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 - Justified (2013):

Justified

Season 4. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Kin.

Released February 5, 2013.

Directed by Peter Werner.

Written by Graham Yost, Fred Golan, VJ Boyd, Ingrid Escajeda, Leonard Chang.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Patton Oswalt, Jere Burns, Ron Eldard, Jim Beaver, Bonita Friedericy, Rick Gomez, Gerald McRaney, David Meunier, Abby Miller, Mike O'Malley, Romy Rosemont, Stephen Tobolowsky, Alexandra Kyle, Tom E. Proctor, Christopher Douglas Reed, Natalie Zea, Raymond J. Barry, Jonathan Kowalsky, Kevin McNamara, Ted Cannon, Michael FitzGibbon, Cathy Baron, Hayley Timsit, Azmyth Kaminski.

On this day in music history:

Voila by Belinda Carlisle (2007)

Miss Understood by Carolyn Wonderland (2008)

Voila

Album by Belinda Carlisle,

released February 5, 2007.

Track list: Ma Jeunesse Fout Le Camp; Bonnie et Clyde; Avec le Temps; Sous le Ciel de Paris; Des Ronds Dans L’eau; Pourtant Tu M’aimes; Ne Me Quitte Pas; La Vie en Rose; Contact; Merci Cherie; Jezebel.

Miss Understood

Album by Carolyn Wonderland,

released February 5, 2008.

Track list: Misunderstood; I Found the Lions; Bad Girl Blues; Walk on; Still Alive and Well; Long Way to Go; Trouble in the City; Throw My Love; I Live Alone with Someone; The Farmer Song; Feed Me to the Lions; I Don’t Want to Fall for You.

On this day in movie history - Payback (1999):

Payback

directed by Brian Helgeland,

written by Brian Helgeland and Terry Hayes,

based on the novel The Hunter by Richard Stark,

was released in the United States on February 5, 1999.
Music by Chris Boardman and Scott Stambler.

Cast:

Mel Gibson, Gregg Henry, Maria Bello, Lucy Alexis Liu, Deborah Kara Unger, David Paymer, Bill Duke, Jack Conley, John Glover, William Devane, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Trevor St. John, Freddy Rodriguez, Manu Tupou.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1994)

Star Trek: Voyager (1996 & 1997)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2003)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 7. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Lower Decks.

Released February 5, 1994.

Directed by Gabrielle Beaumont.

Written by René Echevarria, Ronald Wilkerson, Jean Louise Matthias, Naren Shankar.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Dan Gauthier, Shannon Fill, Alexander Enberg, Bruce Beatty, Patti Yasutake, Don Reilly, David Keith Anderson, Lena Banks, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Debbie David, Elliot Durant III, Gunnel Eriksson, Holiday Freeman, Keith Gearhart, Linda Harcharic, Gary Hunter, Rad Milo, Joyce Robinson, John Alex Tampoya, Oliver Theess.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 2. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: Meld.

Released February 5, 1996.

Directed by Cliff Bole.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Michael Piller, Michael Sussman, Kenneth Biller, Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Brad Dourif, Angela Dohrmann, Simon Billig, Majel Barrett, Johnetta Anderson, John Copage, Damaris Cordelia, Debbie David, Tarik Ergin, Heather Ferguson, Susan Henley, Kerry Hoyt, Bob Mascagno, Karole Nellis, Louis Ortiz, Shepard Ross, Simon Stotler, John Alex Tampoya.

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 3. Episode 16.

Episode entitled: Blood Fever.

Released February 5, 1997.

Directed by Andrew Robinson.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Lisa Klink.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Alexander Enberg, Bruce Bohne, Deborah Levin, Elle Alexander, Ted Barba, Tarik Ergin, Jennifer Gundy, Louis Ortiz, Amy Jo Traicoff.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 2. Episode 14.

Episode entitled: Stigma.

Released February 5, 2003.

Directed by David Livingston.

Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, 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 Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Melinda Page Hamilton, Michael Ensign, Bob Morrisey, Jeffrey/Jeff Hayenga, Lee Spencer, Alexandrea Ortiz, Antony Acker, Solomon Burke Jr., Mark Correy, Ken Gruz, Roy Joaquin, Mark Major, Louis Ortiz, Lidia Sabljic.

On this day in movie history - The Outlaw (1943):

The Outlaw

directed by Howard Hughes and Howard Hawks,

written by Jules Furthman, Howard Hawks and Ben Hecht,

was released in the United States on February 5, 1943.
Music by Victor Young.

Cast:

Jack Buetel, Jane Russell, Thomas Mitchell, Walter Huston, Mimi Aguglia, Joe Sawyer, Gene Rizzi, Bobby Callahan, Martin Garralaga, Ben Johnson, Dickie Jones, Cecil Kellogg, Ethan Laidlaw, Ted Mapes, William Newell, Emory Parnell, Edward Peil Sr., Wallace Reid Jr., Julian Rivero, Lee Shumway, William Steele, Harry Strang, Frank Ward, Pat West.

Born on this day – Tom Wilkinson:

Tom Wilkinson

Actor

February 5, 1948 – December 30, 2023

Credits:

The Full Monty (2023); SAS: Red Notice (2021); Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets (2021); Belgravia (2020); Watership Down (2018); Dead in a Week Or Your Money Back (2018); The Titan (2018); Burden (2018); The Happy Prince (2018); The Catcher Was a Spy (2018); This Beautiful Fantastic (2016); Denial (2016); Snowden (2016); The Choice (2016); Jenny's Wedding (2015); Little Boy (2015); Unfinished Business (2015); Selma (2014); Good People (2014); The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014); Felony (2013); Belle (2013); The Lone Ranger (2013); Sleeping Dogs (2012); The Samaritan (2012); The Gruffalo's Child (2011); Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011); The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2011); The Kennedys (2011); The Green Hornet (2011); Burke and Hare (2010); The Conspirator (2010); The Debt (2010); Jackboots on Whitehall (2010); The Ghost Writer (2010); The Gruffalo (2009); 44 Inch Chest (2009); Duplicity (2009); Valkyrie (2008); A Number (2008); RocknRolla (2008); Recount (2008); John Adams (2008); Michael Clayton (2007); Cassandra's Dream (2007); Dedication (2007); The Last Kiss (2006); The Night of the White Pants (2006); Ripley Under Ground (2005); Separate Lies (2005); The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005); Batman Begins (2005); Piccadilly Jim (2004); A Good Woman (2004); Stage Beauty (2004); Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004); If Only (2004); Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003); Normal (2003); An Angel for May (2002); Before You Go (2002); The Importance of Being Earnest (2002); The Gathering Storm (2002); Black Knight (2001); Another Life (2001); In the Bedroom (2001); Chain of Fools (2000); Essex Boys (2000); The Patriot (2000); David Copperfield (1999); Ride with the Devil (1999); Molokai (1999); Shakespeare in Love (1998); Jilting Joe (1998); Rush Hour (1998); The Governess (1998); Cold Enough for Snow (1997); Oscar and Lucinda (1997); Wilde (1997); The Full Monty (1997); Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997); Screen Two (1990–1996); The Ghost and the Darkness (1996); Interview Day (1996); A Very Open Prison (1995); Sense and Sensibility (1995); Martin Chuzzlewit (1994); Performance (1994); Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1994); Priest (1994); Alleyn Mysteries (1994); Royal Deceit (1994); A Business Affair (1994); In the Name of the Father (1993); Resnick: Rough Treatment (1993); Stay Lucky (1993); An Exchange of Fire (1993); Resnick: Lonely Hearts (1992); Underbelly (1992); Prime Suspect (1991); Lovejoy (1991); Parnell & the Englishwoman (1991); Paper Mask (1990); Counterstrike (1990); TECX (1990); Inspector Morse (1990); First and Last (1989); Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1988); The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988); The Woman He Loved (1988); The Lost Secret (1986); First Among Equals (1986); Happy Families (1985); Travelling Man (1985); Sylvia (1985); Miss Marple: A Pocketful of Rye (1985); Wetherby (1985); Bones (1984); Sakharov (1984); Squaring the Circle (1984); Sharma and Beyond (1984); Strangers and Brothers (1984); Spyship (1983); All for Love (1983); Panorama (1982); Crime and Punishment (1979); The Shadow Line (1976); 2nd House (1975).

