"An astonishing first novel"
-- New York Times

Booklist Top 10 Mystery 2007

A Publishers Weekly Book of the Year

 

The second Omar Yussef Mystery

 

"A cracking, atmospheric read" -- The Bookseller

 

"Yussef is a splendid creation" -- Colin Dexter, author of the Inspector Morse Mysteries

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Matts Blog:  Omar gets Palestinian parliamentary approval . . . . . NPR profiles Matt: Mystery and Decay in an Ancient City . . . . . Independent: Omar 'gripping', 'excellent' . . . . . Time Out NY: Omar lifts gloom the Spike Lee way . . . . . First Omar Yussef wins CWA dagger . . . . . Tribune: 'Splendid novel from author of real talent' . . . . . 'Collaborator of Bethlehem' nominated for Macavity Award . . . . . Jewish Chronicle: The Saladin Murders 'a real rarity' . . . . . My first novel 'The Bethlehem Murders' nominated for CWA award . . . . . 'Collaborator of Bethlehem' nominated for Barry Award . . . . . Jerusalem Report: 'a first-class yarn and unique insight' . . . . . Blog buzz builds for Omar Yussef series . . . . . Bookreporter: 'Add Rees and Yussef to your must-read list' . . . . . GroundReport: Read Omar Yussef Mystery for Israel's 60th . . . . . Ha'aretz: Omar Yussef a Third World hero . . . . . Workers of the world unite behind Palestinian detective . . . . . Telegraph: my Gaza memoir, crime novel inspiration . . . . . Eclectica Magazine: 'A Grave in Gaza' more than a mystery, more than fiction -- it's the real Palestine . . . . . Le Figaro: Omar Yussef is the Hercule Poirot of the Near East . . . . . The Economist: New Omar Yussef novel "vivid, outstanding, gripping" . . . . . Jerusalem Post: Human Characters and Complex Culture in new Omar Yussef Mystery . . . . . New York Magazine: Omar "an unwavering Marlowe of the Arab street" . . . . . Omar Yussef gets Greetings from Asbury Park, New Jersey . . . . . Sunday Telegraph: Stunning sense of place, memorable characters . . . . . Daily Express: Omar Yussef 'clearly a detective who is here to stay' . . . . .

 
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