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 - M Squad (1959):

M Squad

Season 2. Episode 35.
Episode entitled: High School Bride.
Released May 29, 1959.
Directed by John Brahm.
Written by Robert C. Dennis.
Music by Benny Carter.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Jimmy Murphy, Marion Ross, Jeanne Bates, Rusty Lane, Deanna Ross, Phil Arnold.

Born on this day – Kevin Conway:

Kevin Conway

Actor

Director

May 29, 1942 – February 5, 2020

Born on this day – Robert Logan:

Robert Logan

Actor

Writer

May 29, 1941 – May 6, 2024

Credits:

1st & Ten (1984); 77 Sunset Strip (1961–1963); A Night in Heaven (1983); Across the Great Divide (1976); Adventures of the Wilderness Family 3 (1979); Beach Ball (1965); Born to Race (1988); Catlow (1971); Claudelle Inglish (1961); Daniel Boone (1965–1966); Death Ray 2000 (1980); Dr. Kildare (1964); Here's Hollywood (1962); Kelly (1981); Man Outside (1987); Maverick (1961); Mr. Novak (1964); Patriots (1996); Redboy 13 (1997); Riptide (1984); Scorpion (1986); Snowbeast (1977); Surfside 6 (1961); The Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1975); The Bridge at Remagen (1969); The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family (1978); The Mike Douglas Show (1978); The Sea Gypsies (1978).

Born on this day – Clifton James:

Clifton James

Actor

May 29, 1920 – April 15, 2017

Born on this day – Ruth Brady:

Ruth Brady

Actress

May 29, 1920 – June 3, 1997

Credits:

A Star Is Born (1954); Aristocrats of Fashion (1939); Boys' Ranch (1946); Caught (1949); Den underbara lögnen (1955); Father Knows Best (1959); Forever, Darling (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1954); High Barbaree (1947); I Love Lucy (1957); Jane Eyre (1943); Little Mister Jim (1946); Living in a Big Way (1947); Mrs. Parkington (1944); Shotgun Slade (1961); Stepchild (1947); Summer Holiday (1948); The Arnelo Affair (1947); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1961); The Bob Cummings Show (1958); The Clock (1945); The Dancing Masters (1943); The Gang's All Here (1943); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1953–1955); The Harvey Girls (1946); The Jack Benny Program (1961); The Loretta Young Show (1960); The Mighty McGurk (1947); The Milkman (1950); The Range Rider (1952); The Secret Heart (1946); The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948); The Unfinished Dance (1947); They Came to Blow Up America (1943); Walk Softly, Stranger (1950).

Born on this day – Janice Logan:

Janice Logan

Actress

May 30, 1915 – October 23, 1965

Credits:

Hotel de verano (1944); Opened by Mistake (1940); Dr. Cyclops (1940); The Black Ace (1944); What a Life (1939); Undercover Doctor (1939).

Born on this day – Gregg Toland:

Gregg Toland

Cinematographer

May 29, 1904 – September 28, 1948

Born on this day – Bob Hope:

Bob Hope

Comedian

Actor

May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003

Credits:

