STG's

A Bloody Storm - by Richard Castle - is the third part of a book that started with A Brewing Storm  . Plenty of action here, and the story ends well, with the obligatory plot twists and betrayals, as well as a set up for the next story. It was full of typos as well - at one spot Agent Shower is Agent Flowers. I have to say that even with this annoying format, I'd probably get more of these. I'm not sure they are using the same ghost writer as the Heat series, though.

A Raging Storm - by Richard Castle - is the "sequel" to A Brewing Storm . Sequel is not really true, as A Brewing Storm just stops at the middle of the scene. I imagine some publisher thought that a serial format would sell more - maybe by making the first book cheaper? A complaint that I've seen in the reviews is that the editing is terrible - and it really is. In a book on this scale I wouldn't normally expect typos, but there are plenty here. Either way, A Raging Storm is pretty good - and pretty short. And it ends in a even more irritating place - which virtually guarantees that anyone with a Kindle on-line that reaches the end will buy the next book.

When I finished reading Frozen Heat  - the latest on the Nikki Heat series - I was surprised to see the Derrick Storm short stories on the list of suggestions. Since I have enjoyed all books in the Heat series, I imagine that the Derrick Storm would be fun too and bought it on the spot. A Brewing Storm: A Derrick Storm Short - by Richard Castle tells a story with Derrick Storm - the ex-CIA operator, private detective that is mentioned as the major character in Castle's books, and the he had killed as the TV series started. The story was good, involving a kidnapping (with elements from several episodes of the Castle TV series) with much more behind it than meets the eye. What is frustrating is the obvious laziness of the ghost writers (or the editor/publishers). Instead of pretending to be a real series instead of a book cut into 3 parts, the book just ends abruptly. I feel it would have been much friendly to put at least a token ending while leaving the important threads...