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Heat Wave

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Heat Wave

By: Richard Castle
Narrated by: Johnny Heller
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The title character from ABC's hit television series Castle kicks off his new series of books featuring tough and sexy New York police detective Nikki Heat with a bang.©2009 Richard Castle (P)2009 Tantor Detective Fiction Genre Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Suspense Crime
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I must start by saying I am a fan of the Castle television show but quickly adapted to Detective Heat's character being very different from the "inspiration". The story line was not earth shattering, but it was enjoyable. My main problem and distraction was Mr. Heller's narration. Despite his annoying voice I was determined to complete the story to see if I could figure out "who done it". However, I will not listen to anything else that he is associated with.

Different narrator would have been great!

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Where does Heat Wave rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's not the best but it's certainly in the top ten

What did you like best about this story?

Since this is just a spin-off of the Castle TV show, I expected the worst: hack writing, rehashing of old plots, obvious signs of a 5 minute writing process. Instead, it was solidly written and, most interestingly, written from the viewpoint of Kate Beckett. Now you have the TV show - which is all about the male character - and the books, which are all about the woman. It's like a sexual Rashomon.

How could a soulless rip-off be this well done?

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It's a good Castle story - you can picture Nicki Heat as being Kate Beckett if you're a tv Castle fan. The narrator ruins it though - very bland.

Fun story if you're a Castle fan

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The audio quality of this book was very substandard. The reader sounded as though he had a bad cold. Poorly done.

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It was a great listen, I think, because I'm a huge fan of the TV series. I had faces to attach to characters already. The only difficulty was assigning the names, which are different than the show, to the faces that I already have in my mind's eye.

Just like the show...with different names!

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