A Global Affair (1964); A Masterpiece of Murder (1986); Alias Jesse James (1959); Bachelor in Paradise (1961); Beau James (1957); Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963–1965); Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number! (1966); Call Me Bwana (1963); Calling All Tars (1936); Cancel My Reservation (1972); Captains Courageous (1937); Casanova's Big Night (1954); Caught in the Draft (1941); College Swing (1938); Critic's Choice (1963); Double Exposure (1935); Eight on the Lam (1967); Fancy Pants (1950); Five Sesame Street Stories (1985); Get Smart (1968); Give Me a Sailor (1938); Going Spanish (1934); Here Come the Girls (1953); Highway to Heaven (1988); Hollywood Victory Caravan (1945); How to Commit Marriage (1969); I Love Lucy (1956); I'll Take Sweden (1965); Julia (1971); Let's Face It (1943); Louisiana Purchase (1941); Lucy's Really Lost Moments (1956); Monsieur Beaucaire (1946); My Favorite Blonde (1942); My Favorite Brunette (1947); My Favorite Spy (1951); Never Say Die (1939); Nothing But the Truth (1941); Off Limits (1952); Paree, Paree (1934); Paris Holiday (1958); Road to Bali (1952); Road to Morocco (1942); Road to Rio (1947); Road to Singapore (1940); Road to Utopia (1945); Road to Zanzibar (1941); Roberta (1958 / 1969); Roseanne (1991); Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968–1969); Scared Stiff (1953); Screen Directors Playhouse (1955); Screen Snapshots, Series 31, No. 9: Hollywood on the Ball (1952); Shop Talk (1936); Showdown at Ulcer Gulch (1956); Some Like It Hot (1939); Son of Paleface (1952); Sorrowful Jones (1949); Soup for Nuts (1934); Spies Like Us (1985); Star Spangled Rhythm (1942); Story of G.I. Joe (1945); Thanks for the Memory (1938); That Certain Feeling (1956); That Little Monster (1994); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Bob Hope Show (1956); The Cat and the Canary (1939); The Charles Farrell Show (1956); The Danny Thomas Hour (1967); The Danny Thomas Show (1958–1962); The Facts of Life (1960); The Five Pennies (1959); The Ghost Breakers (1940); The Golden Girls (1989); The Great Lover (1949); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); The Iron Petticoat (1956); The Jack Benny Program (1964); The Joey Bishop Show (1962); The Lemon Drop Kid (1951); The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour (1964); The Lucy Show (1964); The Muppet Movie (1979); The Odd Couple (1974); The Old Grey Mayor (1935); The Oscar (1966); The Paleface (1948); The Princess and the Pirate (1944); The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell (1968); The Road to Hong Kong (1962); The Seven Little Foys (1955); The Simpsons (1992); The Thin Man (1958); They Got Me Covered (1943); Tweet's Ladies of Pasadena (1979); Variety Girl (1947); Watch the Birdie (1935); Where There's Life (1947).

Born on this day – Beatrice Lillie:

Beatrice Lillie

Actress

Singer

Comedienne

May 29, 1894 – January 20, 1989

Credits:

80 Days (1956); A 1960'S Radio Broadcast Addition: Chase and Sandborn 101st Anniversary (1965); A Welcome to Britain (1943); All Star Revue (1950); American Masters (1997); Are You There? (1930); Around the World in 80 Days (1956); Beatrice Lillie (1929); Before the Fringe (1967); Bob Hope's Birthday Memories (1994); Broadway Highlights No. 1 (1935); Broadway Highlights No. 2 (1935); Corporal Kate (1926); Doctor Rhythm (1938); Exit Smiling (1926); G.P.O. Telephone Personality Girl (1959); Gypsy (1967); Juke Box Jury (1961–1967); On Approval (1944); Password (1962); Person to Person (1956); Pontiac Star Parade: Four for Tonight (1960); Show of Shows (1929); Showtime, U.S.A. (1951); Star Spangled Revue (1950); Television (1988); The 11th Annual Tony Awards (1957); The 15th Annual Tony Awards (1961); The Arthur Murray Party (1950–1960); The Bell Telephone Hour (1960); The Bob Hope Show (1950–1965); The Colgate Comedy Hour (1951); The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1958); The Eamonn Andrews Show (1964); The Ed Sullivan Show (1952–1960); The Eyes Have It (1949); The Ezio Pinza Show (1951); The Joey Bishop Show (1967); The Linkletter Show (1967); The Merv Griffin Show (1965–1968); The Milton Berle Show (1949); The Pat Boone Show (1966–1967); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1957); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1961–1965); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1969); The U.S. Royal Showcase (1952); The Walter Winchell Show (1956); This Is Show Business (1950–1952); This Is Your Life (1959–1962); Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967); Today (1967); Variety Club of Great Britain Awards for 1958 (1959); Variety Club Race Meeting (1967); What's My Line? (1952–1964).

Born on this day – Max Brand:

Max Brand

Writer

May 29, 1892 – May 12, 1944

Credits:

Books:

