Book Log 2022 #1: Heat Wave by Richard Castle

I started off the new year by reading the first book in the Nikki Heat series "written" by Richard Castle, who is played by Nathan Fillion on the ABC show Castle. In real life, this book was written by Tom Straw, a real-life mystery novelist and TV writer/producer who would go on to write several books in the series.

Nikki Heat is a New York cop who has to solve a murder while babysitting a journalist, Jameson Rook, who is researching an article. The two become de facto partners in the investigation while maybe also becoming partners in the bedroom. The name Heat works on several levels, you see.

The book was perfectly servicable as a TV-tie in, and didn't require any familiarity with the show that I could tell. But it also wasn't particularly memorable, and I don't see myself continuing on with the series.