• The publication of Heat Wave was featured in multiple episodes on the second season of Castle, and Castle’s writing is a continual source of storylines for the show.
• Heat Wave was on the New York Times bestseller list for five weeks.
• In its first and second seasons, Castle has averaged more than 10 million viewers.
• The next novel by Richard Castle will be published in hardcover in Fall 2010.

In Heat Wave, tough, sexy, and professional Nikki Heat carries a passion for justice as she leads one of New York City’s top homicide squads. She’s hit with an unexpected challenge when the commissioner assigns superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook to ride along with her to research an article on New York’s Finest. Pulitzer Prize-winning Rook is as much a handful as he is handsome. His wise-cracking and meddling aren’t her only problems. As she works to unravel the secrets of a murdered real estate tycoon, she must also confront the spark between them. The one called heat.

Castle, the hit ABC series, premiered in March 2009. The main character, Richard Castle, is the bestselling mystery author of the critically acclaimed Derrick Storm novels. As he is paired up with the hardnosed but sexy Detective Kate Beckett, he finds the inspiration for Nikki Heat, star of his next bestselling book—Heat Wave.