at No. 7 on The New York Times Best Seller list. As with Heat Wave, ABC released a series of early chapters of Naked Heat online. The third Nikki Heat novel, Heat Rises, was released on September 20, 2011. The fourth book in the series, Frozen Heat, was released on September 11, 2012. A graphic novel featuring Derrick Storm titled Deadly Storm, written by Brian Michael Bendis and Kelly Sue DeConnick, with art by Lan Medina, was published by Marvel Comics on September 28, 2011. Hyperion has also published three original Derrick Storm eBook novellas; A Brewing Storm was published in May 2012, A Raging Storm in July, and A Bloody Storm in August. Derrick Storm Derrick Storm book list Fictional novels attributed to Richard Castle: A Calm Before The Storm Storm's Break Storm Warning Unholy Storm Gathering Storm Storm Rising Driving Storm Storm's Last Stand Storm Fall Storm Approaching Derrick Storm adaptations Graphic novel of earlier fictional novels: Deadly Storm (September 28, 2011) () Storm Season (October 15, 2012) () A Calm Before Storm (July 16, 2013) () Unholy Storm (May 7, 2014) () Books featuring the return of Derrick Storm following the events of Storm Fall: Derrick Storm trilogy; omnibus audio-book titled Storm Surge (), omnibus book titled Ultimate Storm () A Brewing Storm (May 1, 2012) () A Raging Storm (July 3, 2012) () A Bloody Storm (August 7, 2012) () Storm Front (May 21, 2013) () Wild Storm (May 23, 2014) () Heat Storm (May 2, 2017) () Nikki Heat Like Castle, the Nikki Heat novels are set in New York City. The title character, Nikki Heat, is based on Castle's partner, Kate Beckett. The first book, Heat Wave, was initially published on September 29, 2009. It reached the No. 6 spot in its fourth week on the New York Times bestseller list. The second book, Naked Heat, was released on September 28, 2010. It debuted at No. 7 on the Times list. The third book, Heat Rises, was released on September 20, 2011. It debuted on the Times list on October 9 at No. 1. The fourth book was released on September 11, 2012, and debuted at No. 7 on September 23. The fifth Nikki Heat novel, Deadly Heat, was released September 17, 2013, and debuted at No. 8 on the New York Times bestseller list. Nikki Heat book list Heat Wave (September 29, 2009)