New Arrival: The Collaborator of Bethlehem, by Matt Beynon Rees

Just in is the debut novel from Matt Beynon Rees, The Collaborator of Bethlehem. When a PLO fighter is shot by an Israeli sniper, a Palestinian Christian is arrested for being a collaborator. Omar Yussef, a schoolteacher, is not convinced that his former student is guilty of the crime, and fights to clear his name.

Matt Beynon Rees is the former Jerusalem bureau chief for Time Magazine, and also wrote the nonfiction book Cain's Field : Faith, Fratricide, and Fear in the Middle East, about the Arab-Israeli conflict. You can learn more about Rees and his books at his website.