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

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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/

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 - Groove Milk, by Carolyn Wonderland and the Imperial Monkeys (1993):

Groove Milk

Album by Carolyn Wonderland and the Imperial Monkeys,

released February 22, 1993.

Track list:

Dinosaur Song; 100 Hands; Comfort Table; Wrong Side Of Dead; Darling Girl (Boy); Oh Father; Every Word She Says; Much Too Much; Dives And Divas; Countin' On You.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Season 5. Episode 15.

Episode entitled: Power Play.

Released February 22, 1992.

Directed by David Livingston.

Written by Gene Roddenberry, Rene Balcer, Herbert Wright, Brannon Braga, Paul Ruben, Maurice Hurley, René Echevarria.

Created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Rosalind Chao, Colm Meaney, Michelle Forbes, Ryan Reid, Majel Barrett, Joe Baumann, Christine Anne Baur, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, Gerard David Jr., Elliot Durant III, Keith Gearhart, Melba Gonzalez, Rosine 'Ace' Hatem, Christi Haydon, Gary Hunter, Mark Lentry, Holly McBee, Lorine Mendell, Christina Wegler Miles, Denise Lynne Roberts, Joyce Robinson, Gina Saadi, Lincoln Simonds, Patricia Tallman, Guy Vardaman.

On this day in movie history – Hustling (1975 movie & book):

Hustling

directed by Joseph Sargent,

written by Fay Kanin,

based on the 1971 series Redpants and Sugarman, published in New York Magazine, and the book by Gail Sheehy,

was released in the United States on February 22, 1975.
Music by Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

Lee Remick, Monte Markham, Jill Clayburgh, Alex Rocco, Melanie Mayron, Beverly Hope Atkinson, Dick O'Neill, Burt Young, Paul Benedict, John Sylvester White, Allan Miller, Burke Byrnes, James Andronica, Howard Hesseman, Clifford A. Pellow, Stephen Nathan, Alex Colon, Richard Keith, Lisa Daniels, Bernie McInerney, Edward Colmans, Kathryn Janssen, Bruce Kirby, Lauren Simon, Tim Thomerson, Garry Walberg, Buck Young.

Recommended reading:

Hustling

By Gail Sheehy.

Filmed as Hustling (1975), directed by Joseph Sargent.

Mass Market Paperback.

Published by Dell.

First published 1974.

ISBN 13: 9780440138006

ISBN 10: 0440138000

ASIN: 0440138000

Description:

Hustling. Hell’s bedrooms. The blindingly real inside story of the netherworld of prostitution, the whole sordid subculture of brutal pimps, Mafia businessmen, profit-mad landlords, venal lawyers – and the women, from ghettos and suburbs, who sell their bodies on the street, at cheap hotels and expensive brothels, in the tawdry whirl of the world’s oldest profession.

“It took guts to write this book … there is a street toughness to the writing that is gripping.” – Newsday.

“A kind of Times Square peep show tour …” – Washington Post.

“realistic … brings the world of the prostitute to life, real life.” – Sacramento Bee.

On this day in movie history - After Office Hours (1935):

After Office Hours

directed by Robert Z. Leonard,

written by Herman J. Mankiewicz, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Ethel B. Borden,

based on a story by Laurence Stallings and Dale Van Every,

was released in the United States on February 22, 1935.

Music by Edward Ward.

Cast:

Constance Bennett, Clark Gable, Stuart Erwin, Billie Burke, Harvey Stephens, Katharine Alexander, Hale Hamilton, Henry Travers, Henry Armetta, Charles Richman, Herbert Bunston, Margaret Dumont, William Demarest, Rita La Roy.

Born on this day – Richard Greenberg:

Richard Greenberg

Writer

February 22, 1958 – July 2025

Credits:

A Naked Girl on the Appian Way; Bal Masque; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Eastern Standard; Everett Beekin; Hurrah at Last; Jenny Keeps Talking; Life Under Water; Neptune's Hips; Night And Her Stars; Our Mother's Brief Affair; Pal Joey; Take Me Out; The American Plan; The Assembled Parties; The Author's Voice & Imagining Brad; The Babylon Line; The Bloodletters; The Dance of Death; The Dazzle; The Extra Man; The House in Town; The Hunger Artist; The Injured Party; The Maderati; The Violet Hour; The Well-Appointed Room; Three Days of Rain; Vanishing Act.

