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1. Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse 2. Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii 3. Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu 4. Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants 5. Mr. Monk in Outer Space 6. Mr. Monk Goes to Germany Check out the amazing USA Network site, which includes an excerpt from MR. MONK GOES TO THE FIREHOUSE and a dozen streaming video interviews with Lee. Main page Book Excerpt Video interview with Lee
MR. MONK GOES TO THE FIREHOUSE
irst in the all-new series of original mysteries starring Adrian Monk, the brilliant investigator who always knows when something's out of place...
Monk's house if being fumigated, and he has nowhere to go. Fortunately, his assistant, Natalie, and her daughter are kind enough to take him into their home. Unfortunately, their home is not quite up to Monk's standards of cleanliness and order... But while Monk attempts to arrange his surroundings just so, something else needs to be put straight. The death of a dog at the local firehouseon the same night as a fatal house fireleads Monk into a puzzling mystery. And much to his horror, Monk is going to have to dig through a lot of dirt to find the answer... BUY THE BOOK from Amazon. HIGH PRAISE "MR. MONK GOES TO THE FIREHOUSE beautifully captures the "look and feel" of the TV show... [and] the real essence of Adrian Monk." CoziesCapersandCrimes.com "Writer Lee Goldberg, who's also penned episodes for the series and clearly knows the characters backwards, has got this book spot on, particularly in its depiction of Monk, who's just as weird, quirky, frustrating and lovable as he is on screen. It helps that he's seen through the first-person perspective of Natalie, a great idea that helps give the reader the inside track on her life and how she sees her boss, which is mainly with a combination of sympathy and exasperation. It's funny, with some great Monkisms, and tightly plotted, the characters are expanded beyond their TV confines, and there's even a clever twist at the end. How TV tie-ins should be." THE WORKS (UK) "It is laugh out loud funny from the get go. For Monk fans, this is a must. Totally enjoyable. Lee Goldberg has expertly captured the nuances of what makes Monk, well, Monk." Robin Burcell "Lee has found the perfect voice for Natalie's first person narrationsweet, exhausted, frustrated, exasperated and sweet again. None of these feelings have to do with the mystery. They're all reactions to Monk's standard behavior as he wars with all the ways nature is trying to kill him. Lee Goldberg has managed to concoct a novel that's as good asmaybe even a bit betterany of the Monk episodes I've seen on the tube." Ed Gorman "The first in a new series is always an occasion to celebrate, but Lee Goldberg's TV adaptations double your pleasure. No longer restricted by time, budget and pace of TV production, this terrific TV writer's latest, MR. MONK GOES TO THE FIREHOUSE, brings everyone's favorite OCD detective to print. Hooray!" Mystery Scene "The plotting is well done, intricate and exciting, but the novel also has the one element that defines the series, heart. It's what makes the character of Adrian Monk admirable instead of laughable and what makes all the relationships ring true...Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse is just what Monk should be. Goldberg has a clever, breezy style that matches the tone of the series. Even the hard to please devoted fans of the TV series shouldn't be disappointed..." The Monk Fun Page "Monk isn't just for boob-tubers anymore. Master of the murder mystery tie-in novel Lee Goldberg has launched the first in a series of mystery novels that is sure to delight Monk fans for years to come." Ankle-Biting Pundits "No way could anyone bring an anal lunatic like Monk from the TV series to a novel because his idiosyncrasies would become boring, but this reviewer failed to account for the talent of Lee Goldberg to adapt the sleuth to the written word. Enhancing Monk's eccentricities without slowing the plot, Mr. Goldberg spins a terrific who-done-it that will excite fans of the show and bring the quirky sleuth to a new audience." Harriet Klausner |