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 - Electric Dreams (2017 TV series & book):

Electric Dreams

Anthology series based on short stories by Philip K. Dick.

All 10 episodes released January 12, 2018.

Previously shown on Channel 4 from September 17, 2017 – March 19, 2018.

Theme music by Harry Gregson-Williams.

Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: The Hood Maker.

Directed by Julian Jarrold.

Written by Matthew Graham.

Music by Ólafur Arnalds.

Cast: Richard Madden, Holliday Grainger, Noma Dumezweni, Richard McCabe, Anneika Rose, Chris Mayo, Remmie Milner, Tom Mothersdale, Ian Pink, Richard Rowe-McGhie, Paul Ritter, Sarah Vevers, Darcey Brown, Hilary Agostini, Raj Awasti, Tom Blount, Janine Catterall, Nick Davison, Laraine Dix, Shawnah Donley, Jade Francine, Ricardo Freitas, Charlotte Jo Hanbury, Juke Hardy, Lana Ish-Muhametova, Danielle Kingston, Nina Mangold, Stephanie Moore, Joshua Neil, Elsa Nori, Axel Nu, Tom Ogg, Jacqueline Ramnarine, Sarah Sharman, Tony Way, Latesha Wilson.

Season 1. Episode 2.

Episode entitled: Impossible Planet.

Directed by David Farr.

Written by David Farr.

Music by Bear McCreary.

Cast: Geraldine Chaplin, Benedict Wong, Jack Reynor, Bekka Bowling, Justin Butcher, Georgina Campbell, Annes Elwy, Malik Ibheis, Christopher Staines, Steven Dutton, Nicholle Hembra.

Season 1. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: The Commuter.

Directed by Tom Harper.

Written by Jack Thorne.

Music by Harry Gregson-Williams.

Cast: Timothy Spall, Anthony Boyle, Rudi Dharmalingam, Rebecca Manley, Tuppence Middleton, Anne Reid, Hayley Squires, Nicole Agada, Ann Akinjirin / Ann Akin, Rebecca Birch, Tom Brooke, Lauren Carse, Brodie Jouxson, Matthew Jure, Naveed Khan, Marko Leht, Matthew Raymond, Roy Beck, Justin Cosh, Karl Farrer, Michael Haydon, Gilbert White.

Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Crazy Diamond.

Directed by Marc Munden.

Written by Tony Grisoni.

Music by Cristobal Tapia de Veer.

Cast: Steve Buscemi, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Julia Davis, Lucian Msamati, Joanna Scanlan, Michael Socha, Isis Davis, Sophia Del Pizzo, Gina Gangar, Lauren Hobbs, Scott Karim, Kerri McLean, Abraham Popoola, Adam Riches, Ross Carter, Olga Docheva, James Henri-Thomas, Hyo Won Kim.

Season 1. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Real Life.

Directed by Jeffrey Reiner.

Written by Ronald D. Moore.

Music by Bear McCreary.

Cast: Terrence Howard, Anna Paquin, Rachelle Lefevre, Lara Pulver, Guy Burnet, Jacob Vargas, Sam Witwer, Christian Isely, Anton Bassey, Anu Bhatt, J. Salome Martinez, Karin Anglin, Dominic Capone III, Jason Singer, Lisa Greene, Chris Nolte, Jonathan Posthuma, Rekkhan.

Season 1. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Human Is.

Directed by Francesca Gregorini.

Written by Jessica Mecklenburg.

Music by Cristobal Tapia de Veer.

Cast: Bryan Cranston, Essie Davis, Liam Cunningham, Khalid Abdalla, Ruth Bradley, William Gaminara, Nathalie Armin, Ronan Vibert, Jamie Wilkes, Marc Danbury, Fode Simbo, Dean Ashton, Jessica D'Arcy, Ntiarna Xavier Knight, Lee Admassie, Gintare Beinoraviciute, Dilyana Bouklieva, Debbie Cameron, Alan Cassidy, Bern Collaço, Rene Costa, Vaslov Goom, Juke Hardy, Adam King, Adam King-Sekera, Sarah Sayuri Leung, James Pepper, Darren Tassell, Penni Tovey, Michael Yates.

