Chip Harrison Books in Order

After losing his parents and being expelled from school, Chip Harrison drifts through jobs and dubious opportunities. His account follows homelessness, exploitative employers and repeated misadventures as he tries to survive and find a place in the world.

A discarded wallet gives Chip Harrison a bus ticket to Bordentown, South Carolina, and he decides to use it. A job at the town's only brothel launches another round of comic misadventures for the drifting young narrator.

Working for eccentric detective Leo Haig, Chip Harrison investigates his girlfriend Melanie's apparent heroin overdose. Her sisters have also suffered suspicious accidents, leaving the pair to examine a wealthy family's secrets before another woman becomes the next victim.

Chip Harrison and his detective employer, Leo Haig, investigate trouble surrounding a dancer at a Times Square club. When a performer is killed in front of witnesses, they must sort through the suspects and competing explanations.

Chip Harrison and his detective employer Leo Haig become involved in a missing-manuscript mystery at the Mysterious Bookshop. Their Christmas investigation draws on the shop's owner and a circle of mystery writers whose connections complicate the search.