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 - The Substance (2024):

The Substance

directed and written by Coralie Fargeat,

released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2024.

Music by Raffertie.

Cast: Demi Moore, Dennis Quaid, Margaret Qualley, Edward Hamilton-Clark, Gore Abrams, Oscar Lesage, Christian Erickson, Robin Greer, Tom Morton, Hugo Diego Garcia, Daniel Knight, Jonathon Carley, Jiselle Henderkott, Akil Wingate, Billy Bentley, Vincent Colombe, Lennard Ridsdale, Jordan Ford Silver, Oscar Salem, Viviane Bossina, Matthew Luret, Jana Bittnerová, Olivier Raynal, Tiffany Hofstetter, Nicolas Royer, Nathan Rippy, Manon Arizmendi, Virginie Ourdouiller, Brett Gillen, Charlotte Marquardt, Léa Hengl, Gaelle Raymond, Claire Lemaire, Lila Boughoufala, Aurélien Lorgnier, Ivan Sellier, Philip Schurer, Christian Bourmier, Martin Graham, Christian Bordeleau, Patrick Hamel, Didier D’Hondt, Jacques-Yves Dorges, Jean-Claude Matthey, Olivier Jarcin, Jean-Luc Magneron, Charlotte Murray, Aaron Kahn, Gabriela Arnon, Nancy Josephson Lahoussine, Andrew Eldridge, Denise Powers, Bryan Jones, Adam Carage, Maria McClurg, Andrew Desmond, Rebecca Lafont, Laura Puech, Ryan Chidester, Cécile Vogt, Yannick Guérin, Jean Miel, Paul Descoings, Benoit Lévêque, Arthur Molinet, Manon Sachot, Bastien Jorelle, Kelly Hoarau, Michel Juskiewicz, Louise Greggory, Christophe Sartirano, Florent Torres, Alexandra Papoulias Barton, Romain Caldeira, Barthelemy Thomas, Axel Baille, Ashley Lambert, Ranjani Brow, Chase Fein, Shane Sweet, William Calvert, Michael Corbett, Steve Apostolina, Yann Bean, Pauline Sagetat, Namory Bakayoko, Joseph Balderrama, Gregory Defleur, Matthew Géczy.

On this day in movie history - The Zone of Interest (2023):

The Zone of Interest

directed by Jonathan Glazer,

written by Jonathan Glazer and Martin Amis,

based on the novel by Martin Amis,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2023.
Music by Mica Levi.

Based on the true story, written in novel form by the author, of Rudolf Höss, the commandant of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp.

He, along with his wife, Hedwig, and their children, lived in a house on the other side of the boundary wall, with the camp watch tower and top floors of the buildings always visible.
The family enjoyed their artificial oasis, spending their time mostly at leisure: sunbathing, swimming, gardening … all with the sounds from the camp constantly in the background.
Yet, the Höss family coldly went about their lives, ignoring it all, pretending it wasn’t happening.
Their daily routine shown at a slow pace, a study of the banality of evil.
As Rudolf Höss oversaw the slaughter within the camp, Hedwig plundered the belongings stolen from the prisoners, the spoils of war, kept what she wanted and used the place as her own personal thrift store.
We, the viewers, never see the war crimes committed by the Nazis, the horror, the atrocities, the sadistic cruelty inflicted on the camp prisoners, but we hear it: the screaming of pain and torment, guards shouting, dogs barking, gunshots, flames from the crematorium.
This cacophony of background noise forces our imagination to conjure the hellish images.
What we see is the smoke from the train bringing new prisoners to be put to work or murdered.
The smoke from the chimney stack, from bodies being cremated, always there in the sky.
At night, the orange glow from the chimney stack flames illuminates the rooms.
The Zone of Interest is a must-see movie you will never forget.
It’s a movie as powerful and important as Schindler's List (1993), directed by Steven Spielberg; The Pawnbroker (1964), directed by Sidney Lumet; Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), directed by Robert Dornhelm; The Survivor (2021), directed by Barry Levinson; Conspiracy (2001), directed by Frank Pierson; Anthropoid (2016), directed by Sean Ellis; The Captain (2017), directed by Robert Schwentke; Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), directed by Stanley Kramer; Nuremberg (2000), directed by Yves Simoneau; and many others.
The Zone of Interest concludes with Rudolf Höss pausing to stare into the darkness of corridors, before walking down a flight of stairs, again into darkness, a man without God, without a soul, descending into the abyss, damned to Hell.
Intercut are scenes from modern day: the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, cleaned by a team of janitors.
On permanent display, behind protective screens, are photographs, piles of clothes, shoes, suitcases and belongings, stolen from the prisoners.
The remains of the camp are preserved, to inform and teach future generations about a horrific period in history.
A period that should be studied, learned from, and never forgotten, so it will never be repeated.

