Naked Heat

Richard Castle

Sep 2010 · Hyperion

About this ebook

Nikki Heat and Jameson Rook are together again in Richard Castle’s thrilling follow-up to his New York Times bestseller, Heat Wave.

When New York’s most vicious gossip columnist, Cassidy Towne, is found dead, Heat uncovers a gallery of high profile suspects, all with compelling motives for killing the most feared muckraker in Manhattan.

Heat’s murder investigation is complicated by her surprise reunion with superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook. In the wake of their recent breakup, Nikki would rather not deal with their raw emotional baggage. But the handsome, wise-cracking Pulitzer Prize-winning writer’s personal involvement in the case forces her to team up with Rook anyway. The residue of their unresolved romantic conflict and crackling sexual tension fills the air as Heat and Rook embark on a search for a killer among celebrities and mobsters, singers and hookers, pro athletes and shamed politicians.

This new, explosive case brings on the heat in the glittery world of secrets, cover-ups, and scandals.

Ratings and reviews

This book reads like a promo for all the TV shows on ABC and movies made by Disney. I couldn't get past the first few chapters. I love the show, but this book was horrid and doesn't do the show justice.

I've read all of them now and I'm having fun reading them because it's hilarious just thinking of the writer trying to think how Castle the character on the show would write a book with himself as Jameson Rook. Yes I'm hooked on the show also I own all 6 seasons and am just waiting for the seventh season to finish before purchasing that one.

It was an entertaining read. I enjoyed the obvious ties to the television series. I certainly can't give it an excellent rating though.

About the author

Richard Castle is a fictional character portrayed by Nathan Fillion in the ABC crime series Castle. He has an official website to promote real books about Nikki Heat and Derrick Storm, by secret writers, rumored to include Tom Straw and Brad Parks.