Thomas Gifford Books in Order

Gifford's first book is a biography of Minnesota Vikings defensive end Bob Lurtsema. It looks beyond the football field at the player known as Benchwarmer Bob and the life behind his public persona.

John Cooper returns to Minnesota after a message exposes the dark history behind his wealthy family's name. With old Nazis regrouping and his relatives in danger, he must uncover a conspiracy before it pulls him in for good.

Reporter Paul Cavanaugh sees an unsettling suicide and expects to leave it behind. Instead, a chain of deaths tied to a beautiful woman and an old Minnesota atrocity sends him into a dangerous search for the truth.

An eighteenth-century account of the Shetland, then Zetland, Islands, first composed in 1733. The book gathers observations on the islands' geography, people, landholding, local institutions, and history, with supporting documents in an appendix.

Based on the life of Artur Alves dos Reis, this historical novel follows a gifted Portuguese forger with ambitions far beyond his station. His spectacular fraud spreads from Angola to Europe and threatens Portugal's financial stability.

A Harvard professor is drawn into a deadly hunt for documents suggesting George Washington betrayed the American Revolution. With Cold War forces seeking the evidence, a historical scandal becomes a very modern matter of survival.

Convicted screenwriter Toby Challis survives a plane crash while being transported to prison for his wife's murder. Back in Los Angeles under a new identity, he hunts the person who framed him through Hollywood's darker corners.

Literary agent Natalie Rader sees a stranger dispose of a gun outside her office, then realizes he saw her too. As threats close in, a single glimpse turns her successful New York life into a nightmare.

Four longtime friends have climbed into New York's rarefied art world, but jealousy and stalled ambitions are breaking their bond. As a brutal summer bears down on the city, their private resentments give way to violence.

Former football player Lew Cassidy is caught between a corrupt cop, a gangster, and the enemies they have made. Set against the wartime years, this noir-tinged mystery forces him to choose whom he can trust.

Journalist Charlie Nichols reconnects with Victor Saberdene, his old Harvard friend and now a formidable defense lawyer. When a killer threatens Saberdene's family after an early release, the past becomes a lethal score-settling exercise.

In 1945, detective Lew Cassidy learns that Karin, the wife he believed killed in Cologne, may still be alive. Finding her means confronting an American network helping Nazis escape, including the SS officer she has married.

Lee Tripper is paid an enormous sum to learn whether his rock-star brother really died in 1960s Tangier. The search becomes a playful, twist-filled mystery built around fame, family, and a suspiciously convenient death.

When Sister Valentine Driskill is murdered, her brother Ben, a lawyer and former Jesuit, begins asking questions the Church will not answer. As a pope lies dying, Ben uncovers a deadly Vatican conspiracy with roots in wartime Europe.

During World War II, American reporter Rodger Godwin joins a secret British mission to assassinate Erwin Rommel. When the raid is betrayed and only Rodger survives, guilt and suspicion drive him to find the traitor.

Twenty years after facing a Fourth Reich conspiracy, John Cooper is called to Germany when his sister's daughter disappears. In a newly unified country, he finds that old fascist ambitions have returned in frighteningly public form.

Lawyer Ben Driskill investigates the suspicious death of a trusted friend of President Charles Bonner. His search leads to Saints Rest, Iowa, where more killings reveal a plot that could corrupt a presidential election.

A nonfiction portrait of Charlie Myers, framed as an American success story. Gifford turns from international conspiracies to biography, tracing a life through personal history, work, ambition, and the ideals attached to the American dream.