Cast:

Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte, Nele Ahrensmeier, Lilli Falk, Anastazja Drobniak, Cecylia Pekala, Kalman Wilson, Medusa Knopf, Max Beck, Slava the Dog, Andrey Isaev, Julia Babiarz, Stephanie Petrowitz, Martyna Poznanski, Zuzanna Kobiela, Benjamin Utzerath, Thomas Neumann, Klaudiusz Kaufmann, Justyna Szklarska, Kacper Piwko, Marie Rosa Tietjen, Antje Falk, Jakub Sierenberg, Joerg Sierenberg, Joerg Giessler, Heiko Lange, Marek Lukasik, Bernhard Schirmer, Julia Polaczek, Shenja Lacher, Imogen Kogge, Wiktoria Wisniewska, Paulina Burzyk, Anna Marciniszyn, Agnieszka Wierny, Patryk Mika, Tomasz Piwko, Carsten Koch, Heinz Nielow, Christine Schröder, Marnius Fislage, Ralph Herforth, Daniel Holzberg, Rainer Haustein, Daniel Hoffman, Wolfgang Lampl, Oscar Lebeck, Christian Willy, Freya Kreutzkam, Leo Meier, Barbara Koszatka, Izabela Bara, Anna Kuwik, Mariola Karczewska, Halina Drzymota, Dominika Matonóg, Ewelina Kaczor, Matgorzata Zurek, Barbara Jakubowska, Etzbieta Bronka, Zuzanna Janusik, Sascha Maaz, Ralf Zillmann.

On this day in movie history - Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time. Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (2020):

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time
Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

documentary directed by Danny Wolf,

was released in the United States on May 19, 2020.

Cast:

Bruce Campbell, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Illeana Douglas, Jeff Goldblum, Malcolm Mcdowell, Joe Morton, Ed Neil, Kevin Pollak, John Sayles, Anthony Timpone, John Waters, Mary Woronov, Sean Young, Rob Zombie.

On this day in movie history - The Lighthouse (2019):

The Lighthouse

directed by Robert Eggers,

written by Robert Eggers and Max Eggers,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2019.
Music by Mark Korven.

Cast:

Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes, Kyla Nicolle, Shaun Clarke, Pierre Richard, Preston Hudson, Jeffrey Cruts, Sully Seagull.

On this day in movie history - Filmworker (2017):

Filmworker

documentary directed by Tony Zierra,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2017.
Music by David Ben Shannon.

Cast:

Leon Vitali, Ryan O'Neal, Brian Capron, Mike Alfreds, Nick Redman, Brian Jamieson, Danny Lloyd, Stanley Kubrick, Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Tim Colceri, Julian Senior, Colin Mossman, Warren Lieberfarb, Lisa Leone, Steve Southgate, Phil Rosenthal, Jacob Rosenberg, Max Vitali, Vera Vitali, Masha Vitali, Stellan Skarsgård, Pernilla August, Beverly Wood, Tim Vitali, Maria Hayward, Chris Vitali, Marie Richardson, Treva Etienne, Margaret Adams, Ned Price, Chris Jenkins, Janet Wilson, Adam Baldwin, Marisa Berenson, David Bowie, Scatman Crothers, Tom Cruise, Kirk Douglas, Keir Dullea, Shelley Duvall, Michael Gambon, George Harrison, Arliss Howard, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, James Mason, Paul McCartney, Malcolm McDowell, Jack Nicholson, Slim Pickens, Gordon Ramsay, Peter Sellers, Martin Sheen, Rita Wilson, Shelley Winters.

