Mr. Monk is miserable

Format:

Book

Title:

Mr. Monk is miserable

Other title(s):

Mister Monk is miserable

Author:

Goldberg, Lee, 1962- author.

ISBN:

9780451225153

9780451227331

Publication:

New York : Penguin Group, 2008.

Physical Description:

viii, 277 pages ; 22 cm.

Series title(s):

Monk series (New York, N.Y.)

General Note:

"Based on the USA Network television series created by Andy Breckman."

"An Obsidian mystery."

"Published by New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc."--Title page verso.

"First printing, December 2008."--Title page verso.

"Based on teh USA network television series created by Andy Breckman"--Cover.

Illustrated wrapper; front cover features image of Tony Shalhoub.

Summary:

On a trip to France, Monk takes a tour through the historic underground world of the Parisian sewers and encounters a catacomb filled with ancient human remains--and one much more recent skull.

Personal Subject:

Shalhoub, Tony, 1953--Pictorial works.

Subject(s):

Monk, Adrian (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.

Catacombs -- France -- Paris -- Fiction.

Eccentrics and eccentricities -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- France -- Paris -- Fiction.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder -- Fiction.

Private investigators -- California -- San Francisco -- Fiction.

Paris (France) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

Paris (France) -- Fiction.

France -- Paris

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction

Fiction

Mystery fiction.

Radio and television novels.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Fiction.

Mystery and detective fiction -- France -- Paris.

Added Author:

Breckman, Andy

Goldberg, Lee, 1962- Monk series.

Added Corporate Author:

Penguin Group,

Added Uniform Title:

Monk (Television program)

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More compulsive, page-turning fun in this all-new, original mystery starring the popular TV detective.

Monk already ruined a trip to Germany for his longsuffering assistant Natalie. The least he can do is accompany her on a detour to France—and try not to ruin that too. In fact, Monk throws Natalie for a loop by announcing that he wants to visit the sewers of Paris. The historic underground maze of pipes and tunnels is famous for making the City of Light sanitary, and to Monk, that’s worth paying tribute to.

The only problem is that their explorations lead them to another hidden world below the Parisian streets: the catacombs, filled with aging skulls and bones. Monk’s sharp eye catches sight of one skull that’s not so old—and that shows evidence of murder—pulling them into a case more twisted than the catacombs themselves.

Author Notes

Lee Goldberg is a screenwriter, TV producer, and the author of several books including King City, The Walk, the Monk series, and the Fox and O'Hare series written with Janet Evanovich. He was the 2012 recipient of the Poirot Award from Malice Domestic.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Goldberg's seventh novel based on the popular cable TV series fails to capture the spirit of actor Tony Shalhoub's portrayal of Adrian Monk, the brilliant obsessive-compulsive former SFPD detective traumatized by his wife's unsolved murder. To be fair, so much of the show's humor derives from visual gags that translating the character's fastidiousness and quirkiness into print would be a challenge for any writer. After a trip to Germany to track down his shrink, detailed in Mr. Monk Goes to Germany (2008), Monk takes a detour to Paris at the instigation of his long-suffering assistant, Natalie Teeger. Like Jessica Fletcher of Murder, She Wrote, Monk can hardly go a day without stumbling over a corpse. En route, he solves the in-flight murder of a fellow airline passenger. Once in Paris, Monk visits a sewer museum, where he notices a fresh skull amid a pile of centuries-old bones. This one's likely to divert only die-hard fans of the TV show. (Dec.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Library Journal Review

Traveling with Adrian Monk is not easy, given his many phobias and needs. When he and Natalie, his long-suffering assistant, leave Bern, where he followed his therapist because he could not do without his advice, they go to Paris for a vacation. Insisting on visiting the city's sewers, Monk finds a bone that appears to be younger than the other bones in the catacombs. Full of snippets of slapstick humor and Monk's special talents for observation, this will appeal to fans of the USA TV show. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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