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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780451224354
ISBN number: 0451224353
Label: Signet
Manufacturer: Signet
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Page Count: 304
Printing Date: June 03, 2008
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First time in Paperback
Based on the hit USA Network series— from Edgar® Award-nominated Monk screenwriter Lee Goldberg
Monk journeys into the realm of the cult science fiction show Beyond Earth—where he meets fans just as obsessive-compulsive as he is. Though he’s not preoccupied with the program himself, Monk can understand where they’re coming from. But there may be a killer among them: someone in a starship uniform has gunned down the show’s creator
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If you love Monk on TV, you will love these books. They follow the series exactly. Good reads. Mr. Monk in Outer space is the fifth title in this series. Two more are coming soon.
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Mr. Monk is an obsessive-compulsive - and also a great detective who consults for the San Francisco Police Department. They only call him in for the really tough cases, like the murder of Conrad Lorber, CEO of fast-food giant Burgerville. And then the murder of Conrad Stipe, creator of the cult television hit Beyond Earth. But the corpses don't stop piling up there. Mr. Monk's incredible skill is needed!
The story is told by Natalie, Adrian Monk's long suffering assistant. A single mother with a 12 year old daughter, Monk seems to be Natalie's second parental responsibility.
Monk has enough quirks, neuroses and phobias to get his own chapter, if not volume, in the DSM. But his unique skills are needed to solve all these murders which have an oddness of their own. Lorber, for example . . . well, I don't want spoil it for you. So I won't tell you much about Conrad Stipe's murderer except that he has an odd nose and ears.
Though Monk can't make it through a revolving door, won't go to odd-numbered floors, counts the parking meters on streets, is afraid of elevators and so much more, his powers of deduction are so great, that solving the most baffling of murders is child's play for him.
But this time, he needs not only Natalie's help, but that of his brother as well. Ambrose Monk is an agoraphobic (panic disorder in today's lexicon) who hasn't left his house in years. But Ambrose is a successful writer of all manner of things like installation manuals. He is also the author of the authoritative history of Beyond Earth and understands Drach, the entirely made up language of one of Beyond Earth's characters. (If you get the impression that Beyond Earth is a send up of Star Trek, you're absolutely right - and it is very funny.)
Adrian Monk, for once, has to acknowledge his brother's worth, which is mildly heartwarming.
All in all, Mr. Monk solves a bunch of murders in his inimitable way and everyone lives neurotically forever after.
Lee Goldberg has turned out another very humorous installment of the Mr. Monk saga.
Jerry
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Although I've been watching the tv series of Mr Monk for several seasons, I only found out about the novels 2 weeks ago at my local library. I borrowed one and then hoarded the subsequent three before anyone else got them. I was surprised how well written they were and how many crimes there were. Most normal crime novels devote their entire length to solving a single crime. In Lee Goldberg's Mr Monk, Monk hilariously solves anything from five to a dozen! Written from the very first person aspect of Natalie Teager, the very first four novella were, in some ways, actually more fun than the tv series. You cant see the actual compulsions so excellently and accurately portrayed on tv, but as there are no hourly time limits, Goldberg is free to include more shenanagans and raise Natalie's and Stottlemeyer's blood pressure just that little bit more!
Which leads me to book five- Mr Monk in Outer Space.
Obviously, Mr Monk isnt really in Outer Space per se. He'd have a coronary just thinking about it (although if he actually got there, he'd probably love the peace and quiet imho). But the crime committed happens just outside a scifi convention of Beyond Earth, a 1970's sci fi tv show.
This fifth novel was brilliant in some ways, but a little disappointing in others. I never like it when I solve the crime way in the beginning. It's like in Mr Monk and the Two Assistants, and he reads the mystery books and solves them after reading the very first few pages. I also thought it was a bit unusual for Mr Monk to actually have to plan to draw the killer out at the end. That seemed a bit out of character.
Still, there's enough fun for the whole family, so to speak, and I am now about to dive into the sixth installment, Mr Monk Goes to Germany.
So overall, not the best of the series, but if this is a "bad one", then that says volumes about the quality of the others.
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221. I've not read any other Mr. Monk books.
222. I've not seen a single episode from the television series.
223. I did find Mr. Monk in Outer Space, by Lee Goldberg, witty and, very first and foremost, a mystery novel.
In Mr. Monk in Outer Space, "murders" at the headquarters of Burgerville (i.e., Burger King) and at the sci-fi convention for Beyond Earth (i.e., Star Trek), take Mr. Monk and his assistant, Natalie, to adventures involving revolving doors, four-breasted alien females, coffee stains, and animal heads.
The diatribe between Mr. Monk and... everyone else... is always interesting. When Monk's brother gets involved, Mr. Monk finds someone to pity.
I will look for another book in the series, and an opportunity to watch two or four episodes!
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Just like the other Monk books, this one had me laughing out loud and making everyone around me jealous.
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