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.

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.

Born on this day – Frank De Felitta:

Frank De Felitta

Author

Director

Producer

Pilot

August 3, 1921 – March 29, 2016

Credits:

Books:

A Swift Death To Critics (2000); Audrey Rose (1975); For Love of Audrey Rose (1982); Funeral March / aka Funeral March of the Marionettes (1990); Golgotha Falls (1984); Oktoberfest (1973); Sea Trial (1980); The Entity (1978).

Movies and television:

Adventure (1954); Anzio (1968); Armstrong Circle Theatre (1951–1954); Assignment: Underwater (1960–1961); Audrey Rose (1977); Booker's Place: A Mississippi Story (2012); Bubba Didn't Do It!: 30 Years of Dark Night of the Scarecrow (2011); Cafe Society (1995); California's Most Haunted (2003); Campbell Summer Soundstage (1953–1954); Danger (1954–1955); Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981); Dark Night of the Scarecrow 2 (2022); Dateline NBC / Segment: Finding Booker's Place (2012); Doberman Patrol (1973); El retorno de Ana Rosa (1982); Hollywood Ghost Stories (1986); Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (1955); Killer in the Mirror (1986); Le Lab Secret (2016); Matinee Theatre (1957); Medallion Theatre (1953); Rich and Famous (1981); Scissors (1991); Sightings: Ghosts (1992); Suspense (1954); Tales of Tomorrow (1952–1953); The DuPont Show of the Week (1962); The Entity (1982); The Mike Douglas Show (1976); The Penthouse (1989); The Plymouth Playhouse (1953); The Savage Is Loose (1974); The Stately Ghosts of England (1965); The Two Worlds of Jennie Logan (1979); Two Family House (2000); Windows (1955); Witchcraft (1961); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1953); Z.P.G. (1972).

Born on this day – Anne Frank:

Anne Frank

Writer

June 12, 1929 – March 12, 1945

Credits:

Book:

The Diary, aka Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, and The Diary of Anne Frank (1948).

Movies and television:

1945: 12 Städte, 12 Schicksale (2015); 1945: Amsterdam - Der Völkermord (2015); 60 Minutes (2022); A Tale of Two Sisters (2015); Acting for a Cause (2021); Anne Frank House VR (2018); Anne Frank Parallel Stories (2019); Anne Frank Remembered (1995); Anne Frank Video Diary (2020); Anne Frank: 70 Years Later (2015); Anne Frank's Diary (1999); Anne Frank's Holocaust (2015); Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari (1979); Audrey Hepburn, le choix de l'élégance (2017); Bild Live (2022); Biography (2000); Classmates of Anne Frank (2008); De Erfenis van Anne Frank (2015); El diari d'Anna Frank (1996); Fantastic (2012); Format 60 (1970); Front Row (2012); Gedenkfeier in Bergen-Belsen (2015); Hanneli and Anne (2017); History (2015); History Daily (2022); History vs. Hollywood (2001); Kaaskoppen & waterlanders (2008); La casa del darrere (2009); Love All You Have Left (2017); My Best Friend Anne Frank (2021); No Asylum: The Untold Chapter of Anne Frank's Story (2015); Otto Frank, Father of Anne (2010); Silence is Violence (2021); The Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank (1988); The Brief Life of Anne Frank (2001); The CJN Daily (2022); he Decibel (2022); The Diary of Anne Frank (1959 / 1962 / 1967 / 1980 / 1985 / 1987 / 1995 / 2009 / 2016); The History Chicks (2018); The Last Seven Months of Anne Frank (1988); The Twentieth Century (1964); The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022); The World at War (1974); Timmen (1968); Top 10 Secrets and Mysteries (2019); Where Is Anne Frank (2021); Who Betrayed Anne Frank (2001); Witness History: Archive 2012 (2012).

This Is What You Take From Them When You Cheat:

By Kirsten Corley

June 12th 2017

When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness. – The Kite Runner.

When I sat across the table listening as she told me the story of her breakup, the words cheating left me hating someone I didn’t even know. Here before me sat this beautiful girl inside and out and the only thought that crossed my mind was how could anyone cheat on someone like you? The next thought that crossed my mind was it’s his loss.

But I listened to fine details as she questioned herself like it was her fault. Like it was something she did wrong. Like she was to blame for someone’s inability to see her worth and value. And as she ran over details questioning everything and I watched as she broke before me. I saw firsthand the effects cheating had on someone. And all I wanted to do was hug her and tell her his loss will be someone’s gain. But I knew in my heart she wouldn’t believe me because he didn’t just take away a relationship from her, he took so much more in an act selfishness.

When you cheat what you take away from someone is their self-confidence. Suddenly they are looking at their reflection like there’s something they need to improve on and change.

When you cheat what you take away from someone is their self-respect. You made them look like a fool because you couldn’t be loyal.