21 Great Stories (1969); A Sagebrush Cinderella (2000); Above the Law (1995); Acres of Unrest (2007); Adventurers of Purse and Person Virginia 1607-1624 (2007); Ambush at Torture Canyon (1971); Bandit's Honor (1927); Bandit's Trail (2013); Battle's End (1993); Beyond the Outposts (1925); Big Game (1973); Big Trail (1929); Black Cat Weekly #22 (2022); Black Jack (1926); Black Thunder (1993); Blackie and Red (1926); Blood on the Trail (1957); Blue Kingdom (2003); Border Guns (1928); Brother of the Cheyennes (1934); Brothers on the Trail (1934); Bull Hunter (1921); Bull Hunter's Romance (1924); Call of the Blood / Red Hawk and White Horse / War Party (1934); Calling Dr. Kildare (1940); Carcajou's Trail (1991); Champion of Lost Causes (2014); Cheyenne Gold (1972); Children of Night (1923); Chinook (1998); Chip Champions a Lady (1994); Cleaned Out (1940); Coward of the Clan (1991); Cross Over Nine (1935); Crossroads (1997); Crusader (2002); Dan Barry's Daughter (1923); Danger Trail (1940); Daring Duval (2017); Dead Man's Treasure (1935); Dead or Alive (1938); Destry Rides Again (1930); Devil Horse (1922); Dionysus in Hades (1931); Dogs of the Captain (2006); Don Diablo (2001); Donnegan / The Guns of Dorking Hollow (1923); Dr. Kildare Takes Charge (1941); Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1942); Dr. Kildare's Search (1943); Dr. Kildare's Trial (1941); Drifter's Vengeance (1932); Dust Across the Range (1994); Earth Magic (1993); Farewell, Thunder Moon (1996); Fate's Honeymoon (1926); Fighter Squadron at Guadalcanal (1996); Fightin' Fool / A Fairly Slick Guy (1933); Fire Brain (1925); Flaming Fortune (2003); Flaming Irons (1927); Free Range Lanning (1995); Free Range Lanning / Way of the Lawless (1921); Fugitive's Fire (1991); Galloping Broncos (1929); Galloping Danger (1979); Ghost Rider / Clung (1920); Golden Lightning (1962); Gun Gentlemen (1993); Gunfighter's Return (1979); Gunman's Goal (1974); Gunman's Gold (1933); Gunman's Legacy (1932); Gunman's Reckoning (1921); Gunmen's Feud / Jerry Peyton's Notched Inheritance (1920); Hair-Trigger Kid (1951); Happy Jack / Outlaw Rider (1936); Happy Valley (1972); Harrigan (1918); Hired Guns (1923); Hunted Riders (1935); In the Hills of Monterey (1998); Iron Dust (2010); Jigger Bunts (2019); Jim Curry's Test (1925); Jingo (1933); Jokers Extra Wild (2002); King Charlie (1925); King Charlie's Riders (1993); King of the Range (1982); Laboratory Excursions (1996); Larramee's Ranch (1952); Lightning of Gold (2012); Lightning Warrior (1996); Lost Wolf (1928); Luck (1926); Luck and a Horse (2022); Lucky Larribee (1957); Marbleface (1939); Max Brand's Best Western Stories, Vol. 1 (1981); Max Brand's Best Western Stories, Vol. 2 (1985); Men Beyond the Law (1997); Mighty Lobo (1962); Mistral (1929); Monsieur (1926); Montana Rides Again (1934); Montana Rides! (1933); More Tales of the Wild West (1999); Mountain Guns (1985); Mountain Made (2009); Mountain Riders (1946); Mountain Storms (2004); Murder Me! (1995); Mystery Ranch (1928); Old Carver Ranch (2013); On the Trail of Four (1927); One Man Posse (1987); Out of the Wilderness (2014); Outcast Breed (1994); Outlaw Breed (1954); Outlaw Valley (1928); Outlaws All (1996); Outlaw's Code (1953); Outlaws from Afar (2007); Pillar Mountain (1928); Pleasant Jim / Six-Gun Ambush (1928); Pride of Tyson (1927); Pulp Adventures #27 (2017); Rancher's Legacy (2008); Rawhide Justice (1976); Red Devil of the Range (1934); Red Fire (2013); Red Hawk's Trail (2018); Ride the Wild Trail (1966); Rider of the High Hills / Rider of the High Hill (1977); Riders of the Plains (1940); Riders of the Silences (1919); Rippon Rides Double (1969); Rogue Mustang (1985); Ronicky Doone (1921); Ronicky Doone's Reward (1922); Ronicky Doone's Treasure (1922); Rustlers of Beacon Creek (1935); Saddlemates (1932); Safety McTee (1998); Sawdust and Sixguns / The Tenderfoot / Outlaw's Gold (1928); Secret Agent Number One (1936); Seven Faces (1998); Seven Trails (1949); Shotgun Law (1977); Showdown (1959); Silvertip (1942); Silvertip's Chase (1944); Silvertip's Roundup (1943); Silvertip's Search (1945); Silvertip's Strike (1942); Silvertip's Trap (1943); Singing Guns (1938); Single Jack (1950); Six Golden Angels (1937); Six-Gun Country (1980); Sixgun Legacy (1986); Sixteen in Nome (1995); Slow Joe (1933); Slumber Mountain (1997); Smiling Charlie (1930); Smiling Desperado (1953); Smoking Guns (2002); Smuggler's Trail (1934); Sour Creek Valley (2017); South of Rio Grande (1936); Speedy (1955); Spy Meets Spy (1937); Stagecoach (2013); Steve Train's Ordeal (1974); Stolen Gold (1999); Stories of the Golden West, Book 3 (2002); Stories of the Golden West, Book 5 (2004); Stories Of The Golden West, Book 7 (2006); Storm on the Range (1978); Strange Courage (1930); Sunset Wins (1996); Tales of the Wild West (1962); Tamer of the Wild (1962); The