I thought I had stepped into a 21st century Pleasantville. As my local library was undergoing renovations, perhaps construction crews had opened up a door into the TV universe? Sounds like a plot about a library for a book found in a library.
Yes, I am being ridiculous.
As my eyes scoped out the displaced shelves of the room under reconstruction, one of the new books on the back shelf got my attention: "Heat Wave" by Richard Castle.
The mystery writer, Richard Castle, is a real guy. I had been hooked on the TV show, Castle, and looked forward to another season starting this September 2010. Seeing the book, I thought, Maybe the show is based on Life?
On the back side of the book jacket, I was surprised to see a large photo of Nathan Fillion, which the writeup claimed was the Richard Castle and boasted of his success with his Derrick Storm novels. Castle had killed off this hero and began a new series, Nikki Heat, the NYPD homicide detective shadowed by Pulitzer prize winning writer, Jameson Rook, who was researching his next set of articles on New York's finest.
Rook? Castle? Hah! Checkmate!
This book was not Art imitating Life. Or Life imitating Art. It was Art imitating Art.
I read the book and found it as enjoyable as the show. At the time in my corner of the universe, I was going through a heat wave of my own - 105 degrees F - so I could relate.
"Heat Wave" has its own book trailer on YouTube:
And now a movie in 2011?
Here are a few other reviews I found online:
* Heat Wave by Richard Castle – Book Review
* Richard Castle's 'Heat Wave' novel: Not bad!
What's next? Derrick Storm novels? Gathering Storm? Unholy Storm? .... Final Storm?
Don't that beat all?
Cover from Barnes & Noble
For an interactive peek at the book, check out amazon: Heat Wave
Wow. How interesting. Now if we can just write a book about a TV show, we'll be all set. :)
ReplyDeleteMaybe nest it one deeper? Write the book that the fictional Castle's fictional Jameson Rook would write ... :)
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