On this day in movie history - Inside Llewyn Davis (2013):

Inside Llewyn Davis

directed and written by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2013.
Music by T Bone Burnett, Todd Kasow, Jen Monnar, 

Marcus Mumford, Mike Piersante, Chris Robertson, Ivy Skoff.

Cast:

Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Ethan Phillips, Robin Bartlett, Max Casella, Jerry Grayson, Jeanine Serralles, Adam Driver, Stark Sands, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Alex Karpovsky, Helen Hong, Bradley Mott, Michael Rosner, Bonnie Rose, Jack O'Connell, Ricardo Cordero, Sylvia Kauders, Ian Jarvis, Diane J. Findlay, Ian Blackman, Steve Routman, Susan Blommaert, Amelia McClain, James Colby, Charlotte Booker, Mike Houston, Sam Haft, F. Murray Abraham, Jason Shelton, Frank Ridley, John Ahlin, Jake Ryan, Declan Bennett, Erik Hayden, Daniel Everidge, Jeff Takacs, Nancy Blake, Stephen Payne, Roberto Lopez, Ben Pike, Genevieve Adams, Paul Rocco Amato, Ricardo Bailey, Logan Bennett, David Boston, Jonny Brennan, Kristoffe Brodeur, Caitlin Brodnick, Joel Brody, Laura Butler, Stan Carp, Jason Cicardo, Jason Daunno, Nick Diamantis, Jared Evan, Melanie Hearn, Danny Hoch, Rosemary Howard, George Katt, Samantha Kelly, Phillip X Levine, Lerubi Lopez, Ellery McKinney, Antonio E. Moreno, Marcus Mumford, Etienne Navarre, Tara Steinberg, Matt Strickland, Bill Weeden, Steven Weisz, Brittany White.

On this day in movie history - Two Lovers (2008):

Two Lovers

directed by James Gray,

written by James Gray and Richard Menello,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2008.

Cast:

Joaquin Phoenix, Vinessa Shaw, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samantha Ivers, Anne Joyce, Elliot Villar, Craig Walker, Carmen M. Herlihy, Donald John Hewitt, Christian Albrizo, Isabella Rossellini, Moni Moshonov, Julie Budd, Bob Ari, Iain J. Bopp, Jeanine Serralles, Miguel Rivera, Clinton C. Ingram, Doug Wright, David Ross, Elias Koteas, Shiran Nicholson, Marion McCorry, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, David Cale, Sy Fader, Joel Horwitz, John Baker, Kathryn Gerhardt, Luis Dalmasy Jr., Alex Felix, Geronimo Frias, Mari Koda, Pedro Saint Morillo, Anthony Ramos, Diosmer Reynoso, Edwige Sam, Franco Bulaon, Renee Fishman, Bianca Giancoli, Nick Gillie, Andrew Ginsburg, Brian Hopson, RJ Konner, Evan Lewis, Jose Edwin Soto, Uziman.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1999)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 5. Episode 24.

Episode entitled: Warhead.

Released May 19, 1999.

Directed by John Kretchmer.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Michael Taylor, Kenneth Biller, Brannon Braga, Bryan Fuller, Nick Sagan.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, McKenzie Westmore, Steve Dennis, John Austin, Sylvester Foster, Maya Fujimoto, Kerry Hoyt, Tony Jones, Pablo Soriano.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 3. Episode 23.

Episode entitled: Countdown.

Released May 19, 2004.

Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill.

Written by André Bormanis, Chris Black.

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 Kevin Kiner, Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Scott MacDonald, Rick Worthy, Tucker Smallwood, Josette Di Carlo, Bruce Thomas, Andrew Borba, Mary Mara, Ruth Williamson, Steven Culp, Paul Dean, Alexandrea Ortiz, Jeff Bodean, Solomon Burke Jr., Daphney Damaraux, Kevin Derr, Yuri Elvin, Tarik Ergin, Ian Eyre, Glen Hambly, Tamara Hambly, Andrew Macbeth, Dorenda Moore, Michael O'Laskey II, Lidia Sabljic, Paul Sklar, Ator Tamras.