Mr. Monk and The Two Assistants (The Monk Series)
by Lee Goldberg
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Author: Lee GoldbergEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
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Published: 2007-07-03
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: NAL Hardcover
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Summary: 4 Stars
Before Natalie, there was Sharona. Sharona left Monk's employ to move to New Jersey and remarry Trevor, a man previously known to be somewhat unreliable. Now, Sharona is back and Natalie is both worried that she's about to lose her job, and jealous of the high regard that Monk has for his former assistant. The reason for Sharona's return to San Francisco? Trevor is in jail for murder. He claims he is innocent of this crime. Natalie decides that in order to keep her job and thereby sending Sharona back to her husband, Monk must prove Trevor's innocence.
Lee Goldberg's fourth `Monk' novel is another wonderfully entertaining read. The spirit of the television show is, for the most part, nicely preserved. I did think on one or two occasions, however, that Monk's eccentricities were taken to extremes. For example, there's a scene where Monk visits an orthodontist. While waiting, he is impressed by a poster showing a picture of a perfect set of teeth. Monk likes this picture so much that he wants one for himself to hang in his living room. Would he really have done this? I would have thought he'd be more likely to recoil at the sight of another person's open mouth.
I was also a little disappointed at Sharona's lack of characterisation. Anyone who has not seen the television series would not have had much idea about what Sharona looks like, her manner of speech or her back-story aside from the fact that she nursed Monk through the trauma caused by his wife's violent death. On the other hand, this flaw could be explained by the fact that Natalie is the one telling the story. It's also probable, of course, that the vast majority of those reading this novel would be familiar with the television show anyway.
These niggles don't detract from the novel as a whole, though. The plotting is inventive and there's plenty of humour. Monk's trip to Los Angeles is particularly funny. If you've enjoyed the previous novels in this series, you'll enjoy this one. The novels don't have to be read in sequence although references are made to events in the first three, along with events in the television show.
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