April 30, 2012
Honor Killing is set in contemporary Israel and the West Bank. A Mossad agent, Reuven, is sent into the West Bank to seduce the aging unmarried sister of a wanted terrorist cell leader. They hope to capture his Hezbollah infiltrated, Iranian backed stronghold in the hills of Mount Gerizim, near Nablus. He is successful in his mission but thereafter, his body washes up on Tel Aviv beach. The police are puzzled as to the identity of the murderer. It turns out that the sister had a friend, a German nurse married to an abusive Palestinian husband, who was devastated by the sister’s death. When the husband was called as to why his wife had not delivered the Palestinian needlework as promised, he assumes she is having an affair and kills her to preserve his honor. There is also a subplot of a 38 year old single American woman who is searching for a Jewish sperm donor. Thus, life and death often intersect throughout the novel.
A Mossad agent, sent into the West Bank, to seduce the aging unmarried sister of a wanted terrorist, in the hope of capturing his headquarters at the Samaritan Passover, is successful in his mission, but then is mysteriously murdered. Life and death intersect when a 38 year old single American woman seeks a Jewish sperm donor.
A Mossad agent, sent into the West Bank, to seduce the aging unmarried sister of a wanted terrorist, in the hope of capturing his headquarters at the Samaritan Passover, is successful in his mission, but then is mysteriously murdered. Life and death intersect when a 38 year old single American woman seeks a Jewish sperm donor.
