When a little girl is found brutally murdered, veteran NYPD homicide detectives Hiro Masimoto and Ryan Sullivan are determined, against all odds, to solve the case. In the midst of the worst heat wave in New York City's history and with personal and professional pressures mounting, the detectives pursue the mother's ex-boyfriend and former criminal, Nick DeSantis. But DeSantis, a two-time felon, has skipped town and the detectives struggle to collect enough hard evidence to extradite him before he slips completely out of their grasp. With a cast of outlaw characters and more twists and turns than a coiled spring, Brooklyn Heat delivers a taut thriller of the highest caliber. Once you start reading you won't be able to stop until the heat breaks in Brooklyn