The Walls of Jericho

Ben and Danielle (Volume 1 of 7)

Jon Land

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American Ben Kamal is a Detroit police detective whose police training makes him valuable to the new Palestinian police force on the West Bank. He's glad to help--but hooking up with the Israelis to find a serial killer was not part of the deal.

Danielle Barnea is the best that Shin Bet, Israel's FBI , has to offer, but she, too, resists the assignment.

Now Ben and Danielle are forced to leave personal differences behind as they realize that something much more complex than murder is behind the killings.

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Walls of Jericho
DAY ONECHAPTER 1"WHAT DO YOU know about the murders, Inspector?"Ben Kamal shifted stiffly in the chair set before the desk of Ghazi Sumaya, mayor of the ancient city of Jericho. "The same thing everyone else does," he said, still wondering what he was doing here."And what is that?" Sumaya asked him."Seven in the past year in the West Bank: three prior to the Israeli pullout, four after. The latest occurred here in Jericho ten days ago."The mayor leaned forward, the massive desk dwarfing his small frame. "You would agree that we're facing a serial killer, then.

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"The trail is as tortuous as a John Le Carre tale....Land's writing is slick and the action is swift."--The Denver Post

"Better than anything by Tom Clancy."--Hartford Courant

"The fuse is burning, and the Middle East is ready to explode in this gripping roller-coaster ride of crime and intrigue. The Walls of Jericho has the impact of a punch to the solar plexus."--Stephen Coonts
"Land has written a riveting thriller about bone-deep prejudices, secrets and betrayals."
--Publishers Weekly
 
"Land ... delivers more than just your average thriller. Fast, exciting, and, even more important, believable."
--Library Journal
 
"Land's diabolically clever thriller is packed with emotion and suspense, offering larger-than-life heroes and a nightmarish glimpse of life in today's conflict-ridden Middle East. A highly entertaining thriller."
--Booklist

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The Walls of Jericho
Jon Land

Mass Market Paperbound

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Tom Doherty Associates
Tor Books
May 1998
Mass Market Paperbound
ISBN: 9780812564563
ISBN10: 0812564561
4 3/16 x 6 3/4 inches, 480 pages
$6.99

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Tom Doherty Associates
Forge Books
April 2011
e-Book Agency
ISBN: 9781429957748
ISBN10: 1429957743
480 pages
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