Matt Rees


MOZART’S LAST ARIA

Mozarts Last Aria Matt ReesMozarts Last Aria Matt Rees It’s 1791 and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is Vienna’s brightest star. But six weeks after he tells his wife that he has been poisoned, the great composer is dead. The city is buzzing with rumors of infidelity, bankruptcy and murder. But Wolfgang’s sister Nannerl refuses to believe base gossip. As she looks closer, Nannerl finds traces of something sinister: a Masonic secret that might just be connected to Wolfgang’s death. And as she listens to his bewitching last opera, The Magic Flute, she realizes that the arias might contain more than just music. [Read more] [Get the UK Edition] [Get the US Edition]

THE FOURTH ASSASSIN: The Fourth Omar Yussef Mystery

Fourth Assassin Matt Rees Fourth Assassin Matt ReesWhen Omar Yussef, a Palestinian schoolteacher, 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 finds a headless corpse in his son’s room. When the cops show up Ala refuses to give an alibi and is arrested.  Desperate to prove his son's innocence, Omar Yussef delves deeper, uncovering a deadly international conspiracy. [Read more] [Get the US Edition] [Get the UK Edition]
 

THE SAMARITAN’S SECRET: The Third Omar Yussef Mystery

Samaritan's Secret Matt ReesSamaritan's Secret Matt Rees
A member of the tiny, ancient Samaritan community – a man who controlled hundreds of millions of dollars of Palestinian government money -- is murdered. Omar Yussef must find the missing money before international aid to the Palestinians is cut off. [Read more] [Get the US Edition] [Get the UK Edition]
 


A GRAVE IN GAZA: The Second Omar Yussef Mystery (UK title: THE SALADIN MURDERS)


A Grave in Gaza Matt ReesA Grave in Gaza Matt ReesOmar Yussef, teacher-turned-detective, is sent to the Gaza Strip for a schools inspection. Learning that a fellow teacher has been arrested, he recognizes an injustice. He confronts the corrupt security forces and finds himself involved in a ruthless power struggle over weapons smuggling and assassinations. In lawless Gaza, he realizes that only he can save a kidnapped colleague – and himself. [Read More] [Get the US Edition] [Get the UK Edition]


THE COLLABORATOR OF BETHLEHEM: The First Omar Yussef Mystery (UK title: THE BETHLEHEM MURDERS)


The Collaborator of Bethlehem Matt ReesThe Collaborator of Bethlehem Matt ReesWhen a Palestinian Christian is accused of collaboration with Israel and threatened with death, no one is willing to stand up for justice in a town ruled by violence and fear. Except Bethlehem schoolteacher Omar Yussef, who investigates to save the life of his former pupil. [Read More] [Get the US Edition] [Get the UK Edition]
 



CAIN’S FIELD: FAITH, FRATRICIDE, AND FEAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Cains Field Matt ReesIn Matt’s first nonfiction book, he illustrates the deep internal divisions exploding within Israeli and Palestinian society – the very stories that never make it into mainstream journalism. [Read more] [Order the Book]