Rick Castle Poker Buddies

4/15/2022

Rick Castle's Poker Buddies
Rick Castle Poker Buddies

The saying goes that art imitates life and in this case I’m very glad it does because it has brought us the wonderful world of Nikki Heat from the fantastic mind of none other that my favorite mystery writer, and occasional poker buddy Richard Castle.-Thomas Wilkerson, Modern Lit Magazine March 19th, 2012.

As if that isn't strange enough, this fictional author has some very cool friends - the Castle poker buddies - who just happen to be world famous authors in real life. The thriller and mystery writers who have appeared on Castle include James Patterson, Steven J. Cannell, Dennis Lehane, and Michael Connelly. Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western series that was produced and originally broadcast by CBS on both television and radio from 1957 through 1963. The television version of the series was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons, and it is one of the few shows in television history to spawn a successful radio version.

Richard Castle is a fictional character who is portrayed by Nathan Fillion on the ABC television series Castle. Despite being a fictional character, Castle is an author of real-life mystery novels as well as several short stories. In his spare time, Castle plays poker with James Patterson, Michael Connelly and Dennis Lehane.

While we don’t have dates of publication for Castle’s fictional novels (and yes, that is fictional, meaning they do not actually exist), we can tell you that the Rick Castle character became a real-world author in 2009 with the release of Heat Wave, starring Nikki Heat – based on fictional NYPD detective Kate Beckett. Below is a list of Rick Castle’s books in order of when they were originally released:

Publication Order of Nikki Heat Books

Heat Wave	(2008)	Amazon.com Amazon.de
Naked Heat	(2010)	Amazon.com Amazon.de
Heat Rises	(2011)	Amazon.com Amazon.de
Frozen Heat	(2012)	Amazon.com Amazon.de
Deadly Heat	(2013)	Amazon.com Amazon.de
Raging Heat	(2014)	Amazon.com Amazon.de
Driving Heat	(2015)	Amazon.com Amazon.de
High Heat	(2016)	Amazon.com Amazon.de
Heat Storm	(2017)	Amazon.com Amazon.de
Crashing Heat	(2019)	Amazon.com Amazon.de

Rick Castle's Poker Buddies

Publication Order of Derrick Storm Books

A Brewing Storm	(2012)	Amazon.com Amazon.de
A Raging Storm	(2012)	Amazon.com Amazon.de
A Bloody Storm	(2012)	Amazon.com Amazon.de
Storm Front	(2013)	Amazon.com Amazon.de
Wild Storm	(2014)	Amazon.com Amazon.de