Ben Hope #23: The Pandemic Plot

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Pre-order now: the gripping new Ben Hope thriller from the Number One bestseller. When ex-SAS major Ben Hope is urgently recalled to the UK from his base in France to assist with a family crisis, little does he know that he' s about to be drawn into one of the most dangerous missions of his career: his son Jude has been accused of a brutal murder, and all the evidence points to his guilt. To prove Jude' s innocence Ben embarks on a wild chase, facing up against mysterious killers and piecing together a fragile web of clues. What connects an all-female criminal gang from the early 1900s called the Forty Elephants, a century-old vendetta and a shadowy government conspiracy that claimed millions of innocent lives? Along the way Ben teams up with his former acquaintance, rugged Detective Tom McAllister. They' re heading for a showdown in the wilds of Cornwall, and the villains have no intention of letting Ben come out of it alive . . . People can' t get enough of the Ben Hope series: ' 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 ' James Bond meets Jason Bourne meets The Da Vinci Code' J. L. Carrell ' History, action, devious scheming and eye-opening detail. Mariani delivers a twisting storyline' David Leadbeater ' Non-stop action - this book delivers' Steve Berry