Abandoned Outlaw (1997); The Bait and the Trap (1935); The Bamboo Whistle (1937); The Bandit of the Black Hills (1950); The Bells of San Carlos (1996); The Bells of San Filipo (1977); The Best Bandit (1993); The Big Trail (1956); The Black Rider (1996); The Black Rider and Other Stories (1996); The Black Signal (1925); The Blue Jay (1927); The Bold West, Edition 13 (1999); The Bold West, Edition 17 (1999); The Bold West, Edition 32 (2008); The Bold West, Volume 10 (1999); The Bold West, Volume 12 (1999); The Bold West, Volume 27 (2008); The Border Bandit (1947); The Border Kid (1941); The Brass Man (2014); The Bright Face of Danger (2000); The Bronze Collar (1925); The Brute (1926); The City in the Sky (1998); The Collected Stories of Max Brand (1994); The Cross Brand (1993); The Desert Pilot (1994); The Devil's Coattails (2012); The Double Rider (2018); The Dude (1940); The False Rider (1933); The Fastest Draw / Senor Jingle Bells (1927); The Fear of Morgan the Fearless (1999); The Fighting Four (1944); The Firebrand (1935); The Fugitive's Mission (1997); The Gambler (1954); The Garden of Eden (1922); The Gauntlet (1922); The Gentle Desperado (1985); The Gentle Gunman (1924); The Geraldi Trail (1999); The Ghost Rides Tonight! (1997); The Ghost Wagon (1996); The Ghost Wagon and Other Great Western Adventures (1996); The Gold Trail (1999); The Golden Cat (2015); The Golden Knight (1937); The Golden West (2003); The Gun Tamer (1929); The Hair-Trigger Kid (1956); The Happy Valley (1930); The House of Gold (2001); The Invisible Outlaw (1954); The Iron Trail (1938); The Jackson Trail (1932); The Killers / Three on the Trail / Gunman's Goal (1928); The King Bird Rides (1933); The Last Showdown (1975); The Laughter of Slim Malone (1997); The Lawless Land (1983); The Legend of Thunder Moon (1996); The Lightning Warrior (2014); The Lone Rider (2002); The Long Chance (1947); The Long Chase (1960); The Long, Long Trail (1923); The Longhorn Feud (1932); The Lost Valley (1998); The Luck of the Spindrift (1972); The Making of a Gunman (1983); The Man From Mustang (1942); The Man from Savage Creek (1977); The Man From The Wilderness (1980); The Masterman (2000); The Mountain Fugitive (1927); The Mustang Herder (1928); The Naked Blade (1938); The New Frontier (1989); The Night Flower (1936); The Night Horseman (1920); The Nighthawk Trail (1987); The Notebooks and Poems of Max Brand (1957); The Oath of Office (1998); The One-Way Trail (1996); The Outlaw (1933); The Outlaw of Buffalo Flat (1930); The Outlaw Redeemer (2000); The Outlaw Tamer (1927); The Overland Kid (2000); The Peril Trek (2000); The Phantom Spy (1973); The Quest of Lee Garrison / Lee Garrison's Quest (1995); The Rancher's Revenge (1959); The Rangeland Avenger (1924); The Rescue of Broken Arrow (1947); The Return of Free Range Lanning (1995); The Return of the Rancher (1972); The Revenge of Broken Arrow (1981); The Reward (1977); The Rock of Kiever (1998); The Runaways (2003); The Sacking of El Dorado (1994); The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1940); The Seven of Diamonds / Law of the Gun (1935); The Seventh Man (1921); The Shadow of Silver Tip (1925); The Sheriff Rides (1934); The Smoking Land (1937); The Song of the Whip (1936); The Splendid Rascal (1926); The Stingaree (1969); The Stolen Stallion (1945); The Stone That Shines (1997); The Stranger (1963); The Streak (1936); The Survival of Juan Oro (1999); The Sword Lover (1927); The Ten-Foot Chain (1920); The Three Crosses (1993); The Thunderer (1933); The Tracker (2014); The Trail Beyond (2014); The Trail to San Triste (1927); The Trap at Comanche Bend (1927); The Two-Handed Man (1998); The Tyrant (1926); The Untamed (1919); The Village Street and Other Poems (1922); The Way of the West (2008); The Welding Quirt (2001); The Whispering Outlaw (1925); The White Cheyenne (1960); The White Eagle (1926); The White Streak (2022); The White Wolf (1975); The Winged Horse (2015); The Wolf and the Man (2014); The Wolf Strain (1996); Thunder Moon (1970); Thunder Moon Strikes (1982); Thunder Moon's Challenge (1982); Tiger (1979); Tiger Man (1994); Timbal Gulch Trail (1934); Timber Line (1999); Torture Trail (1965); Torturous Trek (2016); Tragedy Trail (1951); Trail of San Trieste (1986); Trail Partners (1956); Trailin'! (1920); Train's Trust (1923); Treasure Well (2006); Trouble in Timberline (1984); Trouble Kid (1971); Trouble Trail / Desert Showdown (1937); Trouble's Messenger (2005); Twenty Notches (1932); Two Sixes (1997); Valley of Jewels (1994); Valley of Vanishing Men (1947); Valley Thieves (1933); Valley Vultures (1932); Vengence Trail (1941); War Party (1973); Werewolf (1997); Western Tommy (1927); White Cheyenne (1974); Wild Freedom (1981); Wine on the Desert (1983); Wine on the Desert and Other Stories (1940); Wooden Guns (1925); Young Dr. Kildare (1941).

