Rummel, Christian

Swimsuit by James Patterson ( Recording )
7 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 1,395 libraries worldwide
Supermodel Syd disappears while on a photo shoot in Hawaii. LA Times reporter Ben Hawkins is conducting his own research into the case, hoping to help the victim and get an idea for his next bestseller.

The gate house a novel by Nelson DeMille ( Recording )
12 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and held by 1,305 libraries worldwide
When John Sutter's aristocratic wife killed her mafia don lover, John left America and set out in his sailboat on a three-year journey around the world, eventually settling in London. Now, ten years later, he has come home to the Gold Coast, that stretch of land on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America, to attend the imminent funeral of an old family servant. Taking up temporary residence in the gatehouse of Stanhope Hall, John finds himself living only a quarter of a mile from Susan who has also returned to Long Island. But Susan isn't the only person from John's past who has reemerged. Though Frank Bellarosa, infamous Mafia don and Susan's ex-lover, is long dead, his son, Anthony, is alive and well, and intent on two missions, drawing John back into the violent world of the Bellarosa family, and exacting revenge on his father's murderer, Susan Sutter. At the same time, John and Susan's mutual attraction resurfaces and old passions begin to reignite, pulling John deeper into a familiar web of seduction and betrayal.

Hollywood crows [a novel by Joseph Wambaugh ( Recording )
10 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 800 libraries worldwide
When LAPD cops Hollywood Nate and Bix Rumstead find themselves caught up with bombshell Margot Aziz, they think they're just having some fun. But in Hollywood, nothing is ever what it seems. To them, Margot is a harmless socialite, stuck in the middle of an ugly divorce from the nefarious nightclub-owner Ali Aziz. What Nate and Bix don't know is that Margot's no helpless victim: the femme fatale is setting them both up. But Ms. Aziz isn't the only one with a deadly plan.--From publisher description.

Hollywood moon [a novel by Joseph Wambaugh ( Recording )
8 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 700 libraries worldwide
Dana Vaughn, the LAPD's toughest cop, and her partner, former Hollywood actor Nate Weiss, are called to investigate a serial rapist. Meanwhile, fellow officers Flotsam and Jetsam are tracking a pair of suspicious bikers. However, when their cases cross paths and reveal something much more sinister, the foursome embarks on a career-changing case.

Hollywood Hills by Joseph Wambaugh ( Recording )
6 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 507 libraries worldwide
A circle of teenage burglars that the media has dubbed The Bling Ring has taken to pillaging the homes of Hollywood celebutants, and when a pair of drug-addled young copycats stumbles upon an art heist, that's just the beginning of the disaster to come. Soon LAPD veteran "Hollywood Nate" Weiss, surfer cops Flotsam and Jetsam, and the rest of the team at Hollywood Station have a deadly situation on their hands.

Tinkers by Paul Harding ( Recording )
10 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in English and held by 390 libraries worldwide
On his deathbed, surrounded by his family, George Washington Crosby's thoughts drift back to his childhood and the father who abandoned him when he was twelve.

The gold coast by Nelson DeMille ( Recording )
4 editions published between 1990 and 2008 in English and held by 370 libraries worldwide
Disheartened, disillusioned Wall Street lawyer John Sutter lives a cushy life on Long Island Sound's Gold Coast. When Mafia don Frank Bellarosa moves in next door, Sutter is uncertain about his ability to be neighborly. His relationship with Frank soon becomes a professional one, however, when John finds himself representing Frank in a murder trial.

Isolation ward by Joshua Spanogle ( Recording )
3 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 135 libraries worldwide
Called in by the CDC after three mentally handcapped women with the same mysterious symptoms check into the same Baltimore hospital, Dr. Nathaniel McCormick is caught in a web of deceit as he follows the trail of a lethal virus to California.

The informers by Bret Easton Ellis ( Recording )
8 editions published between 2009 and 2010 in English and held by 129 libraries worldwide
In this seductive and chillingly nihilistic novel, Bret Easton Ellis, the author of American Psycho, returns to Los Angeles, the city whose moral badlands he portrayed unforgettably in Less Than Zero. The time is the early eighties. The characters go to the same schools and eat at the same restaurants. Their voices enfold us as seamlessly as those of DJs heard over a car radio. They have sex with the same boys and girls and buy from the same dealers.

Less than zero by Bret Easton Ellis ( Recording )
8 editions published between 2009 and 2011 in English and held by 97 libraries worldwide
When college student Clay returns home for Christmas, he is thrust into a dark world of excess as he attempts to rekindle an old romance and save his friend from self destruction.