Deadly Heat

Deadly Heat is a Nikki Heat book by Richard Castle.

Picking up where Frozen Heat left off, top NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat pursues the elusive former CIA station chief who ordered the execution of her mother over a decade ago.  For the hunt, Nikki teams once again with her romantic partner, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Jameson Rook, and their quest for the old spy and the motive behind the past murder unearths an alarming terror plot-which is anything but ancient history.  It is lethal. It is now. And it has already entered its countdown phase.

Complicating Heat's mission to bring the rogue spy to justice and thwart the looming terror event, a serial killer begins menacing the Twentieth Precinct and her homicide squad us under pressure to stop him, and soon.  The frightening murderer, known for his chilling stealth, not has singled out Nikki as the exclusive recipient to his taunting messages, he then boldly names his next victim: Detective Heat.

The Breakdown:
1. I know that there is not a really a Richard Castle, but the books are a nice tie into the show. For the most part, they an action packed mystery novel.  However, this one fell a little short for me, compared to the previous books.

2. I felt that, like the show, the whole who was behind my mother's murder was getting stale.  I am honestly kind of tired of dealing with it, and lets hope that this book, and the show, have wrapped that part up for good now.

3.  I was honestly enjoying the serial killer aspect of this book more than the spy/terror plot more.  Unfortunately, the author tipped their hand too early, and I figured out the killer about a third of the way through.

4. I have to say, I do love the Firefly references!

To Read or Not to Read:
Skip it, unless you are just a huge Castle fan

Currently Reading:
The Maze Runner
by James Dashner