Book #49. Deadly Heat, by "Richard Castle." Unabridged audio.
I love what the producers of the TV show “Castle” have been
doing. In every season of the TV show, the character Richard Castle has a new
novel out, and during every summer, that novel is actually released.
As I have written before, in reviewing the prior three
novels, that these novels are not adaptations of stories from the television
series, but are “inspired” by events and characters that the character has
faced on the show. It is a very interesting mix, and the author (whose actual
identity is not widely known) does a fine job combining the light tone of the
show and the serious mysteries that need to be solve.
Picking up where the prior book (reviewed here) left off,
Deadly Heat continues Detective Heat’s search for justice for her mother’s
murder. But a potential terrorist plot is complicating their efforts,
especially since an ex-girlfriend of Rook is lead that branch of the
investigation. Along the way, a serial killer is on the loose in New York City,
and Nicki may be his next target. Add some incompetence (or maybe betrayal) in
the police force, and this may be the toughest few weeks of her career.
For a novel featuring a pair of characters in a relationship,
Rook & Heat do not spend a lot of time together in this book. And their
relationship is one of the highlights of the series, so this lack definitely
stood out. But the action plot and the character moments of the side characters
make up for that lack.
I so miss the audio narration of Johnny Heller, who read the
first four books in the series, but Robert Petkoff did a good enough job.
Source: public library
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