Storm Front by Richard Castle

September 28, 2013 by Christina

Fiction — print. Hyperion, 2013. 314 pgs. Library copy. Presumed dead, Derrick Storm returns to the CIA to help catch his old nemesis, Gregor Volkov, before he can torture and kill another wealthy currency trader. With the help of a beautiful agent from China’s intelligence agency, Storm discovers the motivation behind Volkov’s scheme — devalue the United States’ currency in half sending the global economy into turmoil all while position himself and his cronies to recoup their losses and restore […]

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Frozen Heat by Richard Castle

September 24, 2012 by Christina

Fiction — Kindle edition. Hyperion, 2012. 309 pgs. Purchased. The fourth — and supposedly final book — in Castle’s series based on his muse (and girlfriend!) Kate Beckett finally solves the case of her murdered mother. NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat arrives at her latest crime scene to find an unidentified woman stabbed to death on a Manhattan street. With her is a suitcase that once belonged to Nikki’s mother, identifiable by the initials Nikki once carved into the leather. […]

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Heat Rises by Richard Castle

May 1, 2012 by Christina

Fiction — Kindle edition. Hyperion, 2011. 305 pgs. Purchased. I’ve left this review sitting in my drafts for about a week now simply because I couldn’t separate objective me from fangirl me. Try not to judge me too much, okay? Nikki Heat’s job performance has attracted the attention of the higher ups and she’s up for promotion to lieutenant. Yet her thoughts are with her boyfriend (although she won’t use that label), the famous journalist Jameson Rook who has disappeared […]

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Naked Heat by Richard Castle

April 24, 2012 by Christina

Fiction — Kindle edition. Hyperion, 2010. eBook. 304 pgs. Purchased. Unlike most of my family, I am not much of a mystery/crime thriller fan (although I do watch a lot of cop dramas on TV). The Nikki Heat series by “Richard Castle” might turn me into one, however. For those of you unfamiliar with Castle, which airs on ABC, this series of books is purportedly written by the fictional character of Richard Castle and based on Castle’s shadowing of one […]

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Heat Wave by Richard Castle

March 19, 2012 by Christina

Fiction — Kindle edition. Hyperion, 2009. 196 pgs. Purchased. A fictional book about fictional characters written by a fictional character? How could I resist? Some of you may recognize the “author” from the cop drama “Castle”. This book is the first in Castle’s series based on his shadowing of Kate Beckett and, in this case, fiction mirrors reality. Er, fiction. In the book, NYPD Detective Nikki Heat is followed by journalist Jameson Rook as she solves a whodunit case involving […]

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