Adrian Monk novels

The death of a dog at the local firehouse--on the same night as a fatal house fire--has led Monk into a puzzling mystery. And much to his horror, he's going to have to dig through a lot of dirt to find the answer.

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.

Ever since a 1962 unsolved train robbery made it famous, the 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 search 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 assistent, Natalie, are sent to investigate.--From publisher's...

Determined to show his agoraphobic brother, Ambrose, the outside world, Adrian Monk drugs him with sleeping pills and hits the road in a motor home only to become enmeshed in a murder investigation along the highway.

Monk and Natalie arrive in Summit, New Jersey when new police chief and acting mayor, their old friend Randy Disher summons him to help solve a wave of residential robberies.