Synopses & Reviews
Praise for the Omar Yussef series:
Astonishing.-Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review
Matt Beynon Rees has taken a complex world of culture clash and suspicion and placed upon it humanity.-David Baldacci
Omar's probe of a West Bank ruled by political intrigue, religious hatred, and militia thugs lets ex-Time Jerusalem bureau chief Rees make the Mideast conflict personal.-Entertainment Weekly
Exciting and compelling, but it is also a deeply moving story.-David Liss
Offers a vivid portrait of Palestinian life today.-The Washington Post
A beautifully written story.-Anne Perry
An evocative, compassionate tale.-San Francisco Chronicle
A member of the tiny but ancient Samaritan community has been murdered. The dead man controlled hundreds of millions of dollars of government money. If the World Bank cannot locate it within the next several days, all aid money to the Palestinians will be cut off. Visiting Nablus, Omar Yussef must solve the murder and find the money, or all Palestinians will suffer.
Matt Beynon Rees was born in South Wales. He has covered the Middle East as a journalist for over a decade and was TIME magazine's Jerusalem bureau chief from 2000 to 2006. He is the author of the nonfiction work Cain's Field: Faith, Fratricide and Fear in the Middle East and two previous mysteries in the Omar Yussef series.
Synopsis
A member of the tiny but ancient Samaritan community has been murdered. The dead man had controlled millions of dollars of government money. If the World Bank cannot locate it, all aid money to the Palestinians will be cut off. Omar Yussef must solve the murder and find the money, or all Palestinians will suffer.
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"In Nablus, there were centuries of wickedness for him to uncover beneath every ancient stone."Omar Yussef journeys to Nablus with his family for the wedding of his policeman friend Sami Jaffari. Omar had met Sami and his fiancee on a previous trip to Gaza. When the son of the leader of the Samaritan community is murdered, Omar is pulled into Sami's investigation. They learn that the victim worked for the Palestinian Authority and controlled hundreds of millions of dollars which is now missing -- and the World Bank is threatening to cut off all aid to the Palestians if the money is not found. Omar and Sami must navigate through the dark warrens of the Nablus casbah and the secrets of the Samaritan people to find the killer and recover the missing funds before time runs out.
Synopsis
Omar Yussef journeys to Nablus in the third installment of Matt Beynon Rees's mystery series.