**Obsessive. Compulsive. Detective.**
*An all-new original mystery starring Adrian Monk, the brilliant investigator who always knows when something's out of place....*

No one likes to come home to a mess--least of all Monk and Natalie. But when they return briefly to San Francisco from an extended stay working as cops in New Jersey, Natalie discovers somebody has been sleeping in her bed. But this Goldilocks is not asleep. She's dead.

If that's not bad enough, investigators find marked money from a Federal sting operation stuffed under Natalie's mattress. Now her life is a real mess and she needs Monk's help to clean it up.

But Monk has problems of his own. His brother Ambrose is desperate to find Yuki, his missing lover, but his agoraphobia prevents him from leaving the house. Ambrose needs a man on the outside--and that man is Monk, who is torn, because he's glad to see her go.

As the two investigations begin, and the body count rises, it quickly becomes clear to Monk that Yuki has a dangerous past...and that they are pursuing a ruthless, cold-blooded killer that nobody would ever want to mess with...

**PRAISE FOR LEE GOLDBERG'S *MONK* NOVELS**

""No one else could capture these characters and bring them to life on the page the way Lee Goldberg does!"-- **King's River Life Magazine**

"Goldberg makes Adrian Monk much more interesting than the TV version:�the twitches are less obvious, the outcomes much less predictable. Even (or especially) the secondary characters are more interesting and have sharper dialogue."--***Chicago Tribune***

""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 get-go." ***Crimespree Magazine***

"Full of snippets of slapstick humor and Monk's special talents for observation," ***Library Journal***

"This latest hilariously funny and devilishly clever  novel about TV's obsessive-compulsive sleuth Adrian Monk is an impossible crime lover's delight! Very funny and inventively plotted," ***Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine***

"Throughout the Mr. Monk series author Lee Goldberg has always kept a firm grasp on exactly who his characters are, and he is able to expertly play them against one another to the best dramatic and comic advantage," ***The Gumshoe Review***

"You'd be hard-pressed to find another recent work that provides so many hip and humorous moments."*** Bookgasm***

### Review

*"It's very funny, and it marks another step in the changes that have been occurring as the series progresses."* **Bill Crider, author of "Outrage at Blanco"**

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*"As always Lee does a great job of bringing these familiar characters to life and providing the reader with a fun mystery filled with twists and turns. I have to admit I didn't see the ending coming."* **Kings River Life Magazine**

### About the Author

Lee Goldberg has written episodes for the Monk television series, as well as many other programs. He is a two-time Edgar Award nominee and is also the author of the acclaimed *Diagnosis Murder* novels, based on the TV series for which he was a writer and executive producer. His many other novels include *King City, Watch Me Die, McGrave, *and *The Dead Man: Face of Evil.* ( )