Gulf Weekly Book Club

THOR’S hammer is missing again.

The thunder god has a disturbing habit of misplacing his weapon - the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isn’t just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. If Magnus Chase and his friends can’t retrieve the hammer quickly, the mortal worlds will be defenceless against an onslaught of giants. Ragnarok will begin.

The Nine Worlds will burn. Unfortunately, the only person who can broker a deal for the hammer’s return is the gods’ worst enemy, Loki - and the price he wants is very high.

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The Gypsy Madonna, Santa Montefiore, ISBN 978-1471133664 (Simon & Schuster) BD3.900 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members. A PRICELESS Titian masterpiece, a sumptuous French chateau with a deadly secret and a mystery hidden in a Bordeaux village that will change lives forever.

When elegant Anouk, a dealer in American antiques, dies unexpectedly, she leaves the Metropolitan museum an uncatalogued, multi-million dollar painting by Titian. Her son, Mischa, had no idea she had even owned it and becomes determined to discover the story behind the painting.

This mystery sends him on the trail of his own history, back to the French village of his childhood. There he hopes to uncover the origins of the Gypsy Madonna and he never expects to find himself. Lose yourself in this story of epic romance and dark mystery set against the backdrop of occupied France and post-war America.

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Blue, Danielle Steel, ISBN 9780552166256 (Corgi) BD3.900 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members GINNY Carter was once a rising star in TV news, married with a young son – until her whole world dissolved on a freeway in a single instant.

In the aftermath, she somehow pieces her life back together but struggles to truly find meaning in her life. Then, on the anniversary of the fateful accident, she meets 13-year-old Blue Williams, who has been living on the streets, utterly alone.

Ginny reaches out to him and slowly their friendship grows, each becoming the family the other lost.

But just as Blue is truly beginning to trust her, she learns he has been hiding a shocking secret.

Ginny wonders if she can help Blue to feel whole again, and at the same time heal herself. Blue is an emotionally gripping story of dark secrets revealed, second chances, and the power of love and courage to overcome life’s greatest challenges.