The Forgotten Holocaust

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Series: Ben Hope #10
Published by: Avon
Release Date: 29 Jan. 2015
Pages: 432
ISBN13: 978-0007486175

 
Synopsis

The tenth Ben Hope novel.

A lost, aimless and hard-drinking Ben Hope has wandered back to his old haunt in Ireland. The ex-SAS soldier is searching for peace, but trouble soon appears when Kirsten Hall, a young journalist, is brutally murdered right in front of him. All he has to go on to find the killers is a handful of clues from Kirsten’s research – but how can the journals of Lady Stamford, the wife of an English lord during the time of the Irish Great Famine, have put Kirsten in mortal danger?

Ben’s quest for the truth leads him across the world and finally to Oklahoma, USA, where a deadly secret awaits. What connects the journals, a wealthy American politician and an intrigue surrounding the Irish famine?

What Ben uncovers is a shocking historical conspiracy linked to the deaths of some two million people: a veritable holocaust that time has all but forgotten. Those who are still profiting from the lies and corruption of the time, and who are ready to kill anyone to protect their secret, are about to pay . . .

Praise

‘Mind blowing! I have to thank Scott Mariani for once again sending me on a trip through history and making it into a tight, page-turning, staying-up-to-stupid-o’clock-hours book and making me reach the end wanting more, much more!’
—Bestselling Thrillers

‘I found the background of the Irish potato famine fascinating, as this isn’t an area of history that I am particularly familiar with. Scott Mariani seamlessly weaves the action and history together. His descriptive passages are highly visual and no word is superfluous. I read The Forgotten Holocaust in one sitting – I couldn’t put it down and the story flows from beginning to end.’
—Off the Shelf Books

‘The backdrop to this novel was the Irish potato famine, or ‘starvation’ as one character referred to it. This certainly gave me an understanding of this notable historical period in Irish history; it also postulates a nefarious cause of the whole situation. It left me wanting to read more books about this period. I look forward to continuing this series as I need to find out what happens to Ben next.’
—LibraryThing

‘If you’re a fan of historically based novels, and strongly suspicious of the motives of all politicians, this narrative should confirm every haunch you have.’
—Amazon.com VineVoice