The Hostage, by W. E. B. Griffin.
The second book in Griffin's Presidential Agent series. When a diplomat's wife is kidnapped in Argentina, the President sends Charley Castillo down to get her back. What he discovers is that kidnapping is tied to the UN / Iraqi Oil for Food scandal, and that finding the culprits will be harder than he ever imagined.
In the Shadow of the Master, edited by Michael Connelly.
Classic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe and Essays by Jeffery Deaver, Nelson DeMille, Tess Gerritsen, Sue Grafton, Stephen King, ... Lisa Scottoline, and Thirteen Others.
Read If You Dare, By the editors of Read Magazine.
A collection of twelve short stories for high school readers, contains stories by Stephen King, Geoffrey Chaucer, Ambrose Bierce, Catherine Gourley, and more...
Talking About Detective Fiction, by P. D. James.
Imagine Copernicus explaining astronomy to you, or Einstein teaching you physics. In Talking About Detective Fiction the Queen of Modern Detective Fiction, P. D. James, explains the intricacies of the mystery genre.
Three Plays, by Ayn Rand.
A collection of three plays by Rand, Night of January 16th, and two unproduced plays, Think Twice and Ideal.