Former SAS operative Ben Hope finds himself caught up in a centuries old puzzle...

Found in the library. I read these books when my brain needs a rest.

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An entertaining and readable thriller. It's interesting to see how much better this one is than the first in the series. It's a steep learning curve. Having already read some of the later volumes I know he does get much better. All the elements are in place here and it just needs tightening up a bit. The prominence given to the love interest, for example, and the scenes with the cute kid are just a bit to Hollywood. We literally do not care and in later novels Mariani has worked out that we want scenes of extreme violence told in an amusing way, of which there are plenty here.

From one little free library to another.