When you cheat what you take away from someone is the right to the truth. Suddenly everything in the past feels like a lie as they run over details that used to make them smile, they can’t anymore.

When you cheat what you take away from someone is disbelieving in love. Because what you teach them is it’s a lie. And they never fully get over that or let someone that close in the future.

I sat on a barstool across the table from my ex and I knew I’d come for answers that would be hard to hear. Maybe that’s why I didn’t cry when he owned up to everything. Maybe that’s why I didn’t flinch when he admitted it. Maybe that’s why I sat there calmly with a mature response I didn’t know I had in me at 21. “If you are learning from this experience even if it’s at the cost of breaking my heart and it makes you better for the next relationship then that’s all I can hope for.”

When you cheat what you take away from someone are nights of sleep as they toss and turn because the truth completely blindsided and traumatized them.

When you cheat what you take away from someone is their happiness because you were this person who made them so happy but all of that is gone now and there is this cold reality it was never real, to begin with.

When you cheat what you take away from someone is trusting anyone because no matter how many compliments you gave them something tells them it wasn’t enough and that’s why you weren’t loyal.

When you cheat what you leave them with is a crippling pain as they break down at random times during the day feeling completely ashamed of it. Because you don’t just get over someone cheating that easily.

I looked at her as I ordered a drink smiling. Then I looked at him across the room. Part of me wanted to tell her what I knew. Girl code. She deserved the truth. But she also deserved better. I just didn’t want to be the one to break it to her. I knew it wasn’t in my place. I knew karma or fate would eventually reveal the ugly cards he was playing in some game he thought he made up the rules to. So, I said thank you and I walked away.

When you cheat you ruin them. You destroy them. You leave them insecure. You leave them doubting themselves.

When you cheat what you leave them with is a strength they didn’t even know they had and they know they can overcome anything.

When you cheat what you leave them with is a new found self and being so cautious no one will ever hurt them that way again.

When you cheat what you leave them with is knowing it was your loss this whole time and not theirs.

When you cheat what you leave them with is an opportunity and a chance to meet someone who would never even think to cheat on them because your mistake is someone’s prayers finally answered.

When you cheat you give them a happy ending you didn’t deserve to be a part of in the first place.

So, cheat if you want to. Lie. Sneak around. But know the truth, no matter how coy you think you are, always will get revealed. And in the end, it’s you who ends up alone and eventually, you will get a taste of your own medicine.

Kirsten Corley is the author of But Before You Leave, a book of poetry about the experiences we struggle to put into words.

https://thoughtcatalog.com/kirsten-corley/2017/06/this-is-what-you-take-from-them-when-you-cheat/

In support of Narcissistic Abuse awareness and recovery.

June 1st is World Narcissistic Abuse Awareness Day (WNAAD).

Recommended websites for research and recovery:

http://www.wnaad.com/

http://flyingmonkeysdenied.com/

http://www.innerintegration.com/

http://www.drgeorgesimon.com/

https://kimsaeed.com/

https://www.psychopathfree.com/

https://eclecticalu.blogspot.com/

https://micheleleenieves.com/

https://www.thriveafterabuse.com/

Twitter hashtags:

#AbuseByProxy #Adultery #AgainstBullying #BackStabbers #ClusterB #CPTSD #Enablers #FlirtingIsCheating #FlyingMonkeys #Gaslighting #HealingFromCPTSD #IAmEnough #IAmStillStanding #IfMyWoundsWereVisible #Infidelity #MicroAggression #NarcissisticAbuse #Narcissism #Narcissist #NarcissisticPersonalityDisorder #NarcissisticSupply #Psychopath #PsychopathFree #SmearCampaign #Sociopath #ThrivingAfterNarcissisticAbuse #TwoFaced #WNAAD

Born on this day – Joseph Heller:

Joseph Heller

Writer

May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999

Credits:

Books:

Catch-22 (1961); Closing Time (1994); God Knows (1984); Good as Gold (1979); No Laughing Matter (1986); Now and Then (1998); Picture This (1988); Portrait of an Artist, as an Old Man (2000); Something Happened (1974); The Best American Mystery Stories 2014 (2014).

Movies and television:

Bombardovanje Nju Hejvna (1973); Camera Three (1962); Casino Royale (1967); Catch Five: Joseph Heller and Rembrandt (1992); Catch-22 (1970); Catch-22 (1973); Catch-22 (2019); Charlie Rose (1994); Dirty Dingus Magee (1970); Good Morning America (1985); Hier is... Adriaan van Dis (1985); James Jones: Reveille to Taps (1985); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); McHale's Navy (1962); McLean and Company (1971); Pommitamme Pasilasta (1970); Sex and the Single Girl (1964); Something Happened; The Book Programme (1974–1980); The Merv Griffin Show (1968); The South Bank Show (1979–1984); Theatre of the Absurd: Luigi Pirandello, Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976); Today (1968–1974); Wogan (1986).

