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 - Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss (2023):

Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss

documentary directed by Niharika Desai,

written by Eric Weiner,

based on the book by Eric Weiner,

was released in the United States on May 18, 2023.

Cast:

Rainn Wilson, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Ari Meyers, Jón Gnarr, Georgi Gospodinov, Ivo Dimchev, Hreimur Örn Heimisson, Margaret Liefsdóttir, Tinna Thorlacius, Jewells Chambers.

On this day in television history - Justified (2010):

Justified

Season 1. Episode 10.

Episode entitled: The Hammer.

Released May 18, 2010.

Directed by John Dahl.

Written by Graham Yost, Fred Golan, Wendy Calhoun and Chris Provenzano.

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, Natalie Zea, Stephen Root, Doug E. Doug, Jenni Blong, Sean Bridgers, Brad Carter, Darin Heames, David Meunier, Walton Goggins, John Ainsworth, Jackson Bridgers, Gary Cairns, Dean Chekvala, Mel Fair, Pilar Holland, Peggy Stewart, Josh Wingate, David Dossett, David Hill.

On this day in music history:

Project by Lee Aaron (1984)

Wings by 2002 (1999)

Equilibrium by Kerani (2015)

Auriga to Orion by Majestica / aka Sherry Finzer & Cass Anawaty (2018)

Project

Album by Lee Aaron,

released May 18, 1984.

Track list: Under Your Spell; Lonely for You Love; Night Riders; Texas Outlaw; I Like My Rock Hard; I Just Wanna Make Love to You; Runnin’ from His Love; Should Have Known; Took Your Heart Away; Under the Stars [Live].

Wings

Album by 2002,

released May 18, 1999.

Track list: Once In Ancient Greece; A Year And A Day; The Sands Of Crete; Icarus; Athens Memories; The Tower Of Monos; Wings; Feathers; Templo Of Apollo.

Equilibrium

Album by Kerani,

released May 18, 2015.

Track list: Equilibrium; Fragrant Mountain; Anchoress; Bouddica, Heart on Fire; Hypatia’s Universe; O, Aeterne Deus; Lady’s Grace; Avane; The Wyse Wytch.

Auriga to Orion

Album by Majestica,

aka Sherry Finzer & Cass Anawaty,

released May 18, 2018.

Track list: Alpha Orionis; Kesil’s Light; Monte Alban; Auriga To Orion; Dark Years Away; Chasing The Leonids; Flaming Star.

On this day in movie history - Travis McGee (1983 movie & novel):

Travis McGee

directed by Andrew V. McLaglen,

written by Stirling Silliphant,

based on the novel The Empty Copper Sea by John D. MacDonald,

was released in the United States on May 18, 1983.
Music by Jerrold Immel.

Cast:

Sam Elliott, Gene Evans, Barry Corbin, Richard Farnsworth, Geoffrey Lewis, Amy Madigan, Vera Miles, Katharine Ross, Marshall R. Teague, Walter Olkewicz, Jack Murdock, Greta Blackburn, Owen Orr, Pilar Del Rey.

Recommended reading:

The Empty Copper Sea

By John D. MacDonald.

Introduction by Lee Child.

Filmed as Travis McGee (1983), directed by Andrew V. McLaglen.

# 17 in the Travis McGee series.

Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks.

First published 1978.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0812984080

ISBN-13: 978-0812984088

Description:

“John D. MacDonald is a shining example for all us in the field. Talk about the best.” – Mary Higgins Clark.

From a beloved master of crime fiction, The Empty Copper Sea is one of many classic novels featuring Travis McGee, the hard-boiled detective who lives on a houseboat.

Asking for help is something a proud man like Van Harder would never do. So when he shows up at the Busted Flush, Travis McGee knows that he must be the man’s last resort. What Harder wants salvaged is his reputation. After a long career as a seaman, he was piloting a boat the night his employer fell overboard. Harder is certain he’s been set up, but to help him, McGee must prove that a dead man is actually alive.

The fateful ride started with Harder at the helm of Hubbard Lawless’s luxury cruiser. It ends with him coming to, fuzzy and disoriented, and Hub lost to the water. Now everyone is saying that Harder got drunk, passed out, and is negligent in his boss’s death. The thing is, Van’s not a drinker . . . at least, not anymore.

