Synopsis: A New York real estate tycoon plunges to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. A trophy wife with a past survives a narrow escape from a brazen attack. Mobsters and moguls with no shortage of reasons to kill trot out their alibis. And then, in the suffocating grip of a record heat wave, comes another shocking murder wrapped around the dirty little secrets of the wealthy. Secrets that prove to be fatal. Secrets hidden in the dark, until NYPD detective Nikki Heat shines a light.

Side note: At 200 pages, this will be a quick, breezy read on a rainy day. And it'll sit nicely on my bookshelf next to the DVD of the first season of the ABC hit "Castle" ... which, of course, this book is based on. Love the series.