High Heat (Castle)

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Hardcover
2016
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An ISIS-style beheading of a journalist, carried out by a New York City group pledging fealty to that rogue state, becomes more than just another case for NYPD Captain Nikki Heat when the killers announce their next target: her husband, magazine writer Jameson Rook. Desperate to ensure his safety, Heat tries to contact Rook, who is supposed to be writing a profile about independent presidential candidate Legs Kline, a sudden favorite for the White House. Except Rook is suddenly nowhere to be found.But as if that one deeply personal case is not enough to plunge Nikki Heat's world into turmoil, there suddenly comes another. It begins when she catches a glimpse of a street person who she swears is her mother-a woman who has been dead for nearly twenty years.

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An ISIS-style beheading of a journalist, carried out by a New York City group pledging fealty to that rogue state, becomes more than just another case for NYPD Captain Nikki Heat when the killers announce their next target: her husband, magazine writer Jameson Rook. Desperate to ensure his safety, Heat tries to contact Rook, who is supposed to be writing a profile about independent presidential candidate Legs Kline, a sudden favorite for the White House. Except Rook is suddenly nowhere to be found.But as if that one deeply personal case is not enough to plunge Nikki Heat's world into turmoil, there suddenly comes another. It begins when she catches a glimpse of a street person who she swears is her mother-a woman who has been dead for nearly twenty years.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Publisher: Titan Books
Published: 25 Oct 2016
ISBN 10: 1785654683
ISBN 13: 9781785654688
Book Overview: The Castle and Derrick Storm novels have Bookscan sales in the UK of over 50,000 copies and are hugely popular ebook sellers. The last title was Driving Heat (9781783299980). Richard Castle is the bestselling crime novelist and investigator played by Nathan Fillion (Firefly) in the hit, Emmy-nominated TV show Castle, which ran for eight seasons from 2008 to 2016. Castle airs in the UK on Alibi, where it regularly draws over 400k viewers per episode, as well as Freeview channel 5USA. Titan also publishes the Derrick Storm series (hardcover novels and three e-book shorts), which feature the return of Richard Castle's popular lead character.

Author Bio

Richard Castle is the author of numerous bestsellers, including the Critically acclaimed Derrick Storm series. His first novel, in a Hail of Bullets, published while he was still in college, received the Nom DePlume Society's prestigious Tom Straw Award for Mystery Literature. Castle currently lives in Manhattan with his daughter and mother, both of whom infuse his life with humour and inspiration.