Not much to add here except to say this is now one of my favorite shows. What’s the story with the novel that was written by ‘Castle’? It’s actually out in bookstores? Who really wrote it? Is it any good?
It’s in stock, at any rate. Given that they have real crime authors acting in the show, I’d venture to guess that one or all of them are involved in the book.
That’s what I’d guess too, but I was hoping there was some factual answer as to who Castle is the pseudonym for?
I’ve only seen this season’s episodes, and I’ve only seen one episode (the poker playing one?) where there were recognizable writers. Even then I suppose I only recognized Stephen J Cannell.
The pilot is the only episode that featured any writers. In any case, it’s extremely unlikely the tie-in book was written by a big-name writer. The money would be far below what they usually get, as would the terms. Most likely, it’s some writer know to the publisher who has written tie-ins before.
I don’t think we did–which was probably intentional as a shout-out to the MacGuffin. It could have been anything though. Just something that showed that the one guy had an alibi.
If interested in the book, I’m in the process of reading it. It’s written quite a bit like an episode, except that the book characters are named something other than the show characters (As well they should be as it’s supposed to have been written by Castle).
It’s a fun read, so far (and I’m just about done)
I find myself chuckling at quite a bit of the dialog. It rings very true to the show, so I would bet it’s written by the show’s writers.
And I’m surprised Beckett didn’t kick Castle’s ass for the love scene…
Castle himself does that a lot, though. First season, the one with the three people who blew up an oil tanker, Castle says almost those exact words while at the poker game with the mayor, judge, and Beckett.
If he says it at the beginning of the episode, he’ll be wrong, but if he says it about 4/5 of the way through, he’ll be right.