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Mr. Monk Gets Even

by Lee Goldberg

Series: Mr. Monk (15)

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Discovering that a recent string of accidental deaths and suicides are actually murders, Adrian Monk begins to doubt his detective skills when his chief suspect is killed, a situation that is complicated by his arch nemesis Dale the Whale's escape from prison.
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In this, the fifteenth Mr. Monk novel, Natalie is a successful, if not happy, cop in Summit, New Jersey. Julie is working as Monk's assistant. Monk's brother is getting married, and even Monk is seeing a woman and feeling almost happy. Then Monk's long-time nemesis Dale the Whale gets moved from prison to the hospital for gastric bypass surgery and manages a cunning escape. When Monk has trouble solving both Dale's escape and another murder case, he wonders if he is losing his edge. . . .

I didn't even realize that there were Monk tie-in novels until I saw this one on the library shelf. I picked it up because I missed Monk's world and hoped the book would take me back there. It did, and it didn't. The storyline was great -- as was to be expected, since Goldberg was a writer for the show. However, there was something lacking in the characters. The books are all apparently told from Natalie's point of view, which puts the reader (in my opinion) too much inside Natalie's head. I also had trouble warming to Monk, who was just as exacting, obsessive, and frankly irritating as the character in the show, but without Tony Shalhoub's self-deprecating charm to mitigate it. So, while I found this book moderately enjoyable for the storyline, I probably won't track down the rest of the series. ( )
  foggidawn | May 9, 2013 |
Lee Goldberg winds up his authorship of the "Monk" novels in a very satisfying fashion, although I think another writer is slated to continue them. He'll have a hard time topping this one, which begins with Natalie Teeger having success, if not excitement, as a cop in Summitt, New Jersey. Her daughter Julie has taken over her role in San Francisco as Monk's assistant. Monk has gone through a period of substantial growth and change, even to the point of entering into a relationship with a woman who sells upscale products made from poop. While not admitting to happiness, he is less miserable. This may not be a good thing, as he may have lost some of his mojo, struggling to solve a series of murders disguised as accidents, and to solve the escape of the corpulent Dale the Whale from his hospital room where he is recovering from massive liposuction. Lee Goldberg adroitly leads us through the disorder, and winds up the series (his part in it, anyway) in a very satisfying way for Mr. Monk, Natalie, and nearly all the supporting characters. There were actually a few passages near the conclusion that got me teary-eyed. ( )
  burnit99 | May 3, 2013 |
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Discovering that a recent string of accidental deaths and suicides are actually murders, Adrian Monk begins to doubt his detective skills when his chief suspect is killed, a situation that is complicated by his arch nemesis Dale the Whale's escape from prison.

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