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 - Astronaut (2019):

Astronaut

directed by Shelagh McLeod,

written by Shelagh McLeod, Carolyn Saunders and Maureen Dorey,

was released in the United Kingdom on June 22, 2019.
Music by Virginia Kilbertus.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Lyriq Bent, Krista Bridges, Colm Feore, Richie Lawrence, Art Hindle, Graham Greene, Judy Marshak, Jennifer Phipps, Joan Gregson, Karen LeBlanc, Paulino Nunes, Mimi Kuzyk, Mike Taylor, Colin Mochrie, Jeff Douglas, Rhona Shekter, Anthony Bekenn, Maria Ricossa, Jason Burke, Alex Hatz, Peter Valdron, Sandra Beech, Jonathan Walton, Lori Hallier, Ryan LaPlante, Rosemary Dunmore, Chris Gleason, Shelagh McLeod, Joanna O’Malley, Brendan Stevenson, Casie Stewart.

On this day in movie history - Apollo 13 (1995 movie & book):

Apollo 13

directed by Ron Howard,

written by William Broyles Jr. and Al Reinert,

based on the book Lost Moon by Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger,

released June 22, 1995.

Music by James Horner.

Cast: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Emily Ann Lloyd, Miko Hughes, Max Elliott Slade, Jean Speegle Howard, Tracy Reiner, David Andrews, Michele Little, Chris Ellis, Joe Spano, Xander Berkeley.

Recommended reading:

Lost Moon: The Perilous Voyage of Apollo 13

By Jim Lovell & Jeffrey Kluger.

Filmed as Apollo 13 (1995), directed by Ron Howard.

Published by Houghton Mifflin.

Published 1994

ISBN-10: 3445323232

ISBN-13: 9783445323231

ASIN: 0395670292

Description:

Out of the seven Apollo expeditions to land on the moon, six of the efforts succeeded outstandingly and one failed. Lost Moon is the story of the failure and the incredible heroism of the three astronauts who brought their crippled vehicle back to earth. This account – written by Jim Lovell, commander of the mission, and his talented coauthor, Jeffrey Kluger – captures the high drama of that unique event and is told in the vernacular of the men in the sky and on the ground who masterminded this triumph of heroism, intellectual brilliance, and raw courage. A thrilling story of a thrilling episode in the history of space exploration.

On this day in music history:

Blues Summit by B.B. King (1993)

Jupiters Darling by Heart (2004)

Blues Summit

Album by B.B. King,

released June 22, 1993.

Track list: Playin’ With My Friends; Since I Met You, Baby; I Pity The Fool; You Shook Me; Something You Got; There’s Something On Your Mind; Little By Little; Call It Stormy Monday; You’re The Boss; We’re Gonna Make It; I Gotta Move Out Of This Neighborhood / Nobody Love – Orch; Everybody’s Had The Blues.

Jupiters Darling

Album by Heart,

released June 22, 2004.

Track list: Make Me; Oldest Story In the World; Things; The Perfect Goodbye; Enough; Move On; I Need the Rain; I Give Up; Vainglorious; No Other Love; Led to One; Down the Nile; I’m Fine; Fallen Ones; Lost Angel; Hello Moonglow.

On this day in movie history - The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978):

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

directed and written by Fred Schepisi,

was released in Australia on June 22, 1978.
Based on the novel by Thomas Keneally.
Inspired by the true 1900 Jimmy Governor murder case.

Music by Bruce Smeaton.

Cast:

Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Angela Punch McGregor, Steve Dodd, Peter Carroll, Ruth Cracknell, Don Crosby, Elizabeth Alexander, Peter Sumner, Tim Robertson, Ray Meagher, Brian Anderson, Jane Harders, Julie Dawson, Jack Charles, Arthur Dignam, Robyn Nevin, Gregory Apps, Jillian Archer, John Bowman, Bryan Brown, Michael Carman, Bill Charlton, Liddy Clark, Aileen Corpus, Matthew Crosby, Marshall Crosby, Zona Dixon, Ian Gilmour, Ken Grant, Alan Hardy, Lauren Hutton, John Jarratt, Phemise Jonas, James Keneally, Thomas Keneally, Hagar Laikburner, Katie Lilley, Rose Lilley, Terry McDermott, Lorraine Mafi-Williams, Ray Marshall, Zac Martin, Justine Saunders, Alexandra Schepisi, Rob Steele, Richard Ussher, Wesley Williams, Barbara Wyndon, Mervyn Drake, Peter Farmer, Kevin Miles, Karlene Rogerson.

