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BOOK OF THE WEEK by Linda Jennings – GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2019, 978-1912286461 (Guinness World Records Ltd) BD9.800 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members
Guinness World Records 2019 is fully updated with everything from the year’s most significant sporting achievements and scientific discoveries to the latest chart toppers and digital TV releases.
Inside you’ll find hundreds of never-before-seen photographs and countless facts, figures, stats and trivia waiting for you on every action-packed page. Guinness World Records 2019 is the ultimate snapshot of our world today.
Plus, special ‘Meet the Makers’ and ‘Making History’ chapters celebrate build-at-home creativity on an epic scale, and anyone keen to break a record of their own will find some inspiration in a ‘Do try this at home’ bonus section.
A perfect gift at any time but with the festive season not too far away this book can solve that ‘what-to-give’ headache for almost anyone, so snap your copies up fast.
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LETHAL WHITE, ROBERT GALBRAITH
978-0751572858 (SPHERE)
BD9.800 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members.
Straight into the Number One spot on the best seller charts this week is book four in the Cormoran Strike series.
When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike’s office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic.
Trying to get to the bottom of Billy’s story, Strike and Robin Ellacott – once his assistant, now a partner in the agency – set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside.
And during this labyrinthine investigation, Strike’s own life is far from straightforward: his newfound fame as a private eye means he can no longer operate behind the scenes as he once did. Plus, his relationship with his former assistant is more fraught than it ever has been – Robin is now invaluable to Strike in the business, but their personal relationship is much, much more tricky than that.
The most epic Robert Galbraith novel yet, Lethal White is both a gripping mystery and a page-turning next instalment in the ongoing story of Cormoran Strike and Robin Ellacott.
MY FAVOURITE
READ OF THE WEEK
OUR HOUSE, LOUISE CANDLISH, 978-1471168062 (SIMON & SCHUSTER)
BD4.400 for Gulf Weekly Book Club members.
When Fi Lawson arrives home to find strangers moving into her house, she is plunged into terror and confusion. She and her husband, Bram, have owned their home on Trinity Avenue for years and have no intention of selling. How can this other family possibly think the house is theirs? And, why has Bram disappeared when she needs him most?
Bram has made a catastrophic mistake and now he is paying. Unable to see his wife, his children or his home, he has nothing left but to settle scores.
As the nightmare takes grip, both Bram and Fi try to make sense of the events that led to a devastating crime. What has he hidden from her – and what has she hidden from him? And, will either survive the chilling truth – that there are far worse things you can lose than your house?
This compulsive page-turner is going to keep you on the edge of your seat right until the last page – so don’t start reading it until the weekend! It has received fabulous reviews and is tipped to be one of the best reads of the year.
