Patrick deWitt Books in Order

A Hollywood bartender observes his regular customers and records material for a book while consuming increasingly dangerous amounts of alcohol and pills. As his marriage disintegrates, his fascination with others' decline becomes inseparable from his own.

Hired killers Eli and Charlie Sisters travel from Oregon to California during the gold rush to murder prospector Hermann Kermit Warm. Their violent encounters and contrasting temperaments complicate an assignment Eli increasingly questions as they approach their target.

Compulsive liar Lucien Minor leaves his village to become an assistant servant at remote Castle Von Aux. Missing aristocrats, thieves, and troubling household secrets accompany his pursuit of Klara, whose affections another man also hopes to win.

A con man arrives at Farmer Wilson’s home carrying information, whiskey and a carefully prepared performance. Driven by money and the satisfaction of deceiving others, he reshapes his identity to exploit an encounter where charm conceals his true intentions.

Widowed Manhattan socialite Frances Price faces dwindling resources and scandal with her unhelpful adult son Malcolm. Taking their cat to Paris, they encounter an eccentric circle of acquaintances as their attempted escape becomes an increasingly unruly reckoning.

Retired librarian Bob lives quietly among his books until helping a confused woman leads him to volunteer at a senior centre. New friendships and an unexpected reminder of his past reveal the heartbreak and adventures beneath his apparently uneventful life.

Expelled student Lee receives a Vietnam draft notice in 1967 and decides to flee to Canada. Driving a Jaguar across America with amphetamines and one suitcase, he visits his scattered family while questioning the future his departure will create.