Only the Dead Know Peace
“Only the Dead Know Peace is a powerhouse book. An adrenaline-fueled epic that is authentic, propulsive, timely, and unforgettable. It will keep you on the edge of your seat till the very last page.”
Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of The Cartel, The Force, and City on Fire
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Honorable mention for the 2024 International Latino Book Award for Best Popular Fiction
“Only the Dead Know Peace is a powerhouse book. An adrenaline-fueled epic that is authentic, propulsive, timely, and unforgettable. It will keep you on the edge of your seat till the very last page.” – Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author
In the spirit of The Cartel, The Little Drummer Girl, and I Am Pilgrim, Alberto Mansur’s debut thriller offers a bracing, wide-angle portrait of the fence dividing Israel and Palestine, the most controversial border on earth. It follows a diverse cast of characters as they fight for love, belief, country, and power.
In Israel and Palestine, religious and political tensions are boiling, threatening to explode an untenable status quo. A renowned baker and his son are at odds, one turning his back on Allah, the other determined to prove himself worthy of God’s love. A rich playboy shatters his life in the States and joins Israel’s special forces searching for purpose and meaning. An Israeli vixen with a tragic past and a penchant for violence finds herself torn between her work for the Russian mob and the people she loves. And a charismatic Jewish leader starts a movement with the most surprising goal of all.
In Only the Dead Know Peace, these characters and more touch each other’s lives as they weave a tangled web of passion, violence, intrigue, and political and religious manipulation.
“Only the Dead Know Peace is a powerhouse book. An adrenaline-fueled epic that is authentic, propulsive, timely, and unforgettable. It will keep you on the edge of your seat till the very last page.”
Don Winslow, New York Times bestselling author of The Cartel, The Force, and City on Fire
“Only the Dead Know Peace is a pulse-pounding thriller that combines taut, muscular prose with a panoramic view of the Israel-Palestine conflict. The lives of a playboy, baker, journalist, and mobster intertwine in a conflict where the stakes are larger than any of them can imagine. Mansur has done the near-impossible in this tightrope of a novel—he makes us wrestle with all notions of right and wrong, love and hate, in this world and the next.”
Martin Ott, former US Army interrogator and author of Shadow Dance
“An unexpectedly multifaceted thriller that takes place mostly along the border regions of Israel and the Palestinian territories…The book is heavy on exposition, but Mansur does well to set the scene. Soon, the reader gets a distinct sense that all of these characters’ stories, as different as they might be, will soon converge in explosive ways.”
San Diego Union-Tribune
“An exotic thrill ride, dipped in the rich history and cultures of the Middle East, Alberto Mansur’s Only the Dead Know Peace takes you on a journey right into the fiery hot furnace between Israel and Palestine…I give this book an enthusiastic 5 out of 5 stars…This book teleported me away from my real settings…That’s what I look for in pleasure reading—the escape into other worlds, the trips way far away, and this one did it. Many congratulations to the author. You have a bright future ahead.”
Luc Vors, author of Where Sleeping Dogs Lie
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