Christopher Bollen Books in Order

Actor Joseph Guiteau tries to outrun a troubled Midwestern past while making a life in New York. His marriage to a Greek immigrant and the intersecting ambitions of their friends unfold amid uncertainty, conspiracy thinking, and the city’s anxieties after September 11.

Drifter Mills Chevern enters a Long Island village divided between established residents and wealthy newcomers. When suspicious deaths intensify distrust of outsiders, he joins local artist Beth Shepherd in searching for answers before the community’s hostility and the killer endanger them.

Broke and grieving his father, Ian Bledsoe travels to the Greek island of Patmos seeking help from his wealthy childhood friend Charlie. A promised fresh start unravels when Charlie disappears, leaving Ian entangled in hidden dealings, uncertain loyalties, and their shared past.

Nick Brink and his boyfriend Clay Guillory arrive in Venice hoping to finance a freer future by selling counterfeit antiques to a wealthy American. Their scheme becomes increasingly complicated as greed, relationships, and the risk of violence undermine their carefully imagined escape.

Cate Castle travels to Cairo after her brother, a weapons technician, dies in a hotel fall ruled a suicide. Doubting the official account, she investigates his final days and encounters concealed dealings and powerful interests that make uncovering the truth dangerous.

Eighty-one-year-old Maggie Burkhardt spends her days at a luxurious Nile hotel interfering in other guests’ lives. When she turns her attention to a mother and her eight-year-old son, the boy proves an unexpectedly dangerous opponent in her schemes.