Season 1. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: The Father Thing.

Directed by Michael Dinner.

Written by Michael Dinner.

Music by Harry Gregson-Williams.

Cast: Greg Kinnear, Jack Gore, Shannon Brown, Alana Arenas, Terry Kinney, Marc Grapey, Jack Lewis, Zakk Paradise, Mireille Enos, Cole Keriazakos, Philip Ghantous, Brian Boland, Ryan Evans, Andrew Rothenberg, Eric C. Lynch, Steve Johnson, Tyler Evans, Vaslov Goom, Sarah Sayuri Leung, David Lowenthal, Paul A Munday, Russ Panzarella, Devito Parker Jr., Delphine Pontvieux, Corinne van den Heuvel.

Season 1. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: Autofac.

Directed by Peter Horton.

Written by Travis Beacham.

Music by Ólafur Arnalds, BT.

Cast: Juno Temple, Janelle Monáe, David Lyons, Nick Eversman, Jay Paulson, Maximiliano Hernández, Rebecca Jordan, Roberto Mantica, Desmond Laurent, Jeff Dlugolecki, Pretty Rickey PR.

Season 1. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Safe and Sound.

Directed by Alan Taylor.

Written by Kalen Egan, Travis Sentell.

Music by Mark Isham.

Cast: Annalise Basso, Maura Tierney, Connor Paolo, Alice Lee, Algee Smith, Martin Donovan, Emily Rudd, Mari Marroquin, Emma González, Jordan Vintryst, Randall McDonald, Mike Geraghty, Terence Sims, Sam Straley, Matthew Chappelle, Aidan Traynor, Lindsay Stock, Pamela Jones, Aurora Adachi-Winter, Sarah Lo, Jeremiah Garcia, Andy Stout, Erica Geiger, Matthias Kocur, Deano Bugatti Mitchison, Lily Paige, Dylan Rogers, Ashland Thomas.

Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: Kill All Others.

Directed by Dee Rees.

Written by Dee Rees.

Music by Bear McCreary.

Cast: Mel Rodriguez, Sarah Baker, Jason Mitchell, Glenn Morshower, Louis Herthum, DuShon Monique Brown, Vera Farmiga, Kathy Scambiatterra, Kylan Conroy, Dale Rivera, Bassam Abdelfattah, Joe Caballero, Joe Yau, Gabriel Ruiz, Tim Heurlin, Terry Berner, Richard Perez, Cindy Chang, Desiree Ballesteros, Lia D. Mortensen, Shaz Campbell, Marsha Estell, Karissa Murrell Myers, Bryan Christopher, Michelle Bester, Brian Bianchi, Joette Waters, Daniel Craig Baker, Michael Corsale, Clarence E. Davis, Vaslov Goom, Peter S. Kim, Freddy Moyano, Rafaela Ochoa, Bryan C. Ordman, Russ Panzarella, Darren Sheehan.

Recommended reading:

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

By Philip K. Dick.

Published by Gollancz.

Published 2017.

ISBN-10: 1473223288

ISBN-13: 9781473223288

Description:

The stories that inspired the original dramatic series. Though perhaps most famous as a novelist, Philip K. Dick wrote more than one hundred short stories over the course of his career, each as mind-bending and genre-defining as his longer works. Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams collects ten of the best. In “Autofac,” Dick shows us one of the earliest examples (and warnings) in science fiction of self-replicating machines. “Exhibit Piece” and “The Commuter” feature Dick exploring one of his favorite themes: the shifting nature of reality and whether it is even possible to perceive the world as it truly exists. And “The Hanging Stranger” provides a thrilling, dark political allegory as relevant today as it was when Dick wrote it at the height of the Cold War. Strange, funny, and powerful, the stories in this collection highlight a master at work, encapsulating his boundless imagination and deep understanding of the human condition.

