Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

  • The Bach Manuscript

  • Ben Hope, Book 16
  • By: Scott Mariani
  • Narrated by: Colin Mace
  • Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (268 ratings)
Offer ends May 1st, 2024 11:59PM GMT. Terms and conditions apply.
£7.99/month after 3 months. Renews automatically.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
The Bach Manuscript cover art

The Bach Manuscript

By: Scott Mariani
Narrated by: Colin Mace
Get this deal Try for £0.00

Pay £99p/month. After 3 months pay £7.99/month. Renews automatically. See terms for eligibility.

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £13.00

Buy Now for £13.00

Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Hunt for Atlantis cover art
The Lost Treasure of the Templars cover art
A Litter of Bones: A Scottish Crime Thriller cover art
The Sam Pope Series: Books 1-3 cover art
Detective Sebastian Clifford, Books 1-3 cover art
The Secret of the Stones cover art
The Gray Man cover art
Straight Shot cover art
Total Blackout cover art
The Bookseller cover art
Spider Shepherd: SAS cover art
Gone Forever cover art
Ghost Target cover art
The Templar Legacy cover art
The Terminal List cover art
The Fix cover art

Summary

The spellbinding new Ben Hope thriller. 

A lost manuscript. A savage murder hunt. A deadly secret. 

While on a business trip to the UK, Ben Hope makes an impulse decision to attend a college reunion at his former university, Oxford. There he meets an old friend, Nick, now an internationally renowned classical musician. 

But storm clouds are soon once again brewing on Ben's horizon. After Nick's brutal murder in an apparent home invasion robbery, Ben is drawn into the mystery of a missing music manuscript that may be a lost work by the legendary composer Johann Sebastian Bach. 

The hunt for his friend's killers leads Ben across Europe and into bloody conflict with even more dangerous people than he'd bargained for. As his quest unfolds, so does the shocking truth about the lost Bach manuscript, a secret dating back to the very darkest historical chapter of man's inhumanity to man. 

Ben Hope is one of the most celebrated action-adventure heroes in British fiction, and Scott Mariani is the author of numerous best sellers. Join the ever-growing legion of listeners who get breathless with anticipation when the countdown to the new Ben Hope thriller begins.... 

©2017 Scott Mariani (P)2017 HarperCollins Publishers

Critic reviews

"Scott Mariani is an awesome writer." (Chris Kuzneski)
"Deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heart...Scott Mariani packs a real punch." (Andy McDermott)
"A romp of a read, each page like a tasty treat. Enjoy." (Steve Berry)

What listeners say about The Bach Manuscript

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    191
  • 4 Stars
    65
  • 3 Stars
    10
  • 2 Stars
    2
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    197
  • 4 Stars
    41
  • 3 Stars
    9
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    175
  • 4 Stars
    52
  • 3 Stars
    13
  • 2 Stars
    3
  • 1 Stars
    1

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
  • TW
  • 24-09-19

Enjoyable action packed adventure

Ben Hope on form as our Hero. I thoroughly enjoyed this action packed adventure. Scott Mariani back on form too giving us enough detail to enhance the story & make you ‘feel’ Hope’s need for revenge. Love it. (A couple of recent books seemed to have had an overkill on detail which affected the pace of a few stories)
Dear Scott Mariani - please write faster as I’ve only 3 books to go!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant

Best book yet can't wait for the next one bring it on soon. Gets. Better every time

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars

Excellent read tHe audio version was exemley good

One of the best with twists all the way, very exciting. Story. Thanks a great read.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

A Gripper!

I love Scott Mariani's books they grab you from the first page and hold you tightly till the very end. I highly recommend anyone to try his Ben Hope stories, you will soon be a Ben-Addict..

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Enjoyable

As another reviewer so succinctly put it “Next!”. And I completely concur with that sentiment.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Bach Manuscript

Typical Ben Hope book enjoyed listening to it some day he'll have a break without. Thanks Davy Magee

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Super story

Well worth a read, highly recommend great story and flows well.
Love Ben Hope stories

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars
  • AB
  • 09-04-19

The Bach Manuscript

A good addition to the Ben Hope Series, though maybe a weaker storyline than some of the previous books.
Ben is in Oxford visiting an old friend. His friend is soon found murdered, and Ben embarks on a quest to avenge his death. It soon becomes apparent that the key behind the murder is the mysterious manuscript that was part of his friends collection. One that some people will be keen to get their hands on... by any means necessary..

Very well narrated by Colin Mace once again.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

8 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

NEXT....

not the best Ben Hope book, lacking excitement and no real shocks to the story

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant

Another masterpiece in the Ben Hope series. I can’t wait for the next instalment. Thank you!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!