'Castle' goes by the book to hype season two

By Rick Porter

July 1, 2009 8:11 AM

ABC is reaching way back into the history of mass media to promote the second season of "Castle."

The show, about mystery novelist-turned-NYPD consultant Rick Castle (Nathan Fillion), will hype the new season with a staple of 19th- and early 20th-century newspapers and magazines: a serialized novel. Chapters of the book will appear online starting in August, according to The Hollywood Reporter, and fans will be able to buy the book in late September.

The novel is called "Heat Wave," and author "Richard Castle" will post a chapter a week on ABC.com starting Monday, Aug. 10. The second season premieres Monday, Sept. 21, and the full novel will hit bookstores the following week.

"Heat Wave" will feature a few elements that will be familiar to fans of the show, but it will primarily be a stand-alone mystery.

"Castle" already has some mystery-novelist cred in hand, having featured authors James Patterson and Stephen J. Cannell as Castle's poker buddies in the pilot. The network isn't revealing the true identity of the "Heat Wave" writer.

Repeats of "Castle" will air on Saturday nights in July starting this week.

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5 Comments

That's a great idea. I probably won't partcipate, however, as I don't know how to read.

Sizzles | July 1, 2009 9:53 AM

AWESOME...love a good mystery!! And I love Castle. Happy that ABC didn't do its usual, sorry its cancelled! Eli Stone, Pushing Daisies,Unusuals,on this show.

Jo | July 1, 2009 10:17 AM

Wow!!! They did the same thing with Murder, She Wrote in its hayday. Can't wait!!!

Now, if they could just kill all reality tv, they would be my hero!!!

Avatar | July 1, 2009 11:01 AM

I wonder if this will be the first of many "Nikki Heat" novels (I think that was the name of the character that Castle was basing of Det. Beckett).

Rishi | July 1, 2009 4:21 PM

I only hope this is available to us Canadian viewers as well. Castle's a fun show with a cl***ic flair to it that really makes Monday nights worth it.

Brian From Canada | July 2, 2009 5:00 AM