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The gothic, helter-skelter thriller debut introduces crime fiction’s first-ever Traveller detective, Scott Jericho. Deuteronomy 18:9-12: 9“When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations. 10There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, 11or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. 12For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you" (emphasis added). Now the gates of Jericho ( F) were securely barred because of the Israelites. No one went out and no one came in. Firstly, thank you to Netgalley, Bonnier Books UK and William Hussey for the opportunity to read the current ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Killing Jericho (Killing Jericho, book 1) by William Hussey
If you thought Benoit Blanc was your favourite queer detective then you’re absolutely wrong, it is very much Scott Jericho. So do yourself a favour and read this before I have to start gently tapping people round the head with it.. did I say please? No? Okay please read this, thank you very much. You best believe I’ve found myself a new instant buy author!Due to the methods used by the killer this was often a dark and gruesome read. It also contains elements around PTSD, linked to the children Kerrigan murdered who are haunting Jericho so not for the fainthearted/sensitive to such things. Moore, Megan Bishop; Kelle, Brad E. (2011). Biblical History and Israel's Past. Eerdmans. ISBN 978-0802862600. I wasn’t sure if this was for me when I started reading but I was soon pulled in. We have a damaged lead character and plenty of twists and turns that keep you guessing (wrongly!) right to the end.
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And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. 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.
Scott Jericho is a troubled, ingenious sleuth who draws on the skills of his unique upbringing and heritage to solve a series of baffling murders. This was, no doubt, the "tip of the iceberg"; there were surely many other abominations that all of the cities of Canaan practiced — including Jericho. God has likely only scratched the surface of the deviance and barbarity of these people. Leviticus 18:21-25: "'You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD. 22‘You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. 23‘Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion. 24‘Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled. 25‘For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants." 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.
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