The Walls of Jericho
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Publisher Description
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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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Honing a talent displayed in some 14 previous books, Land has written a riveting thriller about bone-deep prejudices, secrets and betrayals. The tale takes place in the very near future, when Israel is about to complete its withdrawal from the West Bank. Ben Kamal, Palestine-born and Detroit-trained detective, has returned to his native land after losing his family to a serial killer. Ben's attempts to raise the professional standards of the Palestinian police have foundered on the rocks of the fanatic tribalism of hardliners. Al-Diib (the Wolf) is a sadistic serial killer claiming victims in Jericho. The murders fan fear and fuel resistance to the peace process. To protect upcoming peace talks, the Palestinians and Israelis set up a joint murder investigation headed by Ben and Danielle Barnea, beautiful rising star of Israel's Shin Bet. Mutual ignorance and suspicion are soon vanquished by Ben's and Danielle's professionalism. Land (The Fires of Midnight, etc.) takes the risk of romantically entangling his protagonists, but does so believably. Ben and Danielle are kept off-balance by hidden agendas and daunting questions: Is Al-Diib Palestinian or Israeli? Is he protected by any of the police or security forces? Is he really multiple killers? Danielle and Ben work through a thick maze of secrecy and deceit among a large, colorful cast of characters, including a mysterious American "colonel" who turns into something of a Rambo ex machina. The ending is a bit far-fetched, but the picture of two societies fighting fiercely among themselves and with each other is vivid, wrenching and not rosy.
