Crime Fiction incl "Samaritan's Secret" - Review - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Frederick Smith on 15 Feb 10Matt Beynon Rees (former Jerusalem bureau chief for Time mag) writesprovocative mysteries set in today's Palestinian territories - adopting a humanist perspective focused on ordinary people. A modest protagonist, an aging schoolteacher Omar Yussef, is no one's idea of a hero. But he proves his courage by daring to keep an open mind in a closed society.