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    The Pretender’s Gold
    The Pretender’s Gold
    The Pretender’s Gold
    Audiobook10 hours

    The Pretender’s Gold

    Written by Scott Mariani

    Narrated by Colin Mace

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    The new Ben Hope thriller in the series which has sold millions of copies around the world

    When things get rough, we should all have a friend like Ben Hope…

    Retired army sergeant Boonzie McCulloch travels to the wintry Highlands of Scotland to help a relative in danger, but is soon deeper in it himself than he’d bargained for. Ruthless, controlling thugs are running amok across the region and will kill anybody to get their hands on a historic hoard of lost gold treasure.

    But the villains haven’t reckoned on what’s coming their way. Because when you mess with an old comrade of ex-SAS major Ben Hope, you’re bringing a whole world of trouble down on yourself. Once he gets started he won’t stop until he gets the job done. With Hope on the war path, the snowy Highland wilderness is about to warm up considerably…

    A gripping must-read for fans of Jack Reacher and John Milton series.

    Whilst the Ben Hope thrillers can be read in any order, this is the twenty-first book in the series following House of War.

    People can’t get enough of Ben Hope’s adventures:

    ‘Compelling from the first page until the last, Mariani and his fabulous protagonist Ben Hope entertain in a gripping tale that will have you turning the pages well into the night’ Mark Dawson

    ‘Like the father of the modern thriller, Frederick Forsyth, Mariani has a knack for embedding his plots in the fears and preoccupations of their time … the action scenes come thick and fast, each one choreographed with painful authenticity’ Shots Magazine

    ‘Thrilling. Scott Mariani is at the top of his game’ Andy McDermott

    ‘History, action, devious scheming and eye-opening detail. Mariani delivers a twisting storyline’ David Leadbeater

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateMay 28, 2020
    ISBN9780008236038
    Author

    Scott Mariani

    Scott Mariani grew up in St. Andrews, Scotland. He studied Modern Languages at Oxford and went on to work as a translator, a professional musician, a pistol shooting instructor, and a freelance journalist before becoming a full-time writer. After spending several years in Italy and France, Scott discovered his secluded writer’s haven in the wilds of west Wales, an 1830s country house complete with rambling woodland and a secret passage. When he isn’t writing, Scott enjoys jazz, movies, classic motorcycles, and astronomy.

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    • 4/5
      Not one of Mariani's best, but still worthy of your time. Good fast-paced action.For the most part, Mariani does a great job of letting each book stand on its own, with only minor references to earlier adventures to trigger knowing smiles in regular readers - so it's better to read them in order, but not important.