I'm not going to write a review on this, or the subsequent 6, until I have finished the entire series. Then I will review them all at once. ( )

The latest tie-in novel for the Castle television show is pretty much exactly what you expect a tie-in to be. Therein lies my growing complaint.

While the stories and writing are pretty good, and this plot is (ultimately) one of the best so far, I am tiring of the Mary-Sue of it all. The 'real' Rick Castle would never write this book. In retrospect, he would have never written any of the Nikki Heat books. They are too on-the-nose reflections of his (fictional) life. These are books about Castle, rather than by (Richard) Castle.

The first two-thirds of the book moved pretty slow for me. Either it's chock full of too many introductions and traveling about, or I was just impatient. Either way, it seemed like it took forever to get through. But then things picked up and I liked how they wrapped things up.

Summary: Almost 4-stars for overall writing and plot. Marks off for some boring bits and for Mary-Sue (Ricky-Sue?). ( )

These books are enjoyable and fun. Light, like potato chips. I've enjoyed them all but I fear this will be my last one. Much like the TV show, the books need to get beyond the mystery of who/what/why killed Kate's/Nikki's mom. Seriously, figure it out and *move on*. Being stuck in this story rut is boring and after four books, it really s/b over. ( )

La detective de homicidios del departamento de policía de Nueva York, Nikki Heat llega a su última escena del crimen en la que aparece una mujer desconocida apuñalada hasta la muerte y metida en una maleta abandonada en una calle de Manhattan. Nikki entra en un gran shock cuando se da cuenta de que este asesinato está conectado a la muerte no resuelta de su propia madre. Una vez más, junto a su compañero sentimental y de investigación, el periodista Jameson Rook, Heat volverá a trabajar para resolver el misterio del cuerpo de la maleta mientras se ve obligada a enfrentarse a los resquicios desconocidos de la vida de su madre.

Además del brutal peligro que la apunta a ella como la siguiente víctima, la búsqueda de Nikki comienza a destapar dolorosas verdades familiares, a exponer secretos sorprendentes y a hacer que la detective reexamine sus recuerdos. Las preguntas sobre su pasado la llevan a ella y a Rook desde los callejones de Manhattan hasta las avenidas de París en busca de un despiadado asesino. La pregunta es, ahora que el caso sin resolver de su madre se ha descongelado inesperadamente, ¿podrá Nikki resolver por fin el oscuro misterio que la ha atormentado durante diez años?

Some things I didn't see coming and the end is a cliff hanger so be set with the next book, Deadly Heat ( )