The Samaritan’s Secret by Matt Beynon Rees. © 2009 Soho Crime. ISBN 9781569475454. Hardback. Mystery/Crime. 288 pages. $24.00 US. [ Purchase ]
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Synopsis
A member of the tiny but ancient Samaritan community has been murdered. The dead man controlled hundreds of millions of dollars of government money. If the World Bank cannot locate it within the next several days, all aid money to the Palestinians will be cut off. Visiting Nablus, Omar Yussef must solve the murder and find the money, or all Palestinians will suffer. {from amazon.com}
Review
I read this book with a lot of mixed feelings to begin with. The author had set the mystery in the middle of Palestine and I was wondering just how he would portray it. I knew that the author was a Middle-Eastern correspondent and it really didn’t inspire much confidence in me. I was VERY surprised and VERY impressed by what I read. Read the rest of this entry »
