John Jericho
Created by Hugh Pentecost (1903-1989)

JOHN JERICHO's a red-bearded Greenwich Village painter with a passion for justice, a sort of combination artist and avenger. He's been likened to a Viking warrior by his sidekick Arthur "Hally" Hallam , who chronicled Jericho's novel-length adventures. Hally was shorter and plumper than Jericho and made his living writing Kafkaesque novels. The two met while serving in the Korean War and have remained friends ever since.

Jericho was successful as an artist with pieces in many museums and private collections, even though his angry style characterized by vivid colors made his work controversial. He's usually drawn into investigations more by his desire to see justice triumph rather than for pay. His efforts on behalf of downtrodden individuals and others in need led him not just through the New York art world, but further afield into the realm of network television and sixties revolutionaries.

Penned by Hugh Pentecost a.k.a. Judson Phillips, the Jericho novels proved to be less successful than his works about Julian Quist and hotel-manager sleuth Pierre Chambrun. So, after six adventures, Pentecost stopped writing Jericho novels in 1970. But he must have enjoyed writing about the character -- he kept him alive via short stories in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine for several more years.

NOVELS

• Sniper (1965)
• Hide Her From Every Eye (1966)
• The Creeping Hours (1966)
• Dead Woman of the Year (1967)
• The Girl With Six Fingers (1969)
• A Plague of Violence (1970)

SHORT STORIES

• "Jericho and the Skiing Clue" (November, 1964, EQMM)
• "Jericho and the Painting Clue" (July, 1965, EQMM)
• "Jericho and the Dying Clue" (October, 1965, EQMM)
• "Jericho and the Silent Witness" (November, 1965, EQMM)
• "Jericho and the Nuisance Club" (August, 1966, EQMM)
• "Jericho and the Two Ways to Die" (September, 1972, EQMM)
• "Jericho and the Deadly Errand" (January, 1973, EQMM)
• "Jericho and the Unknown Lover" (February, 1975, EQMM)
• "Jericho and the Studio Murders" (November, 1975, EQMM)
• "Jericho On Campus (October, 1976, EQMM)
• "The Birthday Killer" (July 1978, EQMM)
• "Jericho and the Million-To-One" (February 1979, EQMM)
• "The Man Who Stirred Champagne" (September 1979, EQMM)
• "Jericho and the Assassin" (December 17, 1979, EQMM)
• "Jericho and the Cardboard Box (April 7, 1980, EQMM)
• "Jericho and the Memorial Night" (August, 1980, EQMM)
• "Act of Violence" (Mid-July, 1982, EQMM)
• "Jericho's Way" (February, 1987, EQMM)

Respectfully submitted by Sidney Williams.