Movies and television:

Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It) (2008); Destry reitet wieder (1966); Destry (1964); Dr. Kildare (1961); Lux Video Theatre (1955); Destry (1954); Gruen Guild Theater (1952); My Outlaw Brother (1951); Branded (1950); Singing Guns (1950); NBC Presents (1949); Dark Delusion (1947); Rainbow Over Texas (1946); Between Two Women (1945); 3 Men in White (1944); Uncertain Glory (1944); The Desperadoes (1943); Calling Dr. Gillespie (1942); Powder Town (1942); Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942); Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941); The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941); Dr. Kildare's Crisis (1940); Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940); Dr. Kildare's Strange Case (1940); Destry Rides Again (1939); The Secret of Dr. Kildare (1939); Calling Dr. Kildare (1939); Young Dr. Kildare (1938); Internes Can't Take Money (1937); Destry Rides Again (1932); A Holy Terror (1931); Fair Warning (1931); The Cavalier (1928); The Flying Horseman (1926); The Best Bad Man (1925); The Champion of Lost Causes (1925); Against All Odds (1924); The Vagabond Trail (1924); Darkness (1923); Mile-a-Minute Romeo (1923); The Gunfighter (1923); Three Who Paid (1923); Just Tony (1922); The Fighting Streak (1922); Iron to Gold (1922); Trailin' (1921); The Night Horsemen (1921); Who Am I? (1921); Shame (1921); Children of the Night (1921); Tiger True (1921); A Thousand to One (1920); The Untamed (1920); Kiss or Kill (1918); Lawless Love (1918); The Adopted Son (1917).

Recommended reading - Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories (1995):

Hardboiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories

Edited by Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian.

Published by Oxford University Press.

Published 1995.

First Edition.

ISBN-10: 0195084993

ISBN-13: 978-0195084993

Description:

Compellingly and compulsively readable, Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories is a page-turner no mystery lover will want to be without. Included are thirty-six superbly suspenseful stories that chronicle the evolution of this quintessentially American art form, from its earliest beginnings during the Golden Age of the legendary pulp magazine Black Mask in the 1930s, to the arrival of the tough digest Manhunt in the 1950s, and finally leading up to present-day hard-boiled stories by such writers as James Ellroy. Here are eight decades worth of the best writing about betrayal, murder, and mayhem: from Hammett’s 1925 tour de force “The Scorched Face,” to Ed Gorman’s 1992 “The Long Silence After,” Other contributors include Evan Hunter (better known as Ed McBain), Jim Thompson, Helen Nielsen, Margaret Maron, Andrew Vachss, Faye Kellerman, and Lawrence Block. Containing many notable rarities, Hard-Boiled celebrates a genre that has profoundly shaped not only American Literature and film, but how we see our heroes and ourselves.

J. K. Rowling, on books and reading:

Wherever I am,

if I've got a book with me,

I have a place I can go and be happy.

– J. K. Rowling.