Must Read: Heat Wave
One of my favorite TV shows is "Castle" (Mondays @ 10 p.m. Eastern/9p.m. Central on ABC). The show follows best-selling author Richard Castle, who just killed off his most famous character and is feeling pressure to come up with a new book. After advising on an investigation with the NYPD, he meets his new muse--Detective Kate Beckett--and finds that being a mystery writer has given him skills to help solve murders. I think it's clever and funny, which is usually the type of show that gets canceled quickly. Needless to say, I'm thrilled that it's back for a second season!
However, I'm a little confused by the release of Heat Wave by Richard Castle (September 29/Hyperion). I haven't decided if it's a brilliant marketing plan or just plain weird that a fictional character has a book deal.
And I wonder if the book is going to be recycled storylines from the show? I wish I could get my hands on a copy--if only to assuage my curiosity.
Synopsis:
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.