On this day in movie history - Race Street (1948):

Race Street

directed by Edwin L. Marin,

written by Martin Rackin,

was released in the United States on June 22, 1948.
Based on the story Race Street by Maurice Davis,

originally published in Turf and Sport Digest (1945).
Music by Roy Webb.

Cast:

George Raft, William Bendix, Marilyn Maxwell, Frank Faylen, Harry Morgan, Gale Robbins, Cully Richards, Mack Gray, Russell Hicks, Tom Keene, William Forrest, James Nolan, George Turner, Richard Benedict, Dean White, Freddie Steele.

Born on this day – Graham Greene:

Graham Greene

Actor

Writer

Producer

June 22, 1952 – September 1, 2025

Credits:

1883 (2022); 2004 Gemini Awards (2004); 500 Nations (1995); 9B (1988); A Beachcombers Christmas (2004); A Dark Foe (2020); A Life Connected (2025); A Lobster Tale (2006); A Thief of Time (2003); Adderly (1986); Afterwards (2025); All Hat (2007); Amend: The Fight for America (2021); American Gods (2021); Antlers (2021); As You Like It (2019); Astronaut (2019); Atlantic Rim (2013); Bad Money (1999); Behind the Scenes: Die Hard - With a Vengeance (1995); Bei Shao lin (1976); Being Erica (2010–2011); Benefit of the Doubt (1993); Beyond the Barbed Wire (1998); Big Spender (2003); Big Wolf on Campus (2000); Blue Ridge (2020); Bones of Crows: The Series (2023); Bonnie (2022); Brave (2025); Breakfast with Scot (2007); Buffalo Dreams (2005); Camilla (1994); Canada: A People's History (2000–2001); Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (1987); Casino Jack (2010); Caution: May Contain Nuts (2012); CBC Winnipeg Comedy Festival (2005); Celebrating Greatness: Canada's Walk of Fame Special (2021); Christmas in the Clouds (2001); Chroma (2017); Circle of Life (2015); Clearcut (1991); Cooperstown (1993); Corner Gas: The Movie (2014); Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (2000–2001); Coyote Waits (2003); Dances with Wolves (1990); Dances with Wolves: The Creation of an Epic (2003); Dead Innocent (1997); Dead Man's Gun (1997); Declaration of Independence (2003); Defiance (2013–2015); Defining Moments (2021); Desire (2000); Die Hard 3: Bruce Willis Interview (1995); Die Hard 3: Villains with a Vengeance (1995); Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995); Dream Makers (2006); Dreamcatcher Bios (2018); Duct Tape Forever (2002); Earth and the American Dream (1992); Echo (2023–2024); Exhibit A: Secrets of Forensic Science (1997–2001); Family Tree (2013); First Nation Blue (1996); First Wave (1999); Freedom: A History of US (2003); From Above (2013); Goliath (2019); Great Drives (1996); Grey Owl (1999); Gunless (2010); Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995); HBO First Look (1995); Heart of the Sun (1998); Heritage Minutes (1995); Huck and the King of Hearts (1994); Ice Fall (2025); In the Echo (2002); Independence Day 2001 (2001); Into the West (2005); Jake and the Kid (1995); Javelins of Light (2025); Just Buried (2007); King Ivory (2024); L.A. Law (1991); Laws of Man (2024); Liberty Street (1995); Lily's Sacred Journey (2025); Living in Your Car (2010); Loch Ness Monster of Seattle (2022); LOL: Last One Laughing Canada (2022); Lonesome Dove: The Series (1994); Longmire (2014–2017); Lost and Delirious (2001); Luna: Spirit of the Whale (2007); Magic Hour: Lost in the Barrens (1990); Maïna (2013); Man on the Train (2011); Marvel Studios: Assembled (2024); Maverick (1994); Medicine River (1993); Misery Harbour (1999); Mister Sterling (2003); Molly's Game (2017); Mosaic of Diversity: Olympic National Park (2004); Mount Royal (1988); Mr. Dressup: The Magic of Make-Believe (2023); Murder Sees the Light (1986); Murder, She Wrote (1992–1994); National Memorial Day Concert (2018–2020); No Reservation Required. The Life and Times of Graham Greene (2025); North (1994); North of 60 (1993); Northbound (2025); Northern Exposure (1992–1993); Numb3rs (2005); Out of the Darkness (2016); Paige Darcy: Reluctant Detective (2025); Phil the Alien (2004); Poltergeist: The Legacy (1997); Powwow Highway (1989); Project Blue Book (2019); Protectors of the Land (2025); PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1998); Punch & Judy (2002); Rain Without Thunder (1992); Read All About It! (1981); Red Dead Redemption II (2018); Reel Injun (2009); Reservation Dogs (2023); Revolution (1985); Riverdale (2018); Rocket Science (2002–2003); Royal Canadian Air Farce (1994–2001); Rugged Gold (1994); Running Brave (1983); Running Mates (2011); Sabotage (1996); Safe Harbor (1999); Savage Land (1994); Science Highway (2001); Seattle's Loch Ness: The Lake Washington Sea Monster (2012); Seeds (2024); Shadow Lake (1999); Shadow Wolves (2019); Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion (2003); Shattered Image (1998); Shooting Gunless (2010); Skins (2002); Skinwalkers: The Navajo Mysteries (2002); Slings and Arrows (2005); Snow Dogs (2002); Song of Hiawatha (1997); Spirit Bay (1984–1987); Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story (2005); Spirit Rider (1993); Squealer (2023); Standing on Sacred Ground: Fire and Ice / Islands of Sanctuary / Pilgrims and Tourists / Profit and Loss (2013); Stranger in Town (1998); Street Legal (1987); Sweet Summer Pow Wow (2025); Tajný agent (1974); Tales of an Urban Indian (2009); Tar (2020); Te Ata (2016); Terminal City (1998); The 63rd Annual Academy Awards (1991); The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon (1994–1997); The Being Frank Show (2010–2012); The Bird Men (2013); The Birds Who Fear Death (2024); The Broken Chain (1993); The Campbells (1986–1988); The Collector (2005); The Detour (2018); The Education of Little Tree (1997); The Frog Who Can't Ribbit (2023); The Great Detective (1979); The Great Salish Heist (2024); The Green Mile (1999); The Herd (1998); The Highest Step in the World (2002); The Hired Heart (1997); The Home Show (1992); The Last of His Tribe (1992); The Last of Us (2023); The Legend of Secret Pass (2010); The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (1990); The Making of 'Die Hard 3' (1995); The New Beachcombers (2002); The Outer Limits (1996); The Pathfinder (1996); The Performance (2023); The Protector (2025); The Proteus Chronicles (1998); The Red Green Show (1994–2006); The Red Green Story: We're All in This Together (2008); The Shack (2017); The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012); The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009); The War That Made America (2006); The Way West (1995); The Weekend Fix (2020); The Wild Girl (2010); The Wild West (1993); The Wolf and the Lion (2021); This Hour Has 22 Minutes (2020); This Is Wonderland (2006); Through Black Spruce (2018); Thunderheart (1992); Touched (1999); Trail of Vengeance (2025); Transamerica (2005); Trial by Fire (2000); Tulsa King (2024); Turok: Son of Stone (2008); Two Minutes to Midnight (2025); Unnatural (2015); V for Vengeance (2022); Valley of the Sun (2011); Walking the Mile (2000); Walking the Mile (Director's Cut) (2014); We Are Boats (2018); When I Find the Ocean (2006); When I Find the Ocean: Behind the Scenes (2008); Where the Spirit Lives (1989); Willatuk: The Legend of Seattle's Sea Serpent (2010); Wind River (2017); Winter's Tale (2014); Wolf Lake (2001–2002); World of Discovery (1993); Wounded (1997).

