Matt Rees's Videos (CrimeSpace) - CrimeSpace2024-04-20T02:09:13Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/video/video/listForContributor?screenName=3u3rg654dqk8g&rss=yes&xn_auth=noTHE FOURTH ASSASSINtag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-16:537324:Video:2102882009-08-16T10:59:30.269ZMatt Reeshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MattRees
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</a> <br></br>The 4th Palestinian crime novel by award-winning author Matt Beynon Rees is THE FOURTH ASSASSIN. In New York for a United Nations conference, Omar Yussef visits his son in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge, only to discover a headless corpse in his sons bed. His search for the truth sets him at odds with the NYPD and on a collision course with men he believes work for Islamic Jihad. He…
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</a><br />The 4th Palestinian crime novel by award-winning author Matt Beynon Rees is THE FOURTH ASSASSIN. In New York for a United Nations conference, Omar Yussef visits his son in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge, only to discover a headless corpse in his sons bed. His search for the truth sets him at odds with the NYPD and on a collision course with men he believes work for Islamic Jihad. He travels through the dark side of Brooklyn from Coney Island to Atlantic Avenue as he hurries to prevent the assassination of the Palestinian President and fights to clear his sons name. Matt Beynon Rees, who lives in Jerusalem and has been compared to Graham Greene and Dashiell Hammett, introduces the novel. Reading from THE FOURTH ASSASSINtag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-08-16:537324:Video:2102862009-08-16T10:57:57.938ZMatt Reeshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MattRees
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</a> <br></br>Award-winning author Matt Beynon Rees introduces THE FOURTH ASSASSIN, the fourth in his spectacular Palestinian crime series, and reads from the opening chapter. Omar Yussef visits his son in the Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood of Bay Ridge, only to discover a headless corpse in his sons bed. As the novel continues, Omars search for the truth sets him at odds with the NYPD. He travels…
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</a><br />Award-winning author Matt Beynon Rees introduces THE FOURTH ASSASSIN, the fourth in his spectacular Palestinian crime series, and reads from the opening chapter. Omar Yussef visits his son in the Brooklyn, New York, neighborhood of Bay Ridge, only to discover a headless corpse in his sons bed. As the novel continues, Omars search for the truth sets him at odds with the NYPD. He travels through the dark side of Brooklyn from Coney Island to Atlantic Avenue as he hurries to prevent the assassination of the Palestinian President and fights to clear his sons name. Matt Beynon Rees has been compared to Graham Greene and Dashiell Hammett. My book shtick in fulltag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-03-22:537324:Video:1890482009-03-22T09:04:16.974ZMatt Reeshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MattRees
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</a> <br></br>At the Jerusalem Book Week, I gave a talk about how I came to write my Palestinian crime series. With the discussion afterward, it ends up being over an hour long, including some talk about crime novels, the Middle East, politics and my personal…
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</a><br />At the Jerusalem Book Week, I gave a talk about how I came to write my Palestinian crime series. With the discussion afterward, it ends up being over an hour long, including some talk about crime novels, the Middle East, politics and my personal history. Welcome to Palestinetag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-02-10:537324:Video:1811762009-02-10T15:14:05.068ZMatt Reeshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MattRees
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</a> <br></br>Crime novelist Matt Beynon Rees, whose work has been compared to Graham Greene and John Le Carre, welcomes you to Palestine with an atmospheric, dramatic tour of the scene of his mystery novels about Palestinian detective Omar Yussef. His books take readers from Bethlehem, to Gaza, to Nablus and the rest of the West Bank and Arab world. Here Rees gives you a flavor of that dangerous region…
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</a><br />Crime novelist Matt Beynon Rees, whose work has been compared to Graham Greene and John Le Carre, welcomes you to Palestine with an atmospheric, dramatic tour of the scene of his mystery novels about Palestinian detective Omar Yussef. His books take readers from Bethlehem, to Gaza, to Nablus and the rest of the West Bank and Arab world. Here Rees gives you a flavor of that dangerous region in the style of the classic detective noir of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett that inspired him. The Dark Side of Bethlehemtag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-02-10:537324:Video:1811742009-02-10T15:12:34.710ZMatt Reeshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/MattRees
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</a> <br></br>Crime novelist Matt Beynon Rees unveils the dark side of Jesus' birthplace, the Palestinian town of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Rees introduces Omar Yussef, the hero of his Palestinian mystery novel, The Collaborator of Bethlehem, and takes viewers on a tour - not just of the famous Christian sites, but also the violent, dangerous refugee camp where much of the action in his novel…
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</a><br />Crime novelist Matt Beynon Rees unveils the dark side of Jesus' birthplace, the Palestinian town of Bethlehem in the West Bank. Rees introduces Omar Yussef, the hero of his Palestinian mystery novel, The Collaborator of Bethlehem, and takes viewers on a tour - not just of the famous Christian sites, but also the violent, dangerous refugee camp where much of the action in his novel take place.