title: The Battle of Jericho
author:  Walter Marks 
description: <span><b>From Publisher's Weekly:</b></span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Set on Long Island, Marks's suspenseful second crime novel featuring Det. Sgt. Neil Jericho (after 2014's </span><i>Death Hampton</i><span>) contains more than a few surprises. Still reeling from the breakup of his last serious relationship, Jericho must tackle a truly odd case. A severed foot has washed ashore from Block Island Sound, with only a partial tattoo and an unusual nail polish on its toes. His partner on the case, an attractive junior officer, Maria Salazar, provides a welcome romantic distraction. Readers should be prepared for a shocking ending. </span><i>(BookLife)</i><br /> <span></span>
zlib_text: THE HATED
  
  A Detective Jericho
  
  SINGLE
  
  
  
  
  
  WALTER MARKS
  
  
  
  
  Copyright (C) 2017 by Walter Marks
  
  All rights reserved .  No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any
  manner whatsoever without the written permission of the Author .
  
  All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real
  persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
  
  Top Tier Lit New York, NY
  
  
  
  
  Also By Walter Marks:
  
  Death Hampton
  
  The Battle of Jericho
  
  A Man’s Partner
  
  Amazing Detective
  
  Tumbling Down
  
  Shocking Confessions
  
  Dangerous Behavior
  
  
  
  
  If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if
  it’s good or bad.
  
  – Miles Davis
  
  
  PROLOGUE
  
  
  
  Rufus Pugh, a grizzled man in his late sixties, walked slowly along Indian
  Wells Beach. It was a warm, windy April morning, the surf breaking sharply
  over the damp sand. Overhead, the daytime moon looked like a crescent smudge
  of white chalk, drawn upon a pale blue sky.
  
  Rufus was oblivious to his surroundings. Today wa