Who would want to frame the good captain, and to what end? Dead or alive, Lawless is worth a lot of money. People are always eager to get a piece of that action – including some, as McGee soon finds, who are willing to take a piece out of anyone who gets in their way.

Features a new Introduction by Lee Child.

On this day in movie history - French Connection II (1975):

French Connection II

directed by John Frankenheimer,

written by Alexander Jacobs, Robert Dillon, Laurie Dillon and Pete Hamill,

based on the story by Robert Dillon and Laurie Dillon,

was released in the United States on May 18, 1975.
Music by Don Ellis.

Cast:

Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Bernard Fresson, Philippe Léotard, Ed Lauter, Charles Millot, Jean-Pierre Castaldi, Cathleen Nesbitt, Samantha Llorens, André Penvern, Reine Prat, Raoul Delfosse, Ham Chau Luong, Jacques Dynam, Malek Kateb, Pierre Collet, Alexandre Fabre, Jean-Pierre Zola, Manu Pluton, Daniel Vérité, Jean-Marc Allègre, Roland Blanche, Patrick Bouchitey, Philippe Brizard, Marie-Christine Descouard, Paul Mercey, Hal Needham, Ambroise Perrin.

Born on this day – Diane McBain:

Diane McBain

Actress

May 18, 1941 – December 21, 2022

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1963); A Distant Trumpet (1964); Airwolf (1984); Arrest and Trial (1964); Barbary Coast (1975); Batman (1966–1967); Besotted (2001); Black Gold (1962); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1965); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Burke's Law (1964–1965); Cab to Canada (1998); Charlie's Angels (1979–1981); Claudelle Inglish (1961); Crazy Like a Fox (1985); Dallas (1978); Dateline: Hollywood (1967); Days of Our Lives (1982–1984); Donner Pass: The Road to Survival (1978); Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1998); Eight Is Enough (1981); Five the Hard Way (1969); General Hospital (1988); Hawaii Five-O (1980); Hawaiian Eye (1962–1963); Here's Hollywood (1962); Huyendo del halcón (1973); I Sailed to Tahiti with an All Girl Crew (1969); Ice Palace (1960); Invisible Mom II (1999); Jake and the Fatman (1990); Knight Rider (1985); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1964); Land of the Giants (1970); Lawman (1960); Legend of the Wild (1981); Love, American Style / Love and the Roommate (1969); Mannix (1970); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1976); Mary, Mary (1963); Maryjane (1968); Matt Houston (1983); Maverick (1959); Mod Squad (1971); Once Upon a Starry Night (1978); Parrish (1961); Police Story (1974); Puppet Master 5 (1994); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996); Skip E. Lowe Looks at Hollywood (1978–2014); Spinout (1966); Strong Medicine (2001); Stu's Show (2014); Sugarfoot (1960); Surfside 6 (1960–1962); The 18th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1961); The 20th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1963); The 32nd Annual Academy Awards (1960); The Alaskans (1960); The Bob Hope Show (1959–1965); The Bob Hope Vietnam Christmas Show (1966); The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy (2000); The Caretakers (1963); The Christmas Path (1998); The Cross-Wits (1976); The Deathhead Virgin (1974); The Definitive Elvis: The Hollywood Years - Part II: 1962-1969 (2002); The Delta Factor (1970); The Karate Killers (1967); The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams (1978); The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1965–1967); The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968); The Red Fury (1984); The Streets of Beverly Hills (1992); The Unbeatable Bruce Lee (2001); The Wide World of Mystery (1974); The Wild Season (1971); The Wild Wild West (1965–1967); The Young and the Restless (1999); Thunder Alley (1967); To Rome with Love (1970); Vacation Playhouse (1965); Valentine's Day (1964); Wendy and Me (1964); Wicked, Wicked (1973); You Don't Say (1965).

