Live with Steve Vizard (1990); Top of the Pops (1964–1979); Tout le monde en parle (2002); Tripping (1999); Trouble in Mind (1985); Truands (2007); Tubridy Tonight (2005); Tuff Turf (1985); Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward (1998); Un siècle d'écrivains (1999); Unheimliche Geschichten (1982); V Graham Norton (2003); VH1 100 Greatest Songs of Rock n Roll (1999); Vivement dimanche (2002); W. Somerset Maugham (1970); When Pigs Fly (1993); Where the Action Is (1966); Who Do You Think You Are? (2013); Who's Crazy? (1965); Why I Hate the 60s: The Decade That Was Too Good to Be True (2004); Wild Summon (2023); Wogan (1990); Women Talking Dirty (1999); World in Action (1967); Z2 operazione Circeo (1966); Zomercarrousel (1966).

Born on this day – Mary Tyler Moore:

Mary Tyler Moore

Actress

Producer

December 29, 1936 – January 25, 2017

Born on this day – Ed Flanders:

Ed Flanders

Actor

December 29, 1934 – February 22, 1995

Born on this day – Inga Swenson:

Inga Swenson

Actress

Singer

December 29, 1932 – July 23, 2023