Mr. Monk in Trouble

Mr. Monk in Trouble
1st edition 2009 hard cover
Author	Lee Goldberg
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Monk mystery novel series
Genre	Mystery novel
Publisher	Signet Books
Publication date	December 1, 2009
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Preceded by	Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop
Followed by	Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out

Mr. Monk in Trouble is the ninth novel based on the television series Monk.^[1] It was written by Lee Goldberg,^[2] and was published by Signet Books on December 1, 2009. Like the other Monk novels, the story is narrated by Natalie Teeger, the assistant of the title character, Adrian Monk.

Plot summary

Adrian Monk and Natalie Teeger arrive in Trouble, California, a small town known for an unsolved train robbery that happened there in 1962. In the 1840s, Trouble was also home to one of Monk's distant relatives, an assayer who possessed skills invaluable to the small town, and exhibited many of the same obsessive compulsive traits as Adrian. Monk discovers that these seemingly uncorrelated historical facts are connected to the murder of a museum security guard in Trouble who was a retired San Francisco police officer.^[3]

The Case of the Piss-Poor Gold

The novel featured a short story entitled The Case of the Piss-Poor Gold, which was published before the novel was released in the November 2009 issue of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine.^[4] In the story, Artemis Monk, an assayer in the California gold rush town of Trouble in the 1840s, goes from determining the value of rocks to solving a murder.

Characters

Characters from the television show

Adrian Monk, the titular detective, played on the series by Tony Shalhoub
Natalie Teeger, Monk's assistant and the narrator, played on the series by Traylor Howard
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer, Monk's police friend and ex-partner, played on the series by Ted Levine
Lieutenant Randy Disher, Stottlemeyer's right-hand man, played on the series by Jason Gray-Stanford
Julie Teeger, Natalie's daughter, played on the series by Emmy Clarke

Original characters

Present Day

Clarence Lenihan, a character in the prologue
Manny Feikema, an ex-SFPD cop and security guard at Trouble's history museum
Bob Gorman, an auto mechanic in Trouble and Manny's replacement
Chief Harley Kelton, Chief of Trouble's police and an ex-cop from Boston
Doris Thurlo, Trouble's historian
Ralph DeRosso, conductor and brakeman of the Golden Rail Express
Crystal DeRosso, Ralph DeRosso's daughter
Jake Slocum, one of two robbers hired by DeRosso to carry out the Golden Rail Express
George Gilman, Jake Slocum's partner
Gator Dunsen, a recently released ex-convict arrested by Manny
Detective Lydia Wilder of the Amador County police
Clifford Adams, the Golden Rail Express's boilerman
Edward "Ed" Randisi, the history museum's director
Leonard McElroy, the Golden Rail Express's engineer

19th century characters

Artemis Monk, Monk's 19th century ancestor. He was Trouble's assayer and also helped the sheriff solve crimes that took place in the town. Artemis is known to be responsible for the grid-style layout that comprises Trouble today.
Abigail Guthrie, Artemis Monk's assistant and Natalie's analogue.
Sheriff Wheeler, the Sheriff of Trouble, and Stottlemeyer's analogue. The physical similarities that the sheriff bears to Stottlemeyer are very predominant, right down to Abigail's description of the fact that he wears a thick mustache.
Deputy Parley Weaver, Sheriff Wheeler's right-hand man and Disher's analogue.
Hank Guthrie, Abigail's late husband, and an analogue to Natalie's late husband

References

↑ "Hardcovers: Fiction/Mystery & Suspense". Publishers Weekly. 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
↑ "California Bookwatch: The Mystery/Suspense Shelf". Midwest Book Review. February 2010. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
↑ "Monk In Trouble". Edward Gorman. 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2013-07-13.
↑ "The Case of the Piss-Poor Gold". Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. November 2009.

Monk

Season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Awards

Episodes	"Mr. Monk and the Candidate" (1.01) "Mr. Monk and the Airplane" (1.13) "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies" (2.11) "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan" (3.01) "Mr. Monk Gets Jury Duty" (4.16) "Mr. Monk and the Actor" (5.01) "Mr. Monk Gets a New Shrink" (5.07) "Mr. Monk and the Man Who Shot Santa Claus" (6.10) "Mr. Monk and the End" (8.15)

Characters	Adrian Monk Sharona Fleming Natalie Teeger Leland Stottlemeyer Randy Disher Trudy Monk

Creator	Andy Breckman

Other	Cast list Soundtrack "It's a Jungle Out There"

Monk novels

Novels	Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse (2006) Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii (2006) Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu (2007) Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants (2007) Mr. Monk in Outer Space (2007) Mr. Monk Goes to Germany (2008) Mr. Monk is Miserable (2008) Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop (2009) Mr. Monk in Trouble (2009) Mr. Monk is Cleaned Out (2010) Mr. Monk on the Road (2011) Mr. Monk on the Couch (2011) Mr. Monk on Patrol (2012) Mr. Monk is a Mess (2012) Mr. Monk Gets Even (2012) Mr. Monk Helps Himself (2013) Mr. Monk Gets on Board (2014) Mr. Monk Is Open For Business (2014)

Short Stories	The Case of the Piss-Poor Gold (2009) Mr. Monk and the Seventeen Steps (2010) Mr. Monk and the Sunday Paper (2011) Mr. Monk and the Open House (2011) Mr. Monk and the Talking Car (2012) Mr. Monk Sees the Light (2012)

Authors	Lee Goldberg Hy Conrad

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