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In the series, Castle writes a novel titled Heat Wave. As a tie-in, ABC has released that novel as a real book (ISBN 978-1-4013-2382-0) with "Richard Castle" as the author. It is entirely in character from the dedication to the acknowledgments, although the latter references the principal cast and the show's creators by name.[28] ABC released the first half of the novel in weekly increments on their website.[29] The complete novel was published in September 2009 as a hardcover, debuting at #26 on the New York Times Best Seller list.[30] In its fourth week on the list, Heat Wave broke into the top 10 at #6.[31] Heat Wave was released in paperback (ISBN 978-1-4013-1040-0) on July 27, 2010 and debuted at #34 on the New York Times bestseller Paperback Mass-Market list.[32]

Naked Heat (ISBN 978-1-4013-2402-5), the sequel to Heat Wave, was released on September 28, 2010.[33] Naked Heat debuted at #7 on the New York Times Best Seller list.[34] As they did with Heat Wave, ABC released a series of the early chapters online as a promotional tool.[35]

A third novel titled Heat Rises is slated to be released in September 2011.[36]

The season three finale introduced a graphic novel based on Castle's previous novel character, Derrick Storm. Castle: Richard Castle's Deadly Storm is to be published by Marvel Comics on September 28, 2011. (en.wikipedia.org)

Castle follows Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle, a famous mystery novelist who has killed off his main character in his book series and has writer's block. He is called in to help the NYPD solve a copy-cat murder based on one of his novels. Stana Katic co-stars as Detective Kate Beckett. Castle, who becomes interested in Beckett as a potential character for a new book series, uses his connections at the mayor's office and receives permission to continue accompanying Beckett while investigating cases. Castle decides to use Beckett as the model for the main character of his next book series starring "Nikki Heat". Beckett, an avid reader of Castle's books, initially disapproves of having Castle shadow her on her cases, but later warms up and recognizes Castle as a useful resource in solving crimes. (en.wikipedia.org)

Castle premiered as a mid-season replacement on ABC on March 9, 2009. ABC renewed Castle for a second season with an initial order of 13 episodes; ABC later extended the order to 22, then 24 episodes.[12][13] The second season premiered on Monday, September 21, 2009.[14] In March 2010, ABC renewed Castle for a third, 22 episode season, which began on September 20, 2010.[15] On November 11, 2010, ABC extended the episode order to 24.[16] On January 10, 2011, ABC announced Castle had been renewed for a fourth season. (en.wikipedia.org)

When Stana Katic first met Nathan Fillion, she had just gotten out of hair and makeup for the final callback between her and one other actress, and realized she was wearing a blouse that was too long. She asked for a pair of scissors, saw Nathan Fillion getting coffee, and greeted him. He asked if she wanted to run lines, and she replied, "No, but speaking of lines, can you cut a straight line?" To which he replied "I can try." And so he cut her blouse shorter for her. The producers saw this and she got the part. (imdb.com)

Martha's beau Chet has only been seen in one outdated photograph. He has never been on screen as an adult. (imdb.com)

Often, Detective Beckett can be seen drinking from a coffee mug that reads "Innocent Bystander". (imdb.com)

Detective Kevin Ryan (Seamus Dever) can be seen carrying a copy of one of Castle's books at least once in every episode. (imdb.com)

According to Andrew W. Marlowe, Nathan Fillion read with 125 actresses to find the perfect Beckett. (imdb.com)

In the title credits, during a bust you can see officers wearing flak jackets that read "POLICE". Castle is wearing one that says "WRITER". (imdb.com)

Richard Castle's Apartment is the same set as was used for the main character's apartment (Mick's apartment) in the short lived series, Moonlight. (imdb.com)

This show has a close association with the Whedonverse in that many actors from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997) have been featured (including Marc Blucas, Leonard Roberts, Bailey Chase and D.B. Woodside). The creators also insert several allusions to the TV series "Firefly" via in-jokes and other references. In the episode "Vampire Weekend", Nathan Fillion starts the episode by appearing in his "Firefly" costume. (imdb.com)

In the Nikki Heat novels, Richard Castle writes about the shadowing of Detective Heat by a writer by the name of Jameson Rook. In chess, "castle" and "rook" are interchangeable names for the same piece. (imdb.com)