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 MR. MONK IN OUTER SPACE Available in hardcover! hen Adrian Monk investigates the murder of Conrad Stipe, the legendary creator of the cult hit TV series BEYOND EARTH, he finally meets people who are even more obsessive-compulsive than he is—science fiction fans. One of the fans could be the killer who, wearing an elephant nose and dressed in a starship uniform, gunned Stipe down. To find the murderer, Monk enters the bizarre culture of science fiction fandom with the help of the world's leading expert on the show... his agoraphobic brother Ambrose. ORDER THE BOOK from Amazon. HIGH PRAISE "...his Monk novels are some of the most consistently entertaining mysteries to be found these days. They're tightly plotted, laugh-out-loud funny, and the voices of the various characters are as pitch perfect as they can be. Regular readers of Lee's blog will recognize where some of this material comes from, but he's not content just to poke affectionate fun at the worlds of fandom and cult TV series. The plot turns out to be considerably more intricate than that, and Monk has to have the help of his brother Ambrose to sort it all out."    —James Reasoner "So why do I enjoy Lee Goldberg's books about the character so much? Well, let's see. They're funny, they're well-written, they're carefully plotted, and they're poignant... As usual, Natalie Teeger's narration is just the right vehicle for the story, and Natalie has a few insights about herself that parallel Monk's breakthrough. You say you don't read tie-in novels? You should give the Monk books a try and find out what you've been missing."    —Bill Crider, www.billcrider.blogspot.com "Mr. Monk in Outer Space is another typically well-crafted effort from Lee Goldberg. The scenes flow seamlessly and quickly, the dialogue is always fun, and while some of the situations frankly stretch the limits of believability, there is some indefinable quality to Goldberg's writing that makes us believe it anyway. There may be some readers who will say that writing novels based on a television series is easier than conventional fiction, because the readers will already have a sense of the characters from having watched the program. But this reviewer is not a watcher of television, and has never seen a Monk program. Yet the characters still leap off the page as clearly defined people, some of them from real life, but more often than not clever caricatures."    —Gumshoe Review "While this is a light-hearted puzzle mystery, shadows are allowed to creep in. Goldberg knows what deserves prodding with a sharp stick, such as fans who take TV shows way too seriously, and what should be played straight, such as Monk's inability to empathize with people around him, even those he loves."    —Planet Peschel "You know you've landed in an alternate universe when you meet Mr. Snork, security chief of the starship Discovery, one of the many fans also dressed up like people on the show—the ones who wear elephant trunks being my favorite.    The only thing goofier than the fans is when Monk looks at them and says, "I don't associate with freaks like that," and then proceeds to do some riffing on the '60s to "prove" that they're all "high on LSD." A great scene.    This is probably my favorite MONK book..."    —Ed Gorman, Bookgasm