Mr. Monk on the Road

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Mr. Monk on the Road
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1st edition 2011 hard cover
Author Lee Goldberg
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Monk mystery novel series
Genre Mystery novel
PublishedJanuary 4, 2011 Signet Books
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Preceded by Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out  
Followed by Mr. Monk on the Couch  

Mr. Monk on the Road is the eleventh novel written by Lee Goldberg to be based on the television series Monk . [1] It was published on January 4, 2011. Like the other Monk novels, the story is narrated by Natalie Teeger, Monk's assistant.

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Plot summary

Feeling balanced after solving the murder of his wife Trudy, Adrian Monk and his assistant, Natalie Teeger, are called by Captain Stottlemeyer to the home of Nelson Derrick, an author who has apparently just committed suicide out of guilt over constantly ripping off his best novel. The meeting is so Monk can meet Lieutenant Randy Disher’s replacement, Amy Devlin, a former undercover vice officer. Upon investigating the scene, however, Monk reveals that Derrick’s agent, David Hale, killed him and staged the scene, using a fishing line to lock the chain on the front door after he left.

The next day, Monk and Natalie go to visit Monk’s agoraphobic brother, Ambrose, for breakfast, and discuss Ambrose’s upcoming birthday. On the way home, Monk and Natalie are detoured to the home of a recovering cancer patient, who died of salmonella after eating a tainted box of her (and Ambrose’s) favorite cereal. However, Monk, having learned much about the cereal from his brother, realizes the box was purchased after the recall and thus was clean, and soon proves the woman’s brother emptied the box and refilled it with contaminated cereal to murder his sister and sell her house to pay off his debts. After solving the case, Monk finally decides on his brother’s birthday present; a road trip in a motor home.

With the help of Natalie, Julie, and Molly, Ambrose's birthday cake is drugged with sleeping pills and Ambrose is dragged into the motor home. When Ambrose wakes up, he finds himself on the open road with Adrian determined to show him the outside world. However, Ambrose is angry at being duped.

The first stop is the Mystery Spot, which goes badly as Monk reveals the trick behind the Spot and ruins it for everyone else. He and Natalie try to flee, but find Ambrose called the police on them. However, when the officers recognize Monk, they summon him to a crime scene in Santa Cruz, where a young woman appears to have accidentally drowned. Monk soon discovers it was murder, but Natalie refuses to let him investigate and ruin the trip for Ambrose. Upon stopping for the night, they meet several eclectic people, including a reporter named Dub Clemens who is determined to find a killer before he dies of lung cancer, [2] and his tattooed assistant Yuki.

Mr. Monk and the Seventeen Steps

Mr. Monk and the Seventeen Steps is an excerpt from Mr. Monk on the Road that was published in the December 2010 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine before the release of the book. [3] In the story, Monk is called upon to investigate an apparent suicide, and is disturbed by the fact that the walkway to the deceased's home has an odd number of steps.

List of characters

Characters from the television series

Original characters

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References

  1. ↑ "California Bookwatch: The Mystery/Suspense Shelf". Midwest Book Review. March 2011. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
  2. ↑ "Mr. Monk On the Road by Lee Goldberg". Edward Gorman. 2010-07-26. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
  3. ↑ "Mr. Monk and the Seventeen Steps". Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine . December 2010.
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