The Collaborator of Bethlehem (Omar Yussef Series #1) » (Reprint)

Matt Beynon Rees is the former Jerusalem bureau chief for Time. His Omar Yussef mysteries include The Collaborator of Bethlehem (winner of the Crime Writers' Association New Blood Dagger Award) and A Grave in Gaza. He is also the author of the nonfiction work Cain's Field: Faith, Fratricide, and Fear in the Middle East. Born in Wales, he lives in Jerusalem and maintains a website at www.mattbeynonrees.com.

One man stands up to the deadly gun law of Palestine.

The New York Times - Marilyn Stasio

Setting a mystery in the epicenter of a war zone challenges the genre conventions, but it doesn't change the rules. In fact, it clarifies the role of the detective as the voice of reason, crying to be heard above the cacophony of gun-barrel politics. Watching friends die and neighbors turn on one another, Omar Yussef decides that "it's time for me to scream." In a world where civilization has broken down into "ignorant, simple-minded, violent politics," this decent man commits the ultimate act of heroism - keeping an open mind.