Oh, and in reference to the whole issue with the typos, looks like "Castle" finally got his hands on a copy and is tweeting about it:

(To those unfamiliar with twitter, the most recent tweet is on top, so it reads bottom to top)

Poor Castle :P

davidsmom said: Still trying to figure out how they pulled this off – using the television character who's an "author" as the actual "author" of the book!  I just had a good thought, though, which I wish I'd had earlier.  I do a book review column for a local newspaper in L.A. — so I wrote to Hyperion, the publisher, to see about getting a review copy of the book so I can do a column on it.  Don't know if they'll send one or not – most publishers do, but we'll see in this case.  Anyway, I think it would be fun to review and maybe it will help the book/show?  I get a kick out of the fact that even at Hyperion's web site, and they're a serious book publisher, they go along with the idea that Richard Castle is a bestselling author, lives in Manhattan, etc.  Amazing! 

It would be really cool if Hyerion did that and it would propbably bring more viewer to the show too. 

I really do love the sense of realism publishing Heat Wave has brought to the show, it's great. 

Because I freaking love this show and would probably have bought a dictionary with a Heat Wave dustjacket.

Damn  straight there girl, me to, read it in one sitting. ( hehe retired so no time constraints )

yah as to the transposition of characters from TV to book, good grief who didnt, took lot's of imagination to do that right  "NOT"

With the writers/actors doing their respective job's so well, we should have many seasons to come, the viewer base is getting bigger every day, and i bet the networks are collecting a nice revenue stream from it.

Cheers TBBW 

MathGuy said:

Just a question that I've been thinking about since reading the book…
Because in Heat Wave the Raley/Ochoa detective team is abreviated Roach,
in the tv show how about a short-hand for Ryan/Esposito as Rasp ???

If you follow the order the characters were picked for "Roach," in place with Ryan/Esposito it would be Reysp. lol.

Good questions Alexil. I had the same thought about whether the lines Castle was typing in any episodes made it into the book, but I never paid enough attention to check.

In terms of giving more insight into Beckett, I suppose it's possible, but unless the author talked to Marlowe and the writers to get additional info on backstory for that purpose, I would guess not. Although, the writers could certainly use material from Heat Wave in the future when they give more backstory on Beckett. In Rose for Everafter, Beckett tells Kyra that the book is mostly a product of Castle's overactive imagination.

Heat Wave was fun for me. It really held my interest, and although I wasn't specifically thinking of Castle, Beckett, Ryan, Esposito, and Lanie as I was reading (I kind of enjoyed the characters in the book in their own way), I certainly got a little satisfaction out of the chapter 10 love scene in terms of imagining Castle and Beckett in that scenario.

And I can't wait to see how they handle Heat and Rook's relationship in the next book. I think Nicki Heat danced the line really well in the book. She went all the way with Rook, but then put some distance between them to keep him guessing, and then took more steps back toward him at the end of the book. I could imagine a similar scenario with Beckett and Castle…