--- product_id: 1203868 title: "Heat Wave Paperback – September 11, 2012" brand: "richard castle" price: "S/.203" currency: PEN in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.pe/products/1203868-heat-wave-paperback-september-11-2012 store_origin: PE region: Peru --- # Heat Wave Paperback – September 11, 2012 **Brand:** richard castle **Price:** S/.203 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Heat Wave Paperback – September 11, 2012 by richard castle - **How much does it cost?** S/.203 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pe](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/1203868-heat-wave-paperback-september-11-2012) ## Best For - richard castle enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted richard castle brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Heat Wave Paperback – September 11, 2012 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51-S0lLO1GL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Decent *by S***Y on Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2023* Quick read, kept my attention, gives you what you would expect if you were a fan of the show Castle. ### ⭐⭐⭐ ABC Dropped the Ball *by A***K on Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2009* First the good... It was a great fast paced little book. The writing was tight, the dialog fast paced, and the characters really jumped off the pages. Very visual. Reading this, was like watching a great movie in my head. There are a ton of characters, and somehow none of them get lost in the shuffle. The writer really did a good job of keeping everything moving along.Now the bad... As soon as I heard that ABC was bringing out the Nikki Heat books that Richard Castle was writing, I thought it was Brilliant to piggy back the books on top of the show's success. I read the first 3 chapters on line, and I was out of my skin excited. I was picturing a novel about the size of the other Richard Castle books Detective Beckett handed out to her fellow detectives in the pilot episode, to help them track down the murderer who'd been copy-catting murders from the books. I really expected it to be the type of book worthy of Richard Castle's name, a celebrated author who'd had 26 best sellers. Instead, it ended up being almost a book form of an episode.If you really stop and think about what this book is supposed to represent, the beginning of a new character and series for Richard Castle based on a dynamic New York City Detective, you'll see what I'm trying to say. This book would have a hard time standing on it's own without the show, and that's where I think ABC dropped the ball. I think ABC could have given us a lot more credit for being able to read a full sized novel with strong characters based on Beckett and Castle and not confuse them with the characters on screen. They could have made the characters varied enough that we would have seen the parallels and still been able to differentiate between Castle and Beckett and Rook and Heat. And, given us the depth that can only be found in a novel.After falling in love with Richard Castle on screen, I really wanted to read one of his books. I wanted to see what kept him on the best selling list for 26 books. I wanted to see the writing that Detective Beckett fell in love with and helped her heal after her mother's death.Will I read the next one that comes out? Yep. I will. Mainly because I'm a weak weak woman who's fallen in love with this irrepressible novelist, and will take whatever scraps are pushed my way. I won't like myself because of it and will know that I'm settling, but alas, what's a girl to do? ### ⭐⭐⭐ I wanted more from this book *by B***N on Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2011* I only recently got into watching Castle and completely love the show, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that ABC had extended the idea so far as to publish Richard Castle's "Nikki Heat" novels. Naturally, I simply had to have the books. As a Castle fan, I'm thrilled. As an avid and discerning mystery-novel reader? Not so much.Heat Wave is the first book in Richard Castle's new series, which he has based on his shadowing of NYPD detective Katherine Beckett, his new muse. The books follow the adventures of an NYPD detective - Nikki Heat. She's being shadowed by Pulitzer Prize-winning magazine journalist Jameson Rook who is doing an article based on her squad. The previous three sentences are a lot less confusing if you watch the show!This first book begins with the premise that Heat and Rook already know each other, so we don't get to see the true first meeting of the principal characters. From there, the story moves to the case, and the other main characters begin to make their appearance. As fascinated as I was with the very concept of the book, I in fact began to have minor issues with it from the very first page.By about twenty pages in, we've met all the main characters; Nikki Heat, Jameson Rook, medical examiner Lauren Parry, and Heat's team of supporting detectives, Raley and Ochoa - together affectionately termed `Roach'. However, I cannot "see" any of these characters in my mind at all. There are no real descriptions of them - nothing for me to form a mental picture of the people I'm reading about. I'm therefore left to conclude that I'm meant to see the actual characters from the show in their thinly veiled counterparts on paper.I do understand that Heat Wave was written to take advantage of the show's popularity and as an obvious tie-in as well. Granted, that's clearly what the book truly is, but the potential was there to make it something much more amazing. The entire premise could have been better treated. It could have been something fantastic on its own and still achieved the result of an exciting tie-in to Castle.Richard Castle is supposed to be a best-selling author with a string of extremely successful books under his belt already. Heat Wave should reflect that. Unfortunately, it comes off in some parts as though it might be his first book - great premise, interesting story, but somehow lacking in some parts and needing some polish. I can't help thinking that Rick Castle, who is good friends with the likes of such mystery greats as Cannell, Patterson and Connelly, wouldn't consider this a book worthy of that caliber. Additionally, I can't suspend belief enough to accept that Rick Castle would lay bare his `real' life on the page, especially after he maintains to Beckett that Nikki Heat is merely based on her.I may have bought the book because of Castle (and because Nathan Fillion is on the back cover!) but that does not preclude me wanting a well-written, captivating story - the same as I would require from any book I choose to buy.What's even worse, as far as I'm concerned, is that Heat Wave absolutely had the potential to become that amazing book. I kept catching glimpses of what it might have been. It essentially made the reading of it more frustrating, because it would have been easier to dismiss the book out of hand as a simple marketing ploy, if there was no merit to it at all. Instead, there was so much untapped possibility that I was doubly disappointed when none of it manifested.While all of the above may seem to indicate that I did not enjoy the book, it truly isn't the case at all. There was definitely much to love about Heat Wave. There is a solid mystery, with interesting suspects and a believable plot. The victims and suspects were better drawn than the main characters and comfortably stereotypical instead of mind-numbingly so. Also, although I figured out "whodunit" before the end of the book, there were sufficient red herrings as to not make it too simplistic.Naturally, the best parts of the book are the references to Castle, inclusive of actual lines from the show and the engaging banter between Heat and Rook. Additionally, the sexual tension between Heat and Rook was also well handled, despite feeling a little rushed, and it gave another view of the matching tension between Beckett and Castle on the show. I particularly loved Rick Castle's author's note at the end, which carried through the entire concept of the book having truly been written by the fictional character. The blurbs on the cover from James Patterson and Stephen J. Cannell were also a wonderful touch.Heat Wave is a wonderful concept that might have been better executed. I'll continue to buy the other books in the series, because on one level - that of the clever tie-in to a show I love - it works incredibly well. At the same time, I'm also looking forward to some improvement in the overall writing style and general caliber of the story. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pe/products/1203868-heat-wave-paperback-september-11-2012](https://www.desertcart.pe/products/1203868-heat-wave-paperback-september-11-2012) --- *Product available on Desertcart Peru* *Store origin: PE* *Last updated: 2026-05-18*