There seem to be an abundance of "end of the world" tales lately, but White Horse presents us with a terrifying and intense experience.  A plague has killed off 90% of the population.  The war between China and the US has depleted resources.  Scientific experiments with weather have irreparably damaged the climate.  Of the 10% of humans that survived the disease, half seem untouched while the other half have suffered horrific mutations.  Our heroine, Zoe, guides us through this nightmare of a landscape, alternating her narration between "before" and "after" chapters.

With her second novel, Ms. Penney takes us again into the heart of a mystery where the characters have such deep secrets, secrets they've carried for years, and may not ever tell.  The Invisible Ones follows private detective Ray Lovell as he pursues a missing persons case -- a case that is seven years cold, a case concerning a Gypsy girl named Rose Janko.  Set in 1980s England, we are taken into the world of modern-day Gypsies, a world few of us even knew existed.  But how to find someone who has no paper trail, no ID, no address, no governmental records?

Gone Girl is one of those books that manages to be a thrilling mystery as well as a searing comment on our media-driven, reality TV-obsessed society.  When Amy Dunne goes missing from her home, the number one suspect is, of course, her husband, Nick.  The compelling tale is told in the alternating voices of Amy and Nick, the first half of Amy's narration in the form of diary entries.

Based on true events, The Butterfly Cabinet is a fascinating tale of Victorian culture and class.  In 1892, Maddie McGlade was a maid for a wealthy family in Ireland.  Her employer and lady of the house, Mrs. Harriet Ormond, was a strict disciplinarian -- so much so that her young daughter Charlotte does not survive one of Harriet's punishments.  In a shocking judicial decision for the times, Mrs.

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Following his two amazing short story collections, Mr. Van Booy's first novel has arrived!  This tale of three friends in Athens charts the joy and hearbreak of love, and the difficult task of finding the wherewithal to move forward and begin again.  Displaying an uncanny ability to convey emotions, spirituality and humanity within the simplest of sentences, Mr. Van Booy's skill with language and imagery is unparalleled -- this book is so finely written it will leave you breathless.  Highly recommended.

In the wake of an alarming number of suicides commited by gay teens, Dan Savage and his partner Terry Miller started a website where people - both gay and straight - could post videos reassuring young homosexuals that life will become easier in the future.  Now, for the first time, the text of these inspiring videos is available in a printed format.  This is one book that belongs in the library of every school, church and community center, and in the office of every counselor, coach, religious leader, teacher, advisor, psychologist, psychiatrist, community leader, principal and anyone else

If Mary Shelley were still living today -- she'd be 214 years old -- and a group of friends dared her to write another horror novel, The Last Werewolf might be her response.  Glen Duncan's new novel is a thrill ride of a story:  our hero, Jake, is educated, wealthy, sexy, over 200 years old and, oh yeah, a werewolf.  The last of his kind, in fact.  And he's suffering from a bout of ennui that's bordering on severe depression.  Mr.

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