The commander of the Lord’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” ( E) And Joshua did so. Darkly original, suspenseful, and haunting. From the gothic undertones to the fresh protagonist and ratcheting tension, Killing Jericho is a first-class thriller’ – Chris Whitaker

Jericho in Joshua? Why did God order the destruction of Jericho in Joshua?

The crime genre is filled with stories like Jericho’s – one can take a peek at the works of Val McDermid, Stuart McBride, or Helen Fields to find stories overflowing with deeply-flawed yet righteous investigators, labyrinthian plots, and murders macabre enough to turn David Fincher’s stomach (there are, this reviewer must report, some in Killing Jericho, that wouldn’t have been out of place in his seminal Se7en). It’s a credit then that Hussey, drawing upon family experience within the GRT community and history, crafts a story with a unique premise and hook, steeped in Traveller lore, from a social group sorely unexplored and woefully misunderstood by the wider UK population.Dark, exciting, furiously-paced and full of twists, KILLING JERICHO sets the stage for a unique detective - ALEX SMITH, author of the bestselling DCI Kett thrillers So I have preliminarilyset myself a target of 45books. I can obviously edit this later but I amconscious of the fact that I would like life to return to normal at some point this year and as it doesthat wouldprobably mean less time to read and 45 seems like a good,manageable number. I changed my target twice last year, from 30 to 40, then 40 to 50 and once I'd hit 50 I just thought Iwould leave it and enjoy everything else I read.

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Origins and historicity [ edit ] Depiction of the battle by Jean Fouquet ( c. 1415–1420) Excavations at Tell es-Sultan [ edit ] Some of this was foretold to Abraham hundreds of years earlier. Much of Jericho's crimes may have paralleled those of the Antediluvian world during the time of Noah. The result of that was the Flood. A bit later in Abraham's time, Sodom and Gomorrah were incinerated (Gen. 19). Should we disbelieve God by suggesting there was insufficient reason for their having filled up the measure of His wrath? The gothic, helter-skelter thriller debut introduces crime fiction’s first-ever Traveller detective, Scott Jericho. Crime fiction is crying out for more diversity, and in Scott Jericho we have been gifted a blisteringly new brand of hero - SARAH HILARY, award-winning author of FRAGILE and the DI Marnie Rome thrillers In his debut adult thriller, Hussey wanted to create a lead character that reflected his own experiences, the publisher says. Having grown up in the Traveller community as the son of a fairground showman, he has created the first Traveller detective protagonist in crime fiction history. And, like his hero, Hussey is a gay man existing in this culture, with all its complexities, richness and challenges, all of which has heavily inspired his writing.having a hope in God, which they themselves also await, that there is about to be a resurrection, both of the just and of the unjust Acts 24:15 A chilling, gripping and dark read. Scott Jericho is unlike any detective character i've ever read, and I loved that. He's a traveller, gay, and is suffering with some real darkness from his previous experience as a police officer. When the trumpets sounded, ( Z) the army shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the men gave a loud shout, ( AA) the wall collapsed; so everyone charged straight in, and they took the city. ( AB) 21 They devoted ( AC) the city to the Lord and destroyed ( AD) with the sword every living thing in it—men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys. As the son of a fairground showman, he has now used his inside knowledge of this still largely hidden community to create a detective unlike any other. It seems too far-fetched for Jericho, but he hasn’t been keeping up with the news. Professor Campbell tells him about three recent murders where the victims were mutilated to resemble the freaks who perished in the tragedy. Forced to admit there might be some truth to the serial killer theory, Jericho agrees to travel to Bradbury End and investigate.