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Heat Wave (Nikki Heat) |  | Author: Richard Castle
Publisher: Hyperion
Category: Book
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Rating:  161 reviews
Sales Rank: 306
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 208
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Dimensions (in): 9.4 x 6.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 1401323820
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781401323820
ASIN: 1401323820
Publication Date: September 29, 2009
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Product Description
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. PulitzerPrize-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.
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 Richard Caste. March 8, 2010
Richard Stack (Las Cruces)
We love the TV show, I bought this as a gift for my wife.
I intend to read it too.
When I find time that is.
 Boring and too close to the TV series March 7, 2010
Christoph Zuber
I was really looking forward to reading the book, being a fan of the 'Castle' TV series. Unfortunately, the book is not very well written, full of clichés and too close to the series itself. The story reads like an episode of the series with the characters renamed, when I would have expected a more original approach, e.g. a book about a female cop based upon the series' Beckett character but with everything else being different. By staying too close to the series, the book is a mishmash between a series tie-in novel and a standalone book, and for me that was really confusing.
The crime story is okay, but not really a page-turner and for the first half downright boring. The whole heat scenario felt more like a gimmick and is not written very convincingly. I would therefore not recommend this book (being a sub-par crime novel) to someone who doesn't know the series. And to those who do know it, just don't expect too much.
 absolutely awful March 7, 2010
Quiller Bee
This book was so bad I couldn't even get more than a third of the way through it. Ugh!
What I wanted from this book was a good mystery novel that stood on its own and which added a little weight to the illusion of Richard Castle as a likable, talented, "real" author. If that had been managed, this would have been a fantastic addition to the overall mythology of the show. As it is, done as poorly as it has been, it manages to drag the show down and demean its characters.
If Richard Castle was real (and a well-regarded best-selling author) then for this to work I, as a reader, would need to believe that he's a good writer. This means the writing shouldn't be so mediocre that the manuscript would have a hard time making it out of a publisher's slush pile in real life. Also, if Castle was the writer (and the person) that the TV show wants us to believe he is, he would NEVER be so unimaginative and incompetent as to insert such a thinly-disguised version of himself ("Jameson Rook"? Oh, come on!) into the story where he behaves like an arrogant jerk from the very first moment. It intrudes the "author" into the book in an incredibly ham-handed way.
In short, if you want a good book, this ain't it.
Very clever 'tie in' to the TV show Castle March 1, 2010
Matthew Schiariti (new jersey)
I'm a big fan of the TV show from day one. I hadn't even known at the time that they were planning on putting out books by 'Richard Castle' based on his time spent and research with the 12th Precinct. I'm glad I decided to check it out.
From the peer blurbs on the front cover and inside jacket, to the press photo of 'Richard Castle' on the back, to the dedication in the very beginning, the novel feels very authentic. As if Richard Castle on TV were a real author and used his adventures in his fictional TV life to put pen to paper and write a book based on those experiences.
If you're a fan of the TV show, you'll feel right at home reading this. It has all the elements that make the show fun. 'Castle' wrote himself into the book, under the guise of Jameson Rook, a pulitzer prize winning journalist who's doing research for a series of articles he wants to write. Nikki heat is detective Beckett, and even her two detectives are in the book. In a way, it reads very much like the television show which is fine by me. All the elements are there. The police work, the begrudged Heat/Beckett crush on Rook/Castle, the interplay at the precinct, the ride along, crimes, suspects, interrogations in the observation room.
I have no idea who actually wrote this, but even if it weren't based on the 'research' of Rick Castle, it would still be a fun mystery/whodunnit. My guess is that it's one of the TV show's writers, but I could be wrong. In any event, there's a solid little mystery here as well as some genuine laugh out loud moments between Rook and the Detectives he's become latched on to.
Lots of fun!
Must-read for Castle fans February 25, 2010
J. Shetrone (Christiansburg, VA United States)
This was a really fun read, and if you are a fan of the show Castle, I recommend it! It reminded me of the days when I would read anime fan-fiction online. The parallels between the book and the show are very obvious, right down to the cops working for Nikki Heat and Rook's mother, but for me, it just made it more readable. The book is fast-paced and you can almost see the movie running in your head. There are even a few unexpected twists. It's no great work of literature, but it is exactly what it should be -- a treat. I wish I knew who "Richard Castle" actually is, but apparently it's a very well kept secret!
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