TY - BOOK AU - Mariani, Scott, TI - The pretender's gold T2 - Ben Hope series SN - 0008236011 U1 - 823.92 23 PY - 2020/// CY - London : PB - Avon, KW - Hope, Ben KW - Friendship KW - Fiction KW - Thieves KW - Treasure troves KW - Highlands (Scotland) KW - Highlands KW - fast KW - Action and adventure fiction KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - lcgft N2 - "Retired army sergeant Boonzie McCulloch travels to the wintry Highlands of Scotland to help a relative in danger, but is soon deeper in it himself than he'd bargained for. Ruthless, controlling thugs are running amok across the region and will kill anybody to get their hands on a historic hoard of lost gold treasure. But the villains haven't reckoned on what's coming their way. Because when you mess with an old comrade of ex-SAS major Ben Hope, you're bringing a whole world of trouble down on yourself. Once he gets started he won't stop until he gets the job done. With Hope on the war path, the snowy Highland wilderness is about to warm up considerably..."--Provided by publisher ER -