1. Flowers for Your Grave

A wildly famous mystery novelist, Richard Castle, who is bored with his own success, learns that a real-world copycat killer has started staging murders from scenes depicted in his novels. Castle is questioned by NYPD Detective Kate Beckett, a bright and aggressive detective who keeps her investigations under a tight rein. Though they instantly clash, sparks of another sort also begin to fly, leading both to danger and a hint of romance as Castle steps in to help find the killer.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

When a young woman is found dead, and the murder scene is staged exactly as described in a book written by acclaimed author Richard Castle, he is questioned to provide insight into the case. When two more victims turn up in similar conditions described in his books, Castle volunteers to assist in the investigation by adding his knowledge of criminal behavior and his own books to the police department's considerable skills. Castle becomes intrigued with the lead homicide detective on the case, Kate Beckett, and starts writing his next book with the main character based on her. At the end of the episode, Captain Montgomery informs Beckett that the mayor spoke with him about letting Castle shadow her to research the new character, much to her annoyance.

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