The Lost Relic

The Lost Relic
Scott Mariani

THE MASTER BESTSELLER RETURNS WITH A SUPER-CHARGED THRILLER THAT WILL SET YOUR HEART POUNDING AND YOUR PULSE RACING.A WEB OF DECEIT.AND BEN HOPE IS CAUGHT UP IN THE MAYHEM…Whilst visiting a former SAS comrade in Italy, a distracted Ben nearly runs over a young boy – and unwittingly walks into his deadliest mission yet.Ben’s involvement with the boy’s family runs deeper as he witnesses their brutal murder at a gallery robbery. A seemingly worthless Goya sketch was the principal target in the bloodbath heist. Now it’s up to Ben to find out the truth behind the elusive painting.Wrongly accused of murder and forced to go on the run, he must get to the heart of the conspiracy while he still has the chance…BEN HOPE is one of the most celebrated action adventure heroes in British fiction and Scott Mariani is the author of numerous bestsellers. Join the ever-growing legion of readers who get breathless with anticipation when the countdown to the new Ben Hope thriller begins…

SCOTT MARIANI

The Lost Relic

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First published in paperback by HarperCollinsPublishers, 2011

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Dedication (#ulink_517c172a-7bed-5e72-abff-3295287ab09e)

To Noah Lukeman

Contents

Cover (#u7c2112d6-568b-5958-8ce5-ea0a1a614e23)

Title Page (#ua94f5c0b-82ce-5e9e-9807-58f5b84c34eb)

Copyright (#u8744340a-905a-5fbe-a4c2-9a511deb1388)

Dedication (#u4389efc2-b1e7-5562-86d7-400e36b801e4)

Prologue (#uc195a875-d321-56f9-9839-44d437f9e563)

Chapter One (#uaf48a470-16df-592e-bddb-69cb0e339a95)

Chapter Two (#ueba7c538-bcbf-5c8c-8f6d-34a4ab189eb9)

Chapter Three (#u98905413-9223-5fd0-ab22-c7cdc24cdcd6)

Chapter Four (#ud608f82c-f600-5ab7-9035-40344b06827d)

Chapter Five (#ua6d0e56d-8ee3-501c-b0a4-871a6c431a4c)

Chapter Six (#u6bcff5b2-96d2-56b4-91f7-77dedeaf1c21)

Chapter Seven (#u0f2f28e5-c45f-510d-9416-1c8074631db2)

Chapter Eight (#uadeee62f-cb81-57ac-a2ed-88078a6f0fac)

Chapter Nine (#u68e750db-fa00-529c-ae37-4d2f2e1455df)

Chapter Ten (#u6de89dd7-7296-5f66-9dd3-6ba31e25d3e4)

Chapter Eleven (#u6be1df6e-5101-5023-bfbe-34adda454290)

Chapter Twelve (#ue02345dc-20b2-52fa-b349-6e3998beafc7)

Chapter Thirteen (#ub571e071-0342-5f33-9a5a-630be2074a32)

Chapter Fourteen (#ucd3a7635-5595-5778-a4f0-f648817dde1d)

Chapter Fifteen (#u96844e9e-7e23-5580-9e2d-f0afb4c7fbab)

Chapter Sixteen (#u8a8c6750-d1b8-5a9f-b6f2-e74e66ffda67)

Chapter Seventeen (#uaeaedc69-92b6-5248-b157-0f14df145c3e)

Chapter Eighteen (#uc771262f-297d-5d92-affe-a3459b931375)

Chapter Nineteen (#u0e8444c9-7be2-5c3e-9c76-878c261bf2b9)

Chapter Twenty (#u5d297fbd-8494-5d43-8601-7aa9a53fdb8d)

Chapter Twenty-One (#u15e62407-aef5-5242-baf3-fdecbf6bc454)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)