Movies and Television:

American Playhouse (1989); Santa's Little Helper (1999); Sisters (1991–1993); Take Me Out (2005); The 57th Annual Tony Awards (2003); The Phony (2010); Theater Talk (2016); Time of Your Life (1999); Trying Times (1989); Working in the Theatre (2003).

Born on this day – John Ashton:

John Ashton

Actor

February 22, 1948 – September 26, 2024

Credits:

A Death in California (1985); All Happy Families (2023); American Christmas (2019); An Eye for an Eye (1973); Avalanche (1999); Back to Wonderful: A Conversation with Howard Deutch (2022); Barnaby Jones (1976); Beverly Hills Cop (1984); Beverly Hills Cop II (1987); Beverly Hills Cop II: The Phenomenon Continues (2002); Beverly Hills Cop: A Glimpse Into the Casting Process (2002); Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024); Beverly Hills Cop: The Phenomenon Begins (2002); Bill's Gun Shop (2001); Body & Soul (2002); Borderline (1980); Brats (2024); Breaking Away (1979–1981); Brookside (1987–1997); Brothers (1986); Capturing Authenticity: Casting 'Gone Baby Gone' (2008); Carter Country (1978); Cat Murkil and the Silks (1976); Code R (1977); Columbo (1974); Curly Sue (1991); Dallas (1978–1979); Death in Texas (2020); Dirty Work (1992); EastEnders (1995); Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981); Emergency! (1974); Fairly Legal (2011); Family (2003); Fantasy Island (1999); Fast Money (1996); For Which He Stands (1996); Glenn Frey: The Heat Is On (1984); Going to California (2001); Gone Baby Gone (2007); Hardball (1989–1990); Hardcastle and McCormick (1986); Hey Marvin!: An Interview with Actor John Ashton (2016); Hidden Assassin (1995); Honky Tonk Freeway (1981); Hot Bath an' a Stiff Drink 2 (2024); Hot Bath, Stiff Drink, an' a Close Shave (2024); I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989); I Want to Go Home (1989); In the Living Years (1994); Instinct (1999); JAG (1996 / 1998); Jane Doe: Til Death Do Us Part (2005); Judging Amy (2001); King Kong Lives (1986); King of the Hill (1998); Kojak (1974); Last Resort (1986); Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2009); Lawman Without a Gun (1978); Little Big League (1994); Little Girls in Pretty Boxes (1997); Lonesome Soldier (2023); Love, Lies and Murder (1991); M*A*S*H (1977); Making a Deal with the Devil (2019); Meet the Cast of Some Kind of Wonderful (2006); Meet the Deedles (1998); Middle Men (2009); Midnight Run (1988); Minty Comedic Arts (2023); Money Hunt: The Mystery of the Missing Link (1984); My Father's House (1975); My Little Baby (2019); My Uncle Sidney (1998); Oh, God! (1977); Once Upon a River (2019); Phyllis (1976); Poddywood (2021–2022); Police Squad! (1982); Police Squad: Gag Reel (2006); Police Story (1976); Police Woman (1977); Reign of the Gargoyles (2007); Saturday's (1991); She's Having a Baby (1988); So Evil, My Sister (1974); Some Kind of Wonderful (1987); Starsky and Hutch (1977–1978); Sweet Deadly Dreams (2006); The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984); The A-Team (1985); The Daniel Baldwin Show (2023); The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998); The Deliberate Stranger (1986); The Finder (2012); The Joke Thief (2018); The Last Big Save (2019); The Making of 'Beverly Hills Cop II' (1987); The Making of 'Midnight Run' (1987); The Making of Some Kind of Wonderful (2006); The Music of Beverly Hills Cop (2002); The Neighborhood (2017); The Rhinemann Exchange (1977); The Tommyknockers (1993); The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2002); The Tracey Ullman Show (1990); The Twilight Zone / Segment: Chameleon (1985); The Wilds of Ten Thousand Islands (1978); Today (2024); Trapped in Paradise (1994); Uncle John (2015); Wonder Woman (1977).