Born on this day – Joe Minjares:

Joe Minjares

Actor

Writer

February 5, 1946 – July 21, 2025

Credits:

A Chance of Snow (1998); Bound and Gagged: A Love Story (1993); Domestics (2016); ER (1995); Fem 101 (2019); I Now Pronounce You Retro & Ellie (2025); In an Instant (2015); Justice (2004); Last Seen (2002); McHale's Navy (1997); Next Door (1994); Nothing But the Truth (1995); Nothing to Lose (1997); NYPD Blue (1996); Patti Rocks (1988); Roseanne (1993); Signs and Wonders (1995); Sleep, Baby, Sleep (1995); Strange Luck (1995); Studio Luma (2015); The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1995); The Horrible Flowers (2006); The Jackie Thomas Show (1992); The Last of the Finest (1990); The Tom Show (1997–1998); The Truman Show (1998); Thin Ice (2011); Tom (1994); Untamed Heart (1993); Virus (1995); Voices Within: The Lives of Truddi Chase (1990); Wilson (2017).

Born on this day – H. R. Giger:

H. R. Giger

Artist

Director

Actor

February 5, 1940 – May 12, 2014

Credits:

H.R. Giger's Film Design

By H.R. Giger.

Introduction by Ridley Scott.

Published by Morpheus International.

Published 1996.

Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1883398061

ISBN-13: 978-1883398064

Description:

An artist of uncompromising vision who gives free range to his brilliant, often bizarre imagination, H.R. Giger has created some of the most successful marriages of design and film in history. In this collection, Giger takes readers on a tour of his fantastic designs, from genesis through gestation to birth, for such films as Alien, Alien 3, and Species. 200 photos & illustrations.

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Books:

Alien (1979); Alien: diaries 7/8 (2013); ARH Plus (1991); ARh+ [i.e. Positive] (1993); Baphomet Tarot Set (1999); Baphomet: the Tarot of the Underworld (1992); Biomechanics (1990); Film Design (1996); Giger (B&N) (2008); Giger's Alien (1979); H. R. Giger's Retrospective, 1964-1984 (1984); H.R. Giger Guillotine (2006); H.R. Giger: 30 Postcards (1993); H.R. Giger's Necronomicon 2 (1985); HR Giger ARh+ (1991); HR Giger: The Oeuvre Before Alien, 1961-1976 (2007); Morpheus 2009 (2008); Necronomicon (1977); Necronomicon Ex Mortis (2014); Species Design (1995); The Mystery of San Gottardo (1998); Www H. R. Giger Com (1998); www HR Giger com (1996).

Movies and television:

A New Face of Debbie Harry (1982); Alien (1979); Alien Evolution (2001); Alien vs. Predator (2004); Alien: Alone (2019); Alien: Containment (2019); Alien: Covenant (2017); Alien: Harvest (2019); Alien: Night Shift (2019); Alien: Ore (2019); Alien: Resurrection (1997); Alien: Specimen (2019); Alien³ (1992); Aliens (1986); Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007); Aphex Twin: Windowlicker (1999); C-Files: Tell Saga (2000); Dark Seed (1992); Debbie Harry: Atomic Blondie (2018); Debbie Harry: Backfired (1981); Debbie Harry: Now I Know You Know (1981); Future-Kill (1985); Giger's Alien (1979); Giger's Necronomicon (1975); High and Heimkiller (1967); Killer Condom (1996); Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019); Minty Comedic Arts (2022); Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986); Prometheus (2012); Species (1995); Species II (1998); Swiss Made (1968); Tagtraum (1973); The Alien Legacy (1999); Tokyo: The Last War (1989).