Briefly Noted

The Taker (Gallery Books, New York, New York; hardcover; $25; 438 pages), a debut novel by Alma Katsu, begins ominously enough. A mysterious woman named Lanore McIlvrae wanders into a hospital in rural Maine at midnight, wanted for murder. So begins a bizarre tale as she recounts to the young doctor Luke Findley about a band of immortals led by a sadistic count. Part historical novel set in fictional nineteenth-century St. Andrew, Maine, and part supernatural novel rich with immortality, sensuality, and alchemy, The Taker is a page-turner to keep you up late.

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	Interventions \| Four individually bound stories presented in a lovely slipcase.
	Mr. Rockefeller's Roads \| This updated version of the 1990 best-seller has new photography, more archival photos, and descriptions of recent improvements to the 51-mile carriage road system.
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