Born on this day – Leslie Charleson:

Leslie Charleson

Actress

February 22, 1945 – January 12, 2025

Credits:

5th Annual Soap Opera Awards (1989); 88th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (2019); A Flame in the Wind (1964–1966); A Lovely Way to Die (1968); Adam-12 (1972); Another April (1974); As the World Turns (1966); Barnaby Jones (1975); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); Black Sheep Squadron (1976); Cannon (1972–1975); Caribe (1975); CBS Daytime 90 (1973); Celebrity Page (2018); Cheering Section (1977); Dharma & Greg (2001); Diagnosis Murder (1997); Emergency! (1972); Emergency! (1978); Family Feud (1982–1984); Friends (2004); General Hospital (1977–2023); General Hospital: Night Shift (2008); Girl Talk (1968); Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1975); Happy Days (1975); Hour Magazine (1980–1986); How2 Make It in Film and Television (2004); Intimate Portrait (1998–2003); Ironside (1973); Kung Fu (1975); Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967–1973); Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1993); Mannix (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1972–1973); McMillan & Wife (1977); Medical Center (1972); Medical Story (1975); Most Wanted (1976); N.Y.P.D. (1967); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1972); Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law (1973–1974); Port Charles (1997–2001); Revenge! (1971); Search (1972); SoapTalk (2005); Star's Table (1986); The 22nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards (1995); The Day of the Dolphin (1973); The F.B.I. (1973); The Joan Rivers Show (1993); The Merv Griffin Show (1986); The Return of the Muskrats (2005); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rookies (1972); The Streets of San Francisco (1974–1976); The Wide World of Mystery (1975); The Wild Wild West (1968); The Young on the Run (1989); Woman on the Ledge (1993).

Born on this day – Jonathan Demme:

Jonathan Demme

Director

Producer

Writer

Actor

February 22, 1944 – April 26, 2017

Credits:

2000 MTV Video Music Awards (2000); A Gifted Man (2011–2012); A Master Builder (2013); Adaptation (2002); Alive from Off Center (1984); American Playhouse (1982); Amos & Andrew (1993); Angels Hard as They Come (1971); Another Telepathic Thing (2015); Arena (1977); Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City (1985); Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003); Beloved (1998); Black Mama White Mama (1973); Bouki nan paradi (2001); Bruce Springsteen: American Skin (41 Shots);  - Live in New York City (2001); Bruce Springsteen: If I Should Fall Behind (2000); Bruce Springsteen: Murder Incorporated (1995); Bruce Springsteen: Streets of Philadelphia (1994); Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 / videos: Streets of Philadelphia, Murder Incorporated, If I Should Fall Behind (2001); Caged Heat (1974); Citizens Band (1977); Columbo (1978); Courage and Pain (1996); Cousin Bobby (1992); Crazy Mama (1975); Crude Independence (2009); Deep Time (2015); Devil in a Blue Dress (1995); Enlightened (2011); Enzo Avitabile Music Life (2012); Everett Ruess Wilderness Song (2013); Fighting Mad (1976); Fly Me (1973); Gimme the Loot (2012); H.E.A.L.: Heal Yourself (1991); Haiti Dreams of Democracy (1988); Household Saints (1993); I'm Carolyn Parker (2011); Into the Night (1985); Into the Rope (1996); Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007); Joe Lamont: Secrets You Keep (1985); Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids (2016); Kenny Chesney: Unstaged (2012); Last Disintegrated School (2019); Last Embrace (1979); Line of Sight (2014); Mandela (1996); Married to the Mob (1988); Melvin and Howard (1980); Miami Blues (1990); Naughty Wives (1973); Neil Young Journeys (2011); Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006); Neil Young: Trunk Show (2009); New Order: The Perfect Kiss (1985); Now That's What I Call Music 6 (1985); One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room (1994); Oz (2000); P.O.V. (2012); Philadelphia (1993); Protection Not Protest: The People of Standing Rock (2016); Queenae Taylor Mulvihill in Maangamizi: The Ancient One (2001); Rachel Getting Married (2008); Rachel Getting Married: Deleted Scenes (2009); Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter / In The Still Of The Night (1990); Ricki and the Flash (2015); Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward (2007); Rio Tigre (1972); Seven Seconds (2018); Shadrach (1998); Shots Fired (2017); SNL: Saturday Night Live (1980–1986); SNL: Saturday Night Live / Gidgette Goes to Hell (1980); Something Wild (1986); Song One (2014); Stop Making Sense (1984); Storefront Hitchcock (1998); SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground / Subway Car from Hell (1997); Survival Guide (1985); Suzanne Vega: Solitude Standing (1987); Swimming to Cambodia (1987); Swing Shift (1984); Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime (Live);  (1984); Talking Heads: Slippery People (Live) (1984); Tavis Smiley Reports / Been In The Storm Too Long (2010); That Thing You Do! (1996); The Agronomist (2003); The Center (2015); The Complex Sessions (1994); The Hot Box (1972); The Incredible Melting Man (1977); The Killing (2013–2014); The Manchurian Candidate (2004); The New Yorker Presents / What's Motivating Hayes (2015); The Opportunists (1999); The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986); The Power of Rock (2017); The Pretenders: Greatest Hits / video: I Got You Babe (2000); The Silence of the Lambs (1991); The Truth About Charlie (2002); The Uttmost (1998); Tom Tom Club: Genius of Love – Live (1984); Trying Times (1987); UB40 and Chrissie Hynde: I Got You Babe (1985); What's Motivating Hayes (2015); Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991).

