The Ben Hope
- Author Scott Mariani
- Narrator Colin Mace
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date 11 May 2023
- Run Time 12 hours and 6 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Espionage and spy thriller, Fiction based on or inspired by true events, Fiction companions, Fiction: special features: game-related, Historical adventure fiction, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Narrative theme: Politics, Political / legal thriller, Thriller: organised crime / gangland crime.
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What to expect
IN THE GAME OF KINGS, THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE VICTOR.
When a devastating attack on billionaire Auguste Kaprisky leaves the old man clinging to life, a trail of bodies and no clues, his last surviving relative calls the only person she can trust to step up.
With precious few leads, ex-SAS soldier Ben Hope must first switch from action hero to detective in order to unravel the mystery. His international quest soon attracts the attention of the faceless plotters, who swiftly make Ben their target.
As Ben moves between Miami and the Bahamas, Rome to Berlin, his investigation seems only to bring him ever closer to death. And as he fights the odds, all questions lead back to one thing: the historic chess set, stolen by Auguste’s attackers, which once belonged to Napoleon.
What is the secret this chess set holds, and who are the all-powerful people who will seemingly stop at nothing to silence anyone who threatens to uncover their terrifying plan? Your move, Ben Hope…
Critics Review
‘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
n‘Thrilling. Scott Mariani is at the top of his game’ Andy McDermott
n‘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
n‘James Bond meets Jason Bourne meets The Da Vinci Code’ J. L. Carrell
n‘History, action, devious scheming and eye-opening detail. Mariani delivers a twisting storyline’ David Leadbeater
n'Non-stop action – this book delivers’ Steve Berry
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