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.
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So I liked this book. I really did. For anyone that's a fan of the show Castle, it's definitely am emjoyable read. If you follow the show closely like I do, you'll know that "Richard Castle" drew inspiration for the Nikki Heat books from his own experiences tailing detectives of the NYPD and each of his police characters are inspired by a "real" NYPD detective. Rook's relationship with Heat almost mirrors Castle's relationship with Beckett. Almost. It was well-written, considering it's supposed to come from an author that doesn't technically exist.
That being said, this book was pretty much an episode of Castle in book-form. That's not exactly a bad thing, but if you're going to essentially turn your show into a book, you might as well just write a Castle tie-in novel and market it as such. Don't try to sell it as a seperate entity.
Bottom line, if you like Castle, you'll like this book. If you've never seen Castle, you'll probably still enjoy and, as an added bonus, you might feel compelled to watch the show, which is a must-see.
~Missy
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