Mysteries to Die For Book Club: “The Collaborator of Bethlehem” – Matt Rees

Facilitator Elsie Souza guides readers through the complex cultural landscape of Bethlehem during the Mysteries to Die For Book Club at Bookstore1Sarasota. The morning session focuses on Matt Rees’s crime novel The Collaborator of Bethlehem, analyzing how the author uses a murder investigation led by a Palestinian history teacher to expose the dangerous, underlying tensions of life under occupation. The discussion examines how international crime fiction reveals broader truths about justice and human nature.