Born on this day – Elizabeth Rogers:

Elizabeth Rogers

Actress

May 18, 1934 – November 6, 2004

Credits:

A Sensitive, Passionate Man (1977); Adventures of the Queen (1975); An Officer and a Gentleman (1982); Bewitched (1971); Bittersweet Love (1976); Bonanza (1965–1967); Dr. Kildare (1965); Dragnet 1966 (1969); Dragnet 1967 (1968); Falcon Crest (1984); Flood (1976); Goldie and the Boxer (1979); Grand Theft Auto (1977); Gunsmoke (1966); Hanging by a Thread (1979); Lacy and the Mississippi Queen (1978); Land of the Giants (1969); Little House on the Prairie (1981); Mannix (1969); Marcus Welby, M.D. (1970); Medical Center (1970); Outrage! (1986); Slattery’s People (1965); Something Evil (1972); Star Trek (1967–1969); The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1980); The Poseidon Adventure (1972); The Swarm (1978); The Time Tunnel (1966); The Towering Inferno (1974); The Van (1977); The Waltons (1975); The Yellow Rose (1984).

Born on this day – Priscilla Pointer:

Priscilla Pointer

Actress

May 18, 1924 – April 28, 2025

Credits:

A Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story (1989); A Killing Affair (1977); A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987); A Show of Force (1990); ABC Afterschool Specials (1978); Acting 'Carrie' (2001); Adam-12 (1973); Alone (1997); Amazing Stories (1985–1987); Barnaby Jones (1974–1977); Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976); Blue Velvet (1986); Blue Velvet Lost Footage (2014); C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud (1989); Call to Glory (1984–1985); Camera Three (1973); Cannon (1975); Carrie (1976); Carried Away (1996); Cinema mil (2005); City of Angels (1976); Cold Case (2006); Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976); Dallas (1981–1983); Death Takes a Holiday (1971); Disturbed (1990); Doc (1976); Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years (1977); ER (1994); Family (1977–1979); From Here to Eternity (1980); From the Hip (1987); Generation (1985); Good-bye Cruel World (1982); Harry O (1976); Hemingway (1988); Honeysuckle Rose (1980); Inferno (1999); Intimate Portrait (1999); Judging Amy (2001); Judgment Day (1981); Kate McShane (1975); Knots Landing (1980); Kojak (1975); L.A. Law (1986–1988); Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977); Lou Grant (1981); Mary Jane Harper Cried Last Night (1977); Matt Lincoln (1970); McCloud (1971); McCoy (1975); Micki + Maude (1984); Mommie Dearest (1981); Mrs. Columbo (1979); My Life and Times (1991); Mysterious Two (1982); N.Y.P.D. (1969); Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (2010); Newhart (1987); Nickelodeon (1976); Phyllis (1976); Picket Fences (1995); Police Woman (1976); Quincy, M.E. (1978–1983); Rags to Riches (1987); Rumpelstiltskin (1987); Runaway Father (1991); School's Out: Self-taught Artists (2002); Sons and Daughters (1974); St. Elsewhere (1984); Still Frame (1988); Stone (1979); Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008); The 3,000 Mile Chase (1977); The Archer: Fugitive from the Empire (1981); The A-Team (1983); The Competition (1980); The Failing of Raymond (1971); The Falcon and the Snowman (1985); The Flash (1990–1991); The Gift of Life (1982); The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976); The High Chaparral (1970); The Keegans (1976); The Name of the Game (1970); The New Adventures of China Smith (1954); The New Mike Hammer (1984); The Onion Field (1979); The Painted Desert (1993); The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999); The Rockford Files (1974); Too Close for Comfort (1984); Touched by an Angel (1996); Traveler's Rest (1993); Twilight Zone: Rod Serling's Lost Classics / Segment: The Theatre (1994); Twilight Zone: The Movie / Segment: Kick the Can (1983); Unbecoming Age (1992); Union Station (2007); What Really Happened to the Class of '65? (1977); Where the Heart Is (1973).

Born on this day – Joy Barlow:

Joy Barlow

Actress

May 18, 1923 – May 2, 1995

Credits:

Just Across the Street (1952); Look for the Silver Lining (1949); The Decision of Christopher Blake (1948); Two Guys from Texas (1948); Blackmail (1947); The Trespasser (1947); The Big Sleep (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Don't Fence Me In (1945); George White's Scandals (1945); Where Do We Go from Here? (1945); The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945); Earl Carroll Vanities (1945); To Have and Have Not (1944); Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1944); Destination Tokyo (1943); Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943); Call of the Canyon (1942); Louisiana Purchase (1941).