made a cameo appearance in Richard Castle's Derrick Storm novel, Storm Front, where they interviewed Storm after he was detained by the NYPD for being in the room with a dead body. After the events of High Heat, Nikki is offered the position of Director of Homeland Security by Presidential candidate Senator Lindsy Gardner, a position she is highly encouraged to accept by the Commissioner and Zach Hamner. She also works alongside Derrick Storm to unravel the mystery of why her mother actually faked her own death in 1999. Jameson Alexander Rook is a fictional character Richard Castle created for his Nikki Heat series of crime novels. He is a famous two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning magazine journalist who shadows the main character, Detective Nikki Heat, and is her on-again off-again love interest. He was shot by a dirty cop in Heat Rises and spent the beginning of the next novel, Frozen Heat, recovering. He proposes to her at the end of Raging Heat, and the two are married in the epilogue of Driving Heat by their friend and frequent poker buddy, Judge Horace Simpson. The character moonlights as a romance novelist under the pen name Victoria St. Clair. He is based on Castle himself and the way he works with Kate Beckett. Rook and Heat also made a cameo appearance in Richard Castle's Derrick Storm novel, Storm Front, where they interviewed Storm after he was detained by the NYPD for being in the room with a dead body. Both Rook and Storm noted each other's rugged handsomeness. Captain Charles Montrose is the captain of the 20th Precinct, based on Captain Montgomery. Prior to taking command of the 20th Precinct, he worked as a homicide detective at the 41st Precinct in the Bronx. He is a widower; his wife, Pauletta, was killed by a drunk driver while crossing the street. Captain Montrose was murdered in Heat Rises, and after Det. Heat proved it wasn't a suicide, he was given a funeral with full honors. Detective Miguel Ochoa is based on Detective Esposito. While working with Raley, their nickname is "Roach". After Det. Heat's promotion to captain, she names Ochoa and Raley co-lead detectives of the 20th Detective Squad. Detective Sean Raley is based on Detective Ryan, and is coined "King of All Surveillance Media" by Det. Heat. While working with Ochoa, their nickname is "Roach". After Det. Heat's promotion to captain, she