283 pages
English language
Published Sept. 6, 2012 by Titan.
A New York real estate tycoon plunges to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. A trophy wife with a past survives a narrow escape from a brazen attack. Mobsters and moguls with no shortage of reasons to kill trot out their alibis. And then, in the suffocating grip of a record heat wave, comes another shocking murder and a sharp turn in a tense journey into the dirty little secrets of the wealthy. Secrets that prove to be fatal. Secrets that lay hidden in the dark until one NYPD detective shines a light. Mystery sensation Richard Castle, blockbuster author of the wildly best-selling Derrick Storm novels, introduces his newest character, NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat. Tough, sexy, professional, Nikki Heat carries a passion for justice as she leads one of New York City's top homicide squads. She's hit with an unexpected challenge when the commissioner assigns superstar magazine journalist Jameson …
A New York real estate tycoon plunges to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. A trophy wife with a past survives a narrow escape from a brazen attack. Mobsters and moguls with no shortage of reasons to kill trot out their alibis. And then, in the suffocating grip of a record heat wave, comes another shocking murder and a sharp turn in a tense journey into the dirty little secrets of the wealthy. Secrets that prove to be fatal. Secrets that lay hidden in the dark until one NYPD detective shines a light. Mystery sensation Richard Castle, blockbuster author of the wildly best-selling Derrick Storm novels, introduces his newest character, NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat. Tough, sexy, professional, Nikki Heat carries a passion for justice as she leads one of New York City's top homicide squads. She's hit with an unexpected challenge when the commissioner assigns superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook to ride along with her to research an article on New York's Finest. Pulitzer Prize-winning Rook is as much a handful as he is handsome. His wise-cracking and meddling aren't her only problems. As she works to unravel the secrets of the murdered real estate tycoon, she must also confront the spark between them. The one called heat.
you know you're deep in a show when you read a tie-in book that they wrote as if it was written by one of the characters in the show. I haven't really read mystery before, but I was hooked. was this Literature? probably not, but it was fun. great marketing, too.
Assuming that you are a fan of Castle, then this book is much like reading a season 1 episode. Plenty of banter between Heat and Rook, a murder investigation, all that good stuff.
It doesn't take itself seriously, and I'm quite okay with that.
Not much of background on characters. Action packed, but reads too much like a TV show. Cheap thriller by ABC trying to squeeze every dime out of the Castle idea.
Interesting to read the book written by the lead character in Castle but hard to get in to
Factitious writer Richard Castle has actually released a book. Heat Wave is a tie in book to the TV Show Castle published by Hyperion. Ghostwritten under the name “Richard Castle”, it is entirely in character from the dedication to the acknowledgments, although the latter references the principal cast and the show’s creators by name. The first half of the novel was released on the ABC website in weekly increments, but it must be purchased to be read in its entirety. Heat Wave was released on September 29, 2009, and debuted at #26 on the New York Times Best Seller list. In its 4th week on the list, Heat Wave broke into the top 10 at #6.
Would this book have ever gotten published without the TV show to build a fan-base first? Probably not.
Does that stop it from being a very fun and very, very cheesy read? Definitely not.
The ghost writer of the book does a good job writing a novel in a style that seems to fit Richard Castle's character. So for fans of the show, I would recommend this book. For people who've not watched the show and are just looking to read a good mystery? Go try some Nero Wolfe.