Born on this day – Octavia E. Butler:

Octavia E. Butler

Writer

June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006

Credits:

Books:

A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora (2000); A Few Rules for Predicting the Future: An Essay (2024); Adulthood Rites (1988); After the Rain (2021); Black Panther: Long Live the King (2018); Bloodchild (1984); Bloodchild and Other Stories (1995); Chrysalis 4 (1979); Clay's Ark (1984); Comic Arts Against Erasure (2022); Crucified Dreams (2011); Dawn (1987); Fledgling (2005); Imago (1989); Invaders! (1993); Kindred (1979 / 2017); Marvel-Verse: Shuri (2022); Mind of My Mind (1977); Nebula Awards 35 (2001); Parable of the Sower (1993 / 2020); Parable of the Talents (1998); Patternmaster (1976); Shuri, Vol. 2 (2019); Shuri: Wakanda Forever (2020); Sisters of the Revolution (2015); Survivor (1978); The Hole (2008); The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women (1995); The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction (2010); The Year's Best Science Fiction: Second Annual Collection (1985); Unexpected Stories (2014); Wakanda Forever (2018); Wild Seed (1980).

Movies and television:

Brave New Worlds: The Science Fiction Phenomenon (1993); Charlie Rose (2000); Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004); Closer to Truth (2000); Kindred (2022); Masters of Fantasy (1998); Science Future Science Fiction (2002); See It Loud: The History of Black Television (2023); Self-Potrait (2022); The 20th Century: Yesterday's Tomorrows (1999); The Last Angel of History (1996); The Space Race (2023).