The Fourth Omar Yussef novel from the winner of the CWA John Creasey Dagger

MATT BEYNON REES

"Intelligent and suspenseful...Rees paints a meticulous portrait of the post-9/11 community of Little Palestine and the tension of cultures trying to co-exist."   --The Daily Beast

"One of the most beguiling of current sleuths" -- The Sunday Times (London)

A hint of Dan Brown's knack for infusing history and religion into a thrilling crime and mystery novel
-- New York Examiner

"Engrossing...New Yorkers will be startled by the view of their city advanced by Matt Beynon Rees"
--The New York Times

This is classic work that will stand up 20 or 30 years from now when you (maybe) and I (almost certainly) are gone, and the problems that currently exist will still remain. Brilliantly conceived and beautifully written, THE FOURTH ASSASSIN is strongly recommended -- Bookreporter.com

When Omar Yussef travels to New York for a UN Conference, he's eager to visit his youngest son Ala, who lives in Bay Ridge, a Brooklyn neighborhood with a large Palestinian community.  He arrives at Ala's apartment to find the door ajar and a headless body in one of the beds.  He's initially terrified that the dead man is his son, but soon Ala arrives and identifies the body as that of one of his roomates.  He's convinced that his other roommate is the killer.  But when the cops show up Ala refuses to give an alibi and is arrested.  Despersate to prove his son's innocence, Omar Yussef investigates.  The murderer has left clues that refer to the Assassins, a medieval Shiite sect.  When they were teenagers, Ala and his roomates had a club by that name.  What's the connection?  As Omar Yussef delves deeper, he uncovers a deadly international conspiracy.

February 2010 from Atlantic Books UK and Soho Press US