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Richard Castle's Heat Rises to debut #1 New York Times Best Seller List

A big congratulations is in order for everyone at Castle today!

The official Castle Facebook just made the announcement that Richard Castle's latest book, Heat Rises, will be debuting at #1 on the New York Times Best Seller list on October 9th, 2011.

Heat Rises, which was released on September 20th, is the third installment in Castle titular character Richard Castle's Nikki Heat mystery novel series. The character of Nikki Heat is based upon Detective Kate Beckett, and each novel's storyline is inspired by situations and murder investigations seen throughout the Castle television series that Castle (Nathan Fillion) and Beckett (Stana Katic) have solved. Also present in the Nikki Heat novels are characters based upon Castle himself, Detectives Ryan & Esposito, Captain Montgomery and medical examiner Lanie Parish.

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The Nikki Heat series is no stranger to the New York Times Best Seller list; the first novel, Heat Wave, debuted at #26, while the second, Naked Heat, debuted at #7. With Heat Rises debuting at #1, it only solidifies proof of Castle's success in both television and fiction.

Heat Wave, Naked Heat and Heat Rises are available wherever books are sold, in hard cover, paperback, e-book and audiobook formats.

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Kaitlin Jennings has been a freelance writer and blogger since 2005. An avid fan of ABC's Castle, she has been keeping up with the antics of ruggedly handsome writer Rick Castle and the lovely Detective Kate Beckett since Season 1. You can reach her by email at CastleExaminer@gmail.com.

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