The Mystery Bookshelf, where you can discover a library of new mysteries, is pleased to feature a new mystery series title we recently received from the publisher.
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The Fourth Assassin by Matt Beynon Rees
An Omar Yussef Mystery (4th in series)
Soho Crime (Trade Paperback)
Publication Date: February 2011
ISBN-13: 978-1-56947-885-1
About The Fourth Assassin (from the publisher): 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 roommates. 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.
Desperate 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 roommates had a club by that name. What's the connection? As Omar Yussef delves deeper, he uncovers a deadly international conspiracy.
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About Matt Beynon Rees: Born in South Wales, he has covered the Middle East as a journalist for over a decade and was Time magazine's Jerusalem bureau chief from 2000 to 2006. The first book in this series, The Collaborator of Jerusalem, won the CWA New Blood Dagger. He lives in Jerusalem. Visit his website at MattBeynonRees.com.
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