Michael Gruber (author)

Published works

• Tropic of Night - The detective Jimmy Paz investigates a series of mysteries involving African sorcery in Miami. Themes explored include the nature of race, "magic," and the perceived illusions of reality.
• Valley of Bones - Jimmy Paz becomes intertwined with the life of a nun from a little-known Catholic order who is wrapped up in the Sudanese civil war. Themes include redemption and the mysteries of faith.
• Night of the Jaguar - Paz investigates a string of murders revolving around an Indian shaman from the Amazon rain forest and a guardian jaguar spirit. Environmental devastation, greed, and the failures of science to explain the unknown are some of the areas explored in the last novel of the Paz trilogy.
• The Witch's Boy - Classical stories are revisited in this fantasy novel, as seen through the eyes of an ugly orphaned boy named Lump who is raised by a witch. Winner of the 2006 Scandiuzzi Children's Book Award for Middle Grades/Young Adults of the Washington State Book Awards.
• The Book of Air and Shadows - Letters found in a rare book set off a race to find an undiscovered Shakespeare play. The concept of "intellectual property" and the world of William Shakespeare are explored in this intricate thriller.
• Forgery of Venus - A novel about art forgery and time travel.
• The Good Son - A spy thriller that slides in and out of conventional identities with great facility.
• The Return - Aging Vietnam vet Marder ventures to Mexico with Skelly, a war buddy and elite soldier with ties to the underworld, in order to seek revenge for the murders that drove his wife to suicide.

  Ghost-written works for Robert K. Tanenbaum

• 1987 No Lesser Plea
• 1989 Depraved Indifference
• 1991 Immoral Certainty
• 1992 Reversible Error
• 1993 Material Witness
• 1994 Corruption of Blood
• 1994 Justice Denied
• 1996 Falsely Accused
• 1997 Irresistible Impulse
• 1998 Reckless Endangerment
• 1999 Act of Revenge
• 2000 True Justice
• 2001 Enemy Within
• 2002 Absolute Rage
• 2003 Resolved