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The Golden Library

Ben Hope, Book 29

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The Golden Library

By: Scott Mariani
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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 Learn the secret – or die trying

Has ex-SAS soldier Ben Hope finally got out of his depth?

That’s the question Ben faces when the hunt for a missing girl takes him to China. He’s a stranger in a strange land – but he’s also the victim’s only hope. To make things worse, she’s almost family.

As the pressure mounts, so does the gruesome death toll. With ruthless enemies in pursuit and an unlikely alliance with an enigmatic detective his only lifeline, Ben realises that this situation is far more explosive than even he’d bargained for. Suddenly it’s no longer just the missing girl’s fate depending on him.

At the heart of the mystery lies an ancient secret dating back to China’s first emperor and the legendary Terracotta Army – a secret that people will still kill for, millennia later. Ben Hope has never turned his back on those in need, and he’s no stranger to tough odds. But can he survive long enough to discover the truth – and is he ready for the consequences?

©2024 Scott Mariani (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers Action & Adventure Espionage Genre Fiction Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Private Investigators Spies & Politics Suspense Thriller & Suspense War & Military China

Critic reviews

‘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

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

‘A high level of realism … the action scenes come thick and fast. 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’ Shots Magazine
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Another great story following Ben Hope in another adventure! Well structured, with enough twists & turns & great characters. Hopefully it won’t be too long before Ben is back again & we can see the path his future goes…..
Please get writing again soon Scott Mariani.

Action, suspense & great storyline

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nothing to dislike and everything to like....the combination of Scott Mariani's writing Colin Harte's reading and whoever the hell Ben Hope is is intensifying...I read a lot of these kind of books usually about US special forces and I really enjoy them but the Ben Hope series is just second to none...

everything

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Scott Mariani has written another fabulous book in the awesome Ben Hope series and with Colin Mace narrating (because after all he IS the voice of Ben Hope and recurring characters), everything was just perfect for me.

Top Notch

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Brilliant and captivating as always.
Interesting to see Ben navigate such a (to him) foreign world. Oh and Colin Mace IS Ben Hope at this point. I cannot imagine these books being narrated by anyone else.

Brilliant as always

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My heart was in throat - i felt so many emotions and could not wait for the next chapter each time. The only thing i disliked was it ended 😂

Amazing and so emotional

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