When Adrian Monk and Natalie come home to San Francisco after working as cops in New Jersey, Natalie discovers somebody has been sleeping in her bed, but this Goldilocks is not asleep--she's dead!

Adrian Monk has journeyed into the realm of the cult science fiction show Beyond Earth, where he meets fans just as obsessive-compulsive as he is. Monk is at their convention because there may be a killer lurking in the Beyond Earth community. Someone in a starship uniform has very publicly gunned down the show's legendary creator, Conrad Stipe. Could a fan be that furious at him for selling out to an exploitative Hollywood producer? Or was there...

Ever since a 1962 unsolved train robbery made it famous, people have made their way to the little town of Trouble in California's gold country. Some people come to see the Gold Rush Museum. But most come searching for the booty that the train robbers supposedly dumped off the Golden Rail Express in the botched heist. When the museum watchman a retired SFPD cop, is murdered, Monk and his assistant Natalie are sent to investigate

Captain Leland Stottlemayer is faced with budget cuts and trims Monk's services as an expense. Though he insists it's nothing personal, when Monk's offers to help for no charge are declined, he and Natalie suspect otherwise. But Monk is too compulsive to stop investigating. So when Stottlemayer is arrested for the killing of another cop with overwhelming evidence against him, he must turn to the only detective who can prove his innocence.

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

"Of all the things that make Adrian Monk uneasy, change ranks high on the list. So when Natalie completes her P.I. license--and technically becomes Monk's boss--it's not easy for him to accept. Nor can he accept Natalie attending a business seminar at sea without him, even if it means spending a week with her on a cruise ship. Between choppy waters and obnoxious kids, Monk finds himself in a perfect storm of anxiety. Luckily, Mariah, the cruise director,...

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.

"Adrian Monk is feeling strangely...satisfied. His job is secure, and his wife's murder has finally been solved. He'd like his agoraphobic brother, Ambrose, to be able to feel the same way--and sees his brother's birthday as a chance to make it happen. So Monk puts a secret ingredient in Ambrose's birthday cake: sleeping pills. When he wakes up, they're in a motor home on the open road. Monk is determined to show his brother the outside world. But...

Monk has more trouble than ever after Dr. Kroger unexpectedly dies. He decides to buy a house. Unfortunately, some creepy people want to get their greedy hands on whatever is hidden in that house, even if they have to destroy the house to do it. He has to deal with a murdered homeless man; miraculous fountains; lottery murders; a stolen bike at a biotech lab; submarine 'suicides;' exploding grills; protecting a boxer; the impossible murder of Monk's...