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My new novel A NAME IN BLOOD is out in the UK this weekend. To introduce it, I'm giving away five copies of the hardcover edition to the winners of this competition. Ten lucky runners up will get a paperback copy of my last novel MOZART'S LAST ARIA. To enter, go to any page on my website and sign up for my newsletter (in the right-hand column, where it says "Newsletter," enter your email address.) A NAME IN BLOOD is my version of the story of Caravaggio, the great Italian artist. It begins in Italy, 1605. For the ruling Borghese family, Rome is a place of grand palazzos and frescoed cathedrals. For Caravaggio, it is a place of rough bars, knife fights, and grubby whores. Until he is commissioned to paint the Pope…Soon, Caravaggio has gained entry into the Borghese family’s inner circle and become the most celebrated artist in Rome. But when he falls for Lena, a low-born fruit-seller, and paints her into his Madonna series as a simple peasant woman, Italian society is outraged. Discredited as an artist, but unwilling to retract his vision of the woman he loves, Caravaggio is forced into a duel – and murders a well-connected street tough. His powerful patrons can't protect him from a death sentence. So Caravaggio flees to Malta, where he must undergo the rigorous training of the Knights of Malta. His paintings continue to speak of his love for Lena. But before he can return to her, as a Knight and a nobleman, Caravaggio, the most famous artist in Italy, simply disappears… Get the UK edition. Read a sample chapter. Listen to me read a sample chapter.

Write a review of one of my books on amazon.com or amazon.co.uk and get a chance to win a free copy of my novel Mozart's Last Aria.

Just write your review, send me the link to the review at mattreesbooks@gmail.com, and you'll be entered in a drawing for a free, signed copy of the book. I'll be doing the drawing on Dec. 5, the 221st anniversary of Mozart's death -- which is of course the starting point for the mystery in Mozart's Last Aria.

My historical thriller A Name in Blood, which is about the great Italian artist Caravaggio, will be out in a small-format UK paperback in two weeks. Pre-order it for a special discount at amazon.co.uk, from Waterstone's, or from Foyle's.

Rees illuminates with sensitivity the hitherto dark portrait of one of the world’s most influential artists. –Daily Mail
A superb tale of intrigue and wrong doing in Renaissance Italy–It’s a Crime! blog
Matt Rees inhabits Caravaggio’s mind…bringing to life his conflicted world–The Bookbag

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The ninth installment of a FREE crime thriller in serial form. Matt reads his psychological thriller DEAD EVERY DAY. Ellis Callan is a history professor stricken by post-traumatic stress disorder from his time as a Marine in Iraq. He’s caught up in a mystery surrounding the murders of three women around him. In this installment Callan becomes dependent on the Tranquillax drug to fight off his memories of Iraq. He starts to think he's being followed. He wonders if he can trust his sister's former assistant, even as he sleeps with her. A bad girl, a bad pill, and you’re Dead Every Day. Get Matt’s FREE ebook too.



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The tenth installment of a FREE thriller in serial form. Award-winning crime novelist Matt Rees reads his psychological thriller DEAD EVERY DAY. Ellis Callan is a history professor stricken by post-traumatic stress disorder from his time as a Marine in Iraq. He’s caught up in a mystery surrounding the murders of three women around him. In this installment Callan finds himself pursued by two mysterious men and learns that his ex-girlfriend was working on a disturbing news story when she was murdered. A bad girl, a bad pill, and you’re Dead Every Day. Get Matt’s FREE ebook too.

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The eleventh installment of a FREE thriller in serial form. Matt reads his psychological thriller DEAD EVERY DAY. Ellis Callan is a history professor stricken by post-traumatic stress disorder from his time as a Marine in Iraq. He’s caught up in a mystery surrounding the murders of three women around him. In this installment Callan takes refuge with his dead sister's boss, a psychiatrist. The shrink suggests Callan might be schizophrenic. Then someone comes to get him...A bad girl, a bad pill, and you’re Dead Every Day. Get Matt’s FREE ebook too.

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