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Informationen zum Autor Matt Rees was born in South Wales. He has covered the Middle East as a journalist for more than a decade, including six years as Time magazine's Jerusalem bureau chief. He is the author of Cain's Field: Faith, Fratricide and Fear in the Middle East . Atlantic Books published the first Omar Yussef novel, The Bethlehem Murders , in 2007, and the second, The Saladin Murders , in 2008. The Bethlehem Murders won the CWA John Creasey Dagger. See more at www.mattbeynonrees.com. Klappentext 'Omar Yussef is a splendid creation.' Colin Dexter 'Morse, Rebus and now Yussef.' Observer When Omar Yussef travels to Nablus, the West Bank's most violent town, to attend a wedding, he little expects the trouble that awaits him. An ancient Torah scroll belonging to the Samaritans, descendants of the biblical Joseph, has been stolen. But when the dead body of a young Samaritan is discovered, the seemingly straightforward theft enquiry takes an unexpected turn. As Yussef sets out to find the perpetrators of this murder, he is driven down into the murky alleys and tunnels of the old casbah in Nablus. Here, as he uncovers a deepening rift between rival militias, the secret deals of one of the region's richest businessmen, and the shadowy world of the tiny Samaritan community, he begins to wonder whether he will be able to attend the wedding after all... 'Indispensable... Rees not only provides a classic investigation into a terrible crime, he paints a picture of life in this hell-hole, with Palestinian gangs warring with each other while the Israeli presence looms... First-rate crime.' Gerald Kaufman, Scotsman Zusammenfassung 'Morse, Rebus and now Yussef.' ObserverTHE FIRST BOOK IN THE SERIES, THE BETHLEHEM MURDERS, WON THE CWA JOHN CREASY DAGGER
