Mr. Monk and the New Lieutenant

Welcome to the series of original mysteries starring Adrian Monk, the brilliant investigator who always knows when something’s out of place....

Monk and Natalie have finally settled into a new office routinebut the detectives soon have another problem to deal with: Captain Stottlemeyer’s new lieutenant, A. J. Thurmana man of limited skills whom Monk finds insufferable.

Despite Thurman’s presence, Monk and Natalie attend the funeral of Judge Oberlin, and it’s a good thing. In typical fashion, Monk examines the body in the casketand finds evidence of poison. The judge was murdered.

When Captain Stottlemeyer shows the same symptoms the judge had shown, Monk detects the work of a diabolical killer who wants both men dead. With his friend in danger and an enemy close, Monk will have to put his reservations aside to crack the case in time.

Hy Conrad was one of the original writers on the USA Network television seriesMonk and stayed with the series for all eight seasons, acting as coexecutive producer for the last two seasons and garnering three EdgarR Award nominations. In addition, Hy was head writer of the webisode seriesLittle Monk and served as consulting producer and writer on the USA seriesWhite Collar. He is the author of hundreds of short stories, dozens of interactive mysteries, and ten books of solvable whodunits, sold around the world in fourteen languages. Hy's new series,Amy's Travel Mysteries, will debut in February 2015, with the publication ofToured to Death.