Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse (original) (raw)

Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse (2006) is a mystery novel by Lee Goldberg, based on the popular TV series Monk. In the novel, Adrian Monk temporarily moves in with his assistant, Natalie Teeger, while his home is being fumigated. Following this, her teenage daughter Julie "hires" him to investigate the death of Sparky, a popular firehouse guard dog who was struck with an axe on the same night that a house inferno was occupying its owners. This was the first published Monk novel. A plot point from the novel was reused in the TV episode "Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing".