***Monk Novels***

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The Monk novels are written by Lee Goldberg. Lee is a novelist and a television writer.

Lee Goldberg

 

The information below contains the covers, the released dates, and a small description of each novel.

 

 

 

Cover of Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse

 

Released on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

 

About the book:

Monk's house is being fumigated and he has nowhere to go. Fortunately, his assistant, Natalie, and her daughter are kind enough to take him into their home. To no one's surprise, their home is not quite up to Monk's standards of cleanliness and order.

While Monk attempts to arrange his surroundings just so, he discovers something else that requires his special touch: the puzzling death of a dog at a local firehouse on the same night as a fatal house fire. Much to his horror, Monk is going to have to dig through a lot of dirt to solve this mystery.

 

 

 

 

Cover of Mr. Monk Goes To Hawaii

 

Released on: Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

 

About the book:

Look at Helen Gruber, the rich tourist who took a fatal blow from a coconut. The police say it fell from a tree, but Monk suspects otherwise. His assistant, Natalie, isn't exactly thrilled about Monk's latest investigation. It was bad enough that Monk followed her on vacation, and now it looks as though the vacation is over.

Smooth-talking TV psychic Dylan Swift is on the island and claims to have a message from beyond ... from Helen Gruber. Monk has his doubts about Swift's credibility. But finding the killer and proving Swift a fraud -- all while coping with geckos and the horror of unsynchronized ceiling fans -- may prove a tough coconut to crack!  

 

 

 

 

Cover of Mr. Monk and The Blue Flu

 

Released on: Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

 

About the book:

Monk is horrified when he learns there's going to be a blue flu in San Francisco -- until Capt. Stottlemeyer explains that it just means the police plan to call in "sick" until they get a better contract.

The good news is that the labor dispute will give Monk a chance to get back on the force. The bad news is it means he'll be a "scab" -- and he doesn't like the sound of that either. But before he knows it, Monk has his badge back, and his own squad to command. Unfortunately, some of the squad members make Monk look like a paragon of mental health.

Despite the challenges, they'll have to pull together to catch an astrologer's killer, solve a series of mysterious fatal assaults, and most importantly, clean up their desks.

 

 

 

 

Cover of Mr. Monk and The Two Assistants

 

Released On: Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007 in the hardback edition and released in the paperback edition on Wednesday, January 2, 2008.

 

About the book:

Now that her ne'er-do-well husband has been arrested for murder, Monk's former assistant, Sharona, is ready to reclaim her place in Monk's extremely well-ordered life. But his current assistant, Natalie, is not pleased with this turn of events.

While Monk tries to maintain a delicate balance between the two women, he discovers a few snags in the case against Sharona's husband. And with other murders to investigate, Monk realizes he may be up against a killer who not only understands him, but is one step ahead.

 

 

 

 

Cover of Mr. Monk In Outer Space

 

Released on: Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 and released in the paperback edition on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008.

 

About the book:

"It's not in Outer Space. Monk solves a murder at a science fiction convention.... I do have fun with Monk encountering some of the more outrageous aspects of 'fandom.'"

- Lee Goldberg

Cover of Mr. Monk Goes To Germany

Released on: Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

About the book:

Adrian Monk has actually been doing well lately. He’s solving murders as fast as they come, and he’s been noticeably less compulsive. Monk knows he owes it all to his therapist, Dr. Kroger. So when Kroger attends a conference in Germany, Monk hits the skids, reverting to his OCD habits full-time. Desperate, Monk follows his shrink to Germany. And that’s when he sees the man across a crowded town square. A man with six fingers. Monk knows it could be the man responsible for his wife’s death.

 

 

 

For more information go the Monk Novel section of Monk's main site at USA Network.

http://www.usanetwork.com/series/monk/bookreleases/outerspace/

 

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