Patrick Whittaker: 7 books

He has no choice but to die. How he dies is up to him.Verlaine is a vampire, the last of his kind. He knows that the people who killed his brethren are coming for him. Alienated and alone, he decides to bow out in a manner of his own choosing.It is Walpurgis Night. Before it is over, Verlaine will have left a trail of death that will never be forgotten.

An acknowledged masterpiece of absurdist theatre. It is one of the precursors of Dadaism and – by extension – surrealism.

There are some people you should never allow inside your head.The seaside town of Chadham prides itself on being sleepy. Until Maniac turns it into the murder capital of Britain.Detective Inspector Harry Nyman is the world's most reluctant policeman. He'd much rather be playing...

The most original and unsettling horror story ever!Andrew was a perfectly normal boy... until his mother died. Now the only thing that keeps him sane is his imaginary friend, Weird Willy Whizzbang.Unfortunately, Andrew's father is determined to get rid of Weird Willy, leaving Andrew...

He was a geek. She was beautiful and insane. When uber-nerd Orson falls in love with a mysterious woman he meets at a bus shelter, he sets off a chain of events that leads to such unlikely events as the stars going out and buses arriving on time.

Des and Dave Gilroy were once in a band that was going to be ‘bigger than the Beatles'. But fame and fortune eluded them and as they enter their twilight years, they decide to collect what they feel life owes them. They embark upon a bombing campaign with the aim of blackmailing a bank into paying them two million pounds.

On an otherwise normal day in Wonderland, the Knave of Hearts is arrested by the secret police. Outraged by what he believes to be an injustice, his valet, the March Hare, sets out to free him. Along the way he attends a mad tea party, witnesses the death and resurrection of the Queen of Hearts and uncovers a terrifying secret that could destroy not only his world, but ours too.