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The Pandemic Plot

Ben Hope, Book 23

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The Pandemic Plot

By: Scott Mariani
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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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

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love any books by Scott M. always exciting with great story. so far read all of his books.

Spanish flu/covid

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Another great Ben Hope book.
Love how he constantly brings back characters from past books, and makes them feel like old friends.
Colin Mace once again has hit it out if the park with he's narratives.
The only problem is, l have to wait another stint until the next book.

Scott Mariani and Colin Mace have done it again.

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Narrator was good. Story was good. Made me think in this pandemic even though fiction? Had to stop once when driving home to finish a chapter. Woulf recommend as a mystery thriller

Great listen, esp in these current times

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I can honest say there’s nothing about the Ben series that I don’t like. I am an interstate truck driver in Australia so we drive extremely long distances from one place to the other and the Ben Hope series that I’ve listened to is fantastic. I’m slowly getting through them. I don’t know who is betterBen hope or Jack Reacher wouldn’t be great if Ben and Jack reacher teamed up together it would be the book of the century

The pandemic plot

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The final part of the book essentially is an Anti-vaccine and misinformed anti-COVID rant. Personally I found this very extremely disappointing!

Why the promote anti-COVID rhetoric?

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