On this day in movie history - The Last Stand (2013):

The Last Stand

directed by Kim Jee-woon,

written by Andrew Knauer,

was released in the United States on January 12, 2013.
Music by Mowg.

Cast:

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arron Shiver, Titos Menchaca, Richard Dillard, Doug Jackson, Mathew Greer, Peter Stormare, Chris Browning, Christiana Leucas, Johnny Knoxville, Zach Gilford, Luis Guzmán, Rio Alexander, James Burnett, David Midthunder, Tait Fletcher, Mark Sivertsen, Jaimie Alexander, Rodrigo Santoro, Forest Whitaker, Genesis Rodriguez, Daniel Henney, Eduardo Noriega, Diana R. Lupo, David Kilde, David House, Billy Blair, Kent Kirkpatrick, Mario Moreno, John Patrick Amedori, Kristen DeVore Rakes, Don Ambabo, Ross Kelly, Ryan Jason Cook, Elias Gallegos, Kevin Wiggins, Lois Geary, Jermaine Washington, Terry Dale Parks, Allan Padelford, Tim Booth, Cliff Fleming, Eddie J. Fernandez, Scott Flick, Julia Gallegos, Angela Joseph, Brandy Joseph, Kearon Lehman, Gregory Leiker, Alexandria Morrow, Steve Most, Francisco Peramos, Daniel Pimentel, Frank Powers, Dieter Rauter, Jessica Record, Ned Record, Kelly Ruble, Jeff Sanders, Harry Dean Stanton, Julian Wondolowski.

On this day in movie history - Sexy Beast (2000):

Sexy Beast

directed by Jonathan Glazer,

written by Louis Mellis and David Scinto,

was released in the United Kingdom on January 12, 2001.

Music by Roque Baños.

Cast:

Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, Amanda Redman, James Fox, Cavan Kendall, Julianne White, Álvaro Monje, Robert Atiko, Nieves del Amo Oruet, Enrique Alemán Fabrega, Gérard Barray, José Maria Cano Ramos, Desirée Erasmus, Santiago Frias Munoz, José Hernández, Ana Maldonado Herreria, Andy Lucas, José Lirola Ramos, José López Carrillo, Antonio Fco. Márquez Quesada, Juan Manuel Martníez Cobos, Dionisio Mesa, Eddie O'Connell, Terence Plummer, Manuel Sánchez Berlanga, Frank Scinto, Darkie Smith, Rocky Taylor, Chris Webb, Pedro Zamora Hernández, Tina Simmons.

On this day in movie history - Internal Affairs (1990):

Internal Affairs

directed by Mike Figgis,

written by Henry Bean,

was released in the United States on January 12, 1990.

Music by Brian Banks, Mike Figgis and Anthony Marinelli.

Cast:

Richard Gere, Andy Garcia, Nancy Travis, Laurie Metcalf, Richard Bradford, William Baldwin, Michael Beach, Katherine Borowitz, Faye Grant, John Kapelos, Xander Berkeley, John Capodice, Victoria Dillard, Pamella D'Pella, Susan Forristal, Allan Havey, Lew Hopson, Tyde Kierney, Dinah Lenney, Scott Lincoln, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Harry S. Murphy, Billie Neal, Heather Lauren Olson, Marco Rodríguez, Annabella Sciorra, Arlen Dean Snyder, Ron Vawter, Deryn Warren, Valerie Wildman, Elijah Wood, Domingo Adkins, Hamlet Arman, Camilla Bergstrom, Mitchell Claman, Mark A. Cuttin, Justin De Rosa, Mike Figgis, Geoffrey Grider, Andrew Herman, Brian Eric Johnson, Waldemar Kalinowski, Helen Lin, Frank Mancuso Jr., Christopher Raymond Mullane, Hank McGill, Jimmy Ortega, Grant Sawyer, Richard B. Whitaker, Keri-Anne Bilotta, Jeff Bornstein, David Fisher, John Forker, Bj Korros, Jim Rhine, David Schied.