Mr. Monk Goes to Germany Mr. Monk [6] Lee Goldberg Signet (2008) Rating: ★★★★☆ Tags: General, Fiction, Private investigators, Mystery Detective, Detective and mystery stories, Mystery fiction, Monk; Adrian (Fictitious character), Eccentrics and eccentricities, Radio and television novels, Germany Generalttt Fictionttt Private investigatorsttt Mystery Detectivettt Detective and mystery storiesttt Mystery fictionttt Monk; Adrian (Fictitious character)ttt Eccentrics and eccentricitiesttt Radio and television novelsttt Germanyttt From Publishers Weekly The sixth novel (after 2007's Mr. Monk in Outer Space) based on the popular Monk TV series created by Andy Breckman effectively meets the challenges of translating the screen concept to the page. Monk, an extreme sufferer of obsessive-compulsive disorder who left the San Francisco police department after his journalist wife, Trudy, was killed in a car bombing, decides to accompany his psychotherapist, Dr. Kroger, to a professional conference in Germany so that he won't miss his weekly therapy session. Once in Germany, Monk spots a six-fingered man he believes may have ordered the hit on Trudy. The discovery that the man is an old acquaintance of his psychotherapist leads Monk to investigate Kroger as well. Despite the lack of the TV series' visual humor and the performance of actor Tony Shalhoub, Goldberg does a decent job of conveying both the sleuth's quirks and his genius. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Product Description Adrian Monk is on a roll—solving murders as fast as they come, and not counting his Wheat Chex until they’re in the bowl. But when his therapist, Dr. Kroger, leaves for Germany, Monk can’t tie his shoes, forgets how to swallow, and loses track of his blinking. Desperate, he follows Dr. Kroger to Germany where he sees a man with six fingers. The man responsible for his wife’s death—or was it just his imagination? Now Monk has to deal with his phobias and the unfriendly polizei to find his man. Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Dedication CHAPTER ONE - Mr. Monk and the Assistant CHAPTER TWO - Mr. Monk and the Balance of Nature CHAPTER THREE - Mr. Monk Takes the Cake CHAPTER FOUR - Mr. Monk Sees His Shrink CHAPTER FIVE - Mr. Monk Falls Apart CHAPTER SIX - Mr. Monk Loses Count CHAPTER SEVEN - Mr. Monk and the Likely Suspect CHAPTER EIGHT - Mr. Monk Takes Flight CHAPTER NINE - Mr. Monk Arrives in Germany CHAPTER TEN - Mr. Monk and the Appointment CHAPTER ELEVEN - Mr. Monk Returns CHAPTER TWELVE - Mr. Monk and the New Experience CHAPTER THIRTEEN - Mr. Monk Goes on Vacation CHAPTER FOURTEEN - Mr. Monk and the Six Fingers CHAPTER FIFTEEN - Mr. Monk Sees a Corpse CHAPTER SIXTEEN - Mr. Monk and the Deal CHAPTER SEVENTEEN - Mr. Monk Makes a Discovery CHAPTER EIGHTEEN - Mr. Monk and the Perfect Storm CHAPTER NINETEEN - Mr. Monk and the Stakeout CHAPTER TWENTY - Mr. Monk Meets Nature CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE - Mr. Monk Gets Some News CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO - Mr. Monk and Dr. Kroger CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE - Mr. Monk Visits Freakville CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR - Mr. Monk and the Guy CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE - Mr. Monk and the Friendly Skies CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX - Mr. Monk Goes to Berlin CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN - Mr. Monk Hits a Wall CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT - Mr. Monk Takes a Walk in the Woods CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE - Mr. Monk Has a Brand-new Bag CHAPTER THIRTY - Mr. Monk Gets the Picture Obsidian Published by New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd.) Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty. Ltd.) Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd.) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty.) Ltd., 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd., Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England First published by Obsidian, an imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. First Printing, July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Universal Studios Licensing LLLP. Monk © USA Cable Entertainment LLC. All rights reserved OBSIDIAN and logo are trademarks of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Goldberg, Lee, 1962- Mr. Monk goes to Germany / Lee Goldberg. p. cm. “An Obsidian mystery.” Based on the television series created by Andy Breckman. eISBN : 978-1-436-23646-1 1. Monk, Adrian (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Private investigators—Fiction. 3. Eccentrics and eccentricities—Fiction. 4. Germany—Fiction. I. Monk (Television program) II. Title. III. Title: Mister Monk goes to Germany. PS3557.O3577M728 2008 813’.54—dc22 2008000666 Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the above publisher of this book. PUBLISHER’S NOTE This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party Web sites or their content. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without the permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials. Your support of the author’s rights is appreciated http://us.penguingroup.com To Valerie and Madison AUTHOR’S NOTE This book was written in Los Angeles, California, and in Lohr, Germany … and in hotel rooms in Munich, Cologne, London, and Montreal and in the many airplanes and trains that shuttled me between those
