John O’Brien Books in Order

An alcoholic intent on drinking himself to death arrives in Las Vegas and forms a bond with a sex worker guarding her independence. Their unlikely intimacy offers comfort while addiction and a threatening figure from her past close in.

Five affluent strangers barricade themselves inside a bar while a race riot spreads outside. Determined to keep drinking, they forge uneasy alliances and expose their fears as the dwindling liquor supply places their fragile companionship under pressure.

A lonely law clerk finds comfort in the routines of a strip club, where observation feels safer than ordinary relationships. His growing fixation on one dancer pushes him beyond those rules and threatens the carefully controlled life he has built.

In a secluded Los Angeles mansion, a charismatic host provides his guests with pleasure and apparent freedom. A new woman's arrival unsettles the household, turning desire into jealousy and forcing its inhabitants to consider the cost of remaining there.