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 7. Mr. Monk is Miserable 8. Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop 9. Mr. Monk in Trouble 10. Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out MR. MONK GOES TO GERMANY drian Monk is actually doing well lately. He's solving murders as fast as they come, and he's been noticeably less compulsive—he doesn't count his morning Wheat Chex until they're in the bowl. Progress is progress, and Monk knows he owes it all to his therapist, Dr. Kroger. So when Dr. Kroger attends a conference in Germany, Monk ends up in trouble. He can't tie his shoes, forgets how to swallow, and loses track of his blinking. Desperate to regain his footing, Monk follows his shrink to Germany. And that's where Monk sees the man across a crowded town square. The man he's never stopped searching for. The man with six fingers. The man responsible for his wife's death. Or did Monk imagine crossing paths with him? Now, in a foreign land full of... foreigners, Monk must deal with his multitude of phobias and contend with an especially unfriendly polizei department in order to find the six-fingered man. He must also confront someone who thinks Monk may have just gone officially insane—his own psychiatrist. ORDER THE BOOK from Amazon. HIGH PRAISE "The sixth novel based on the popular Monk TV series created by Andy Breckman effectively meets the challenges of translating the screen concept to the page...conveying both the sleuth's quirks and his genius."    —Publishers Weekly "I enjoy the TV show Monk, it's not too heavy and it has real mysteries being solved. It's just funny enough without over doing it. And while I love "Heavier" shows like the Shield and The Wire, Monk is a real nice way for me to unwind. Reading novelizations of television shows is an interesting experience. Not all are done well, but the ones that are really add to the depth of the characters and the enjoyment of the show. Among the authors who do "Tie in Novels", Lee Goldberg is among the best. Every nuance of the show is in the book, and because there are no constraints of having to film it the medium allows for an expansion of the stories. In MR. MONK GOES TO GERMANY Monk's Doctor is going away for a conference and a much needed break. Monk of course can't take it and before two days go by he's on a plane to Germany to keep his scheduled appointments with his doctor. And because this is Monk he soon becomes involved in a murder case. However, this murder may lead to the man who killed his wife. Goldberg has such an incredible way with words, the story flows so smoothly it's effortless to read, it's almost as if it was being read to me. And the plot has some wonderful twists and turns and is a perfect classic mystery. Whether you watch the show or not, you should really be reading these books."    —Jon Jordan, Crimespree Magazine "There is only one person in the world who would summon the police to report the theft of a missing sock. A left sock at that. That person would be the one and only Adrian Monk and the event would of course be reported by his winsome assistant Natalie. For me the only thing more fun than watching Monk is reading the adventures Lee Goldberg creates for him. The books set a high standard from the git-go and MR. MONK GOES TO GERMANY is my favorite so far. An eleven fingered man? Monk's shrink having to miss appointments so he can fly to Germany for long-planned conference? Monk and Natalie hopping a plane and flying to Germany so Monk can keep his shrink appointments? And the eleven fingered man keeping company with Monk's very own shrink, the same eleven fingered man who may well have murdered Monk's wife? As usual Mr. Goldberg not only keeps the story rolling, he also gives us a plenty of smiles and out-loud laughs along the way. This time he gives a sense of a foreign milieu as well, some very sly travel commentary from time to time. The Monk books take a series that is one of the best on TV and makes it even better. No small accomplishment. I can't wait for the next one."    —Ed Gorman, Bookgasm "Monk, the main character of one of the best known TV detective series in the world, comes to Lohr, Germany. Never before has a novel taken place in this little town in the Spessart. Those who know Lohr will smile about the details they recognize and those who don't won't need to buy a guide book. Goldberg's eye for detail is comprehensive, he doesn't miss anything."    — Monika Buedel, The Lohrer-Echo Newspaper, Lohr Germany "...the novels are as deliciously good as the show. There are six novels published so far, all by Lee Goldberg (who also wrote several novels based on the series Diagnosis: Murder), and all do an excellent job of capturing the quirky-yet-endearing nature of the world's most obsessive-compulsive detective. With his constant odd demands, he drives both his assistant (Natalie) and the head of the San Francisco police homicide division (Captain Stottlemeyer) to distraction. The real entertainment here is in th e characters, so if you like your mysteries plot-driven and hard-boiled, you'll have to look elsewhere. If you're looking for fast reads with hefty doses of humor, you won't be disappointed."    — Linda, New Haven Library "If you are new to the Monk series, you will still enjoy this book, but it will make far more sense to those who are familiar with Monk's past. MR. MONK GOES TO GERMANY is one of the best Monk novels to go to print. I laughed hysterically at times and felt truly sorry for all Monk went through at others. The novel gets hold of your emotions and takes you on the ride of a lifetime. Once again, Lee Goldberg does such an incredible job with everyone from the show and creates a novel that makes you feel as though you're watching it on television. I can't wait to see what's in store for Monk in the next novel."    — Tracy Farnsworth, Roundtable Reviews "While Lohr is a fairy tale city, to Monk it is hell. It's all crooked and wrong. Nature is everywhere. The houses were built centuries ago of wood and clay. In short: disorder and bacteria everywhere.[...] Goldberg's well-plotted book maintains the level set by the previous volumes in the series. The books shorten the the time for fans between new episodes but they are also good fun on their own as private detective novels. Even if Monk's behavior is strange, he's in the tradition of great literary detectives from Sherlock Holmes all the way to Hercule Poirot. In addition to the mysteries and the jokes, Goldberg also always explores serious themes, such as responsibility and belonging."    —Axel Bussmer, Kriminalakte (Criminal Acts) (read the review in German here) "In the Spessart town of Lohr, Monk feels he's "on the road to hell"—nothing is straight and symmetrical.There are crooked, half-timbered houses and cobblestone streets. Nevertheless the investigator of the eponymous TV series, well known in Germany, is soon in his element again when there is a double-murder. This time Lee Goldberg adds to his proven Monk recipe with some German local color from an American perspective."    —Sylvia Vogt, Associated Press (Germany) (read the review in German here) "Goldberg paints a perfect written picture of MONK. It is as if you are there with MONK, Natalie, and in this case Dr. Kroger. I do love, yep I am a true fan, and Mr. Goldberg does not let me down! He is MONK perfect! [..] If you like MONK, you'll love MR. MONK GOES TO GERMANY. It is well written, easy to read, and a great escape. Lee Goldberg has written another wonderful novel."    — Cynthia Lea Clark, Futures Magazine (read the full review here) (Four stars out of five) "In this sixth installment in Lee Goldberg's series of TV tie-ins, Adrian Monk and his assistant Natalie Teeger travel to Lohr, Germany (home of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) in pursuit of Monk's vacationing psychiatrist, Dr. Kroger. Naturally, while they're stalking Kroger, Monk and Natalie encounter a corpse or two, as well as the German equivalents of Captain Stottlemeyer and Lieutenant Disher. Monk also has a run-in with someone potentially more significant, the man who, Monk suspects, was responsible for his wife Trudy's death—the one murder he's never been able to solve. Mr. Monk Goes to Germany is an unusually appealing addition to Goldberg's delightful series. In part this is because it advances the story of Monk's hunt for Trudy's killer. Mostly, though, it's because it's riddled with politically incorrect humor about people with physical abnormalities—the web-footed and six-fingered and fur-covered among us. For Monk, the trouble starts at home, when a one-legged man moves in upstairs. The poor man's suffering—he was compelled in the wild to saw off his own leg and eat it—is as nothing compared to Monk's horror at the man's asymmetry and the disquieting propinquity of a cannibal.... Great stuff. I'm very much looking forward to the next Mr. Monk novel."    —Debra Hamel, Book-Blog.com (read the full review here)