Born on this day – Harvey S. Laidman:

Harvey S. Laidman

Director

February 22, 1942 – January 3, 2025

Credits:

7th Heaven (1996–2004); ABC Weekend Specials (1978–1982); Airport (1970); Airwolf (1984–1985); Bums in Love (2011); California Fever (1979); Chicago Story (1981 / 1982); CHiPs (1979); Eight Is Enough (1977–1978); Eischied (1979); Falcon Crest (1982–1983); Family (1977); Flatbush (1979); For Love and Honor (1983); Game (2011); Hawaii Five-O (1977); Hernandez (1973); Hunter (1977); Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973); Jack & Me (2017); JAG (2002); Jake and the Fatman (1987–1988); Kaz (1978–1979); Kingston: Confidential (1977); Knight Rider (1983–1986); Knots Landing (1981–1982); Kojak (1978); Lou Grant (1978–1981); Magnum, P.I. (1983–1986); Matlock (1988–1994); Meathook (2025); Mortal Kombat: Conquest (1999); Most Wanted (1977); Night Shift (2011); Police Headquarters (1974); Quantum Leap (1993); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Red Sky at Morning (1971); Rescue 77 (1999); Safe Harbor (1999); Savannah (1997); Scarecrow and Mrs. King (1985–1987); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1982); Shoot Out (1971); Showdown (1973); Silk Stalkings (1994–1995); Slaughterhouse-Five (1972); Sometimes a Great Notion / aka Never Give a Inch (1971); Steel Cowboy (1978); Street Hawk (1985); Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982–1983); That Certain Summer (1972); The Blue Knight (1976); The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (1972–1973); The Boy Who Loved Trolls (1984); The Dukes of Hazzard (1983–1984); The Fitzpatricks (1977); The Incredible Hulk (1978); The Lazarus Syndrome (1979); The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo (1981); The Paper Chase (1978); The Runaways (1975); The Six Million Dollar Man (1973); The Waltons (1973–1981); This Is the Life (1976); Today's F.B.I. (1981–1982); Tucker's Witch (1983); Walking Tall (1981); Wildside (1985).

Born on this day – Elizabeth MacRae:

Elizabeth MacRae

Actress

February 22, 1936 – May 27, 2024

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1962); Another World (1964–1999); Barnaby Jones (1976); Bonanza (1968); Burke's Law (1964); CMT: The Greatest - 20 Greatest Country Comedy Shows (2006); Days of Our Lives (1976–1977); Death Valley Days (1963); Dr. Kildare (1962); Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (1989); Everything's Ducky (1961); For Love or Money (1963); General Hospital (1963); Gomer Pyle: USMC (1966–1969); Guiding Light (1984); Gunsmoke (1962–1965); Harrigan and Son (1961); Hawaiian Eye (1962); I Dream of Jeannie (1965); Judd for the Defense (1969); Kojak (1975); Love in a Goldfish Bowl (1961); Mannix (1972); Maverick (1961); Naked City (1960); Petrocelli (1975); Rawhide (1964); Rendezvous (1959); Rhoda (1977); Route 66 (1960–1964); Sam Benedict (1963); Search for Tomorrow (1985); Stoney Burke (1963); Surfside 6 (1961–1962); The Andy Griffith Show (1967); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Conversation (1974); The Fugitive (1964); The House of the Dead (1978); The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964); The Mike Douglas Show (1968); The Untouchables (1962); The Verdict Is Yours (1958); The Virginian (1965); The Wild Westerners (1962); Wild Is My Love (1963).