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    Deadly Heat: Nikki Heat Book 5

    By Richard Castle

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    Top NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat and her partner, journalist Jameson Rook, pursue the elusive former CIA station chief who ordered the execution of her mother over a decade ago. But their quest for the old spy unearths an alarming terror plot that has already entered its countdown phase. Complicating their mission, a serial killer boldly names his next victim: Detective Heat.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTitan Books
    Release dateSep 13, 2013
    ISBN9781781167717
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    Deadly Heat: Nikki Heat Book 5
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    Richard Castle

    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.

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    • 3/5
      I've quite enjoyed the Castle TV spin off novels so far but I found this one a bit boring. Passed the time but that's about all.
    • 3/5
      I'm a fan of the TV series and this series of meta-fiction is the icing on the cake. But this isn't the best in the series, I found aspects of the story quite tiresome and convoluted and I'm definitely over anything to do with the death of Heat's mother. Hopefully the next book in the series will be more fund to read.
    • 2/5
      If you watch the Castle TV series, you are aware that Detective Nikki Heat alias Kate Beckett has been searching 11 years for the killer of her Mother. This book chronicles the end of that search. Fast read although not the most satisfying for this usually non reader of mysteries.As Heat works on her Mother's unsolved murder, she discovers that there is also a potential germ warfare attack pending on Manhattan. She discovers that the man who killed her Mother has also taken control of the terrorist attack as well.
    • 5/5
      The fifth book in the series, and we finally finish Nikki's mother's murder and the final mission she was on. Surprises abound, and nothing is what we thought it was. With a very satisfying wrap-up of all the loose threads left from the previous book, we can now go forward to the next book in the series for fresh adventures. Plus the relationship between Heat and Rook starts to solidify. I am really enjoying the book series as much as the television series it comes from.
    • 3/5
      Full star deduction for super heavy use of the f word. I can handle some but this was overly excessive and didn't fit in most cases.
    • 3/5
      I enjoy the Nikki Heat series, probably more than I should. I like the old school mystery to the novels and the way the NYPD is portrayed is excellent. However, with the last novel Frozen Heat, as much as I liked it, I was apprehensive over the whole spy angle. I like spies but they belong in spy novels not detective mysteries.

      So imagine my blessed sigh of relief when I saw a good resolution to the spy angle in Deadly Heat. Not only is Nikki struggling to close her murdered mother's case but also has to deal with a crazy serial killer who has his eyes set on her.

      Deadly Heat was good but I'm more excited for the next one. I'm interested to see where this series goes with such a huge driving source finally braked.
    • 3/5
      I was kinda hoping it was yardly.
    • 4/5
      Deadly Heat by Richard Castle is the fifth novel in the popular and very enjoyable Nikki Heat series. Heat and Rook are embroiled in several complex investigations in this installment. Heat is still pursuing some details of her mother’s murder, but now an intelligent egomaniac serial killer calls her to discuss his latest and future murders. In addition, she works with federal law enforcement (one of whom is Rook’s former lover) in a desperate attempt to prevent a terrorist attack in New York City. As always, the relationship between Heat and Rook is fun to experience, as are Rook’s humorous comments. Heat’s intense, intuitive, tough and competitive approach to her job results in heated confrontations with her federal comrades. At times it seems they are hindering her investigations. This is a complex story that challenges Heat with plenty of violent action, and grave danger. The story also entangles the seemingly separate cases in a very interesting way. Deadly Heat is another very engaging and satisfying book.
    • 4/5
      While on the trail of a serial killer, NYPD detective Nikki Heat continues to follow clues that she hopes will lead her to her mother's murderer. The two cases converge in a surprising way. This is another fun entry in the Nikki Heat crime series linked to the television series Castle. I've seen every episode of the series, most of them multiple times. The book will have a familiar feel for Castle viewers, with many scenes having parallels to scenes from the television series. The reader for the audio version has a speech pattern similar to Nathan Fillion's “Richard Castle”. He also captures “Kate Beckett” in his delivery of Nikki Heat's lines. The book could be read and enjoyed independently of the television series, but familiarity with the TV series will give readers a richer experience.
    • 4/5
      AUTHOR: Castle, Richard TITLE: Deadly HeatDATE READ: 04/20/14RATING: 4.5/B+GENRE/PUB DATE/PUBLISHER/# OF PGS: Crime Fiction/2013/Hyperion/288 pgs SERIES/STAND-ALONE #5 in Heat SeriesTIME/PLACE: Current/NYCCHARACTERS: Jameson Rook/journalist Nikki Heat/ NYC Police DetectiveFIRST LINES: NYPD Homicide detective Nikki Heat double-parked her gray Crown Victoria behind the coroner van & strode toward the pizza joint where a body waited. COMMENTS: Love this series … we continue w/ the mystery of Nikki's mother's murder from 10 yrs ago and also have a new serial killer case that may have some tie-ins.