"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:  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' . . . . . Dow Jones profiles Rees on Palestinian detective novel, demise of foreign news . . . . . Campaign for American Reader highlights A Grave in Gaza . . . . . Page 69 Test: A Grave in Gaza . . . . . Charlotte Observer: 'A Grave in Gaza' Suspenseful, Subtle . . . . . Solace: the music to my noir video . . . . . My Portuguese-language supporters club . . . . . Rees to appear at Jewish Book Week, London, Feb. 27 . . . . . Reviewingtheevidence.com: Omar "a charming curmudgeon"; my 2nd novel "shouldn't be missed" . . . . . Matt to appear at NYC bookshop Feb. 12 . . . . . First Palestinian Film Noir . . . . . New Omar Yussef Novel Published in US, UK . . . . . The Scotsman: The Bethlehem Murders "Indispensible" . . . . . Reviewingtheevidence.com: Omar finds best moral justification for crime fiction . . . . .

 
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