The Fourth Assassin (The Omar Yussef Mysteries Book 4) (English Edition)

A Palestinian travels to New Yorkwhere he must defend his own son against a murder chargein this excellent mystery (Publishers Weekly, starred review). The relentless cycle of violence and retribution follows Palestinian detective Omar Yussef to New York City, where he must deliver a speech at the U.N. on schooling in the Palestinian refugee camps, in Reess excellent fourth mystery. When Yussefs son, Ala, is arrested after a decapitated body is found in Alas Brooklyn apartment, Yussefs search for the real killer leads him from Atlantic Avenue to Coney Island and back to the U.N. Secretariat. In the process, he discovers that hes not quite the cosmopolitan man he thought himself to be, a realization shared by many Arab immigrants in the story. In truth, the residents of Little Palestine are caught between its subterranean mosques and the lure of Manhattan, where forbidden pleasures are ready for the plucking. Publishers Weekly, starred review