Born on this day – Jack Williamson:

Jack Williamson

Writer

April 29, 1908 – November 10, 2006

Credits:

Books:

A Sense of Wonder (1967); After World's End (1939); At the Human Limit (2011); Beachhead (1992); Bright New Universe (1967); Brother to Demons, Brother to Gods (1979); Darker Than You Think (1948); Darker Than You Think and Other Novels (2003); Demon Moon (1994); Dragon's Island / aka The Not-Men (1951); Dragon's Island and Other Stories (2002); Dreadful Sleep (1977); Farthest Star (1975); Firechild (1986); Gateway to Paradise (2008); Golden Blood (1933); H. G. Wells (1973); Islands of the Sun (1935); Jack Williamson SF Gateway Omnibus (2014); Jamboree (1969); Lady in Danger (1945); Land's End (1988); Lifeburst (1984); Manseed (1982); Mazeway (1990); One against the Legion (1939); People Machines (1971); Realm of Wizardry (1940); Rogue Star (1969); Salvage in Space (2011); Seetee Ship (1951); Seetee Shock (1950); Seventy-Five (2004); Spider Island (2002); Star Bridge (1955); Starchild (1965); Teaching Science Fiction (1980); Terraforming Earth (2001); The Alien Intelligence (1929); The Best of Jack Williamson (1978); The Black Sun (1997); The Blue Spot (1935); The Cometeers (1936); The Cosmic Express (2011); The Crucible of Power (2006); The Dome Around America / aka Gateway to Paradise (1955); The Early Williamson (1975); The Fortress of Utopia (1939); The Girl from Mars (1930); The Green Girl (1930); The Green Girl / The Robot Peril (2012); The Humanoid Touch (1980); The Humanoids (1949); The Humanoids and With Folded Hands (2002); The Legion of Space (1934); The Legion of Time (1938); The Metal Man and Others (1984); The Moon Children (1973); The Moon Era (1967); The Pandora Effect (1969); The Power of Blackness (1976); The Queen of the Legion (1982); The Reefs of Space (1964); The Reign of Wizardry (1964); The Silicon Dagger (1999); The Singers of Time (1991); The Stone from the Green Star (1931); The Stonehenge Gate (2005); The Trial of Terra (1962); The Ultimate Earth (2000); Trapped in Space (1968); Undersea City (1958); Undersea Fleet (1955); Undersea Quest (1954); Wall Around a Star (1975); With Folded Hands (2011); With Folded Hands . . . And Searching Mind (2010); Wizard's Isle (2000); Wolves of DarknessX (1999); Wonder's Child (1984); Xandulu (1934).

Movie, television and radio:

Dimension X (1950); Sci-Fi Buzz (1992); The Creation of the Humanoids (1962).

Born on this day – Terry Pratchett:

Terry Pratchett

Writer

April 28, 1948 – March 12, 2015

Born on this day – Lois Duncan:

Lois Duncan

Writer

April 28, 1934 – June 15, 2016

Credits:

Books:

A Gift of Magic (1960); A Promise for Joyce (1959); Daughters of Eve (1979); Debutante Hill (1958); Don't Look Behind You (1989); Down a Dark Hall (1974); From Spring to Spring (1982); Gallows Hill (1997); Game of Danger (1962); Hotel for Dogs (1971); I Know What You Did Last Summer (1973); I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998); Killing Mr. Griffin (1978); Locked in Time (1985); Love Song for Joyce (1958); Movie for Dogs (2010); News For Dogs (2009); Night Terrors (1996); On the Edge (1997); Peggy (1970); Point of Violence (1966); Ransom / aka Five Were Missing (1966); Season of the Two - Heart (1964); Seasons of the Heart (2007); Songs From Dreamland (1989); Stranger with My Face (1981); Summer of Fear (1976); Terrible Tales of the Happy Days School (1983); The Middle Sister (1962); The Third Eye / aka The Eyes of Karen Connors (1984); The Twisted Window (1987); They Never Came Home (1969); When the Bough Breaks (1973); Written In The Stars (2014).

Movies and television:

A Home for Everyone: The Making of 'Hotel for Dogs' (2009); Don't Look Behind You (1999); Down a Dark Hall (2018); Held for Ransom (2000); Hotel for Dogs (2009); I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997 / 2021 / 2021); I Know What You Did Last Summer: Alternate Ending (2022); I Know What You Did Last Summer: Deleted Scenes (2022); I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998); I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (2006); I've Been Waiting for You (1998); Killing Mr. Griffin (1997); Sightings (1992); Stranger with My Face (2009); Summer of Fear (1978); The Bikini Open 8 (1992); The Generation Why Podcast (2014); Unsolved Mysteries (1992).