Facing a fear of starting over with a new therapist, Adrian struggles with his phobias while finding new friends and trying to get back on the force.

Marci Maven is accused of negligent homicide because her neighbor claims that her dog killed his wife. But she claims her dog died a few days ago. So she turns
to Monk whom she's obsessed with for help. When he refuses to see her, she buys him at a bachelor auction. When Monk tells her what happened and when he looks a things he discovers a few anomalies.

A TV producer has gotten the idea of developing a movie based off of the events of Monk's capture of Steve Wagner in "Mr. Monk and the Astronaut."
They have hired renowned actor David Ruskin to play Monk. However, to get into the role of Monk, Ruskin shadows his character for a couple of days as Monk investigates the linked homicides of a young woman killed in her apartment and a pawnshop owner shot dead during a robbery. However, things get bad when Ruskin gets a little too into the role of Monk.

Monk has stiff competition solving the case of a murdered jewelry store owner from a second-rate PI with a loser reputation who suddenly displays skills even more amazing than Monk's.by:

Monk and his friends arrive in New York to locate the man whom they were told has information about Trudy's murder. When they arrive at the hotel, the Latvian ambassador who is also staying there is killed. Monk saw the killer but only his ear. So he tries to help the NYPD solve the case hoping they will help them find the man. When Monk goes downtown, he gets lost and gets swept up in all the chaos. In the meantime, Stottelmeyer learns the NYPD knows where the man is and is not letting them see him. Written by

Monk must reconcile reality with his fan-boy feelings toward an actress who starred as a child in a Brady Bunch-style sitcom in his youth after an attempt on her life.

Former police detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub), whose photographic memory and amazing ability to piece together tiny clues made him a local legend, has suffered from intensified obsessive-compulsive disorder and a variety of phobias since the unsolved murder of his wife, Trudy, in 1997. Now on psychiatric leave from the San Francisco Police Department and working as a freelance detective/ consultant on difficult cases, Monk hopes to convince his former boss, Captain Leland Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine), to allow him to return to the force. Stottlemeyer, who wavered between admiration for Monk and annoyance at his eccentricities during the first season, is becoming more of a friend to Monk as the series develops, frequently calling him in to help, as much for Monk's benefit as for his own. However, he knows Monk's limitations as well as his strengths and may still harbor doubts about the wisdom of allowing Monk to carry a gun or subdue a perpetrator. Stottlemeyer's second-in-command, Lieutenant Randall Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford), also seems to be developing both admiration and compassion for the man he once labeled "the defective detective."
Despite flaws and inadequacies all around, the three are becoming an increasingly effective team, with additional help from Monk's personal assistant. From the double-episode pilot through the first half of season three, Monk was aided by his nurse, Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram). But in the tenth episode of the third season, Sharona was replaced by a new assistant, Natalie Teeger (Traylor Howard). Like Sharona, a divorcee with a son named Benjy, Natalie is a single parent, a widow with a daughter named Julie (Emmy Clarke). Unlike Sharona, Natalie is not a nurse but a former bartender with a fresh perspective on "Mr. Monk," as she still addresses her new boss.

He’s ingenious, he’s phobic, and he’s obsessive-compulsive. Adrian Monk’s offbeat antics have made him unfit for duty but he’s back as a San Francisco police consultant to help out on their most baffling cases. The brilliant but neurotic Monk is now fighting crime as well as his abnormal fears of germs, heights, crowds and virtually everything else known to man.

该书是美国硬汉派侦探小说家钱德勒的短篇小说集。书中所收录的八个短篇作品曾发表于美国通俗小说杂志Pulps上，充分展示了作者丰富的想象力和在小说形式、结构方面非凡的驾驭能力。另外，书中另有一篇作者的论述文章，对侦探小说和文学作品的联系和区别、侦探小说的特征、侦探小说史上知名作者作品均有精妙见解。

马洛以450美元的代价，受聘于一名律师，到火车站跟踪一名年轻女性，任务很简单：别跟丢人，只须查明下榻旅馆即可。
然而马洛立刻发现事实绝不是这样，他决定买一张前往圣地亚哥的车票，追踪下去……
一九五八年最后的长篇，马洛的谢幕之作。

《漫长的告别》是雷蒙德·钱德勒最重要的一本小说，它是钱德勒风格的集大成者。这部作品发表于1953年，是作者的第六部长篇，荣获了“爱伦·坡奖”年度最佳小说。
一个优雅有礼的酒鬼和一个贫穷高贵的私家侦探相遇，会发生怎样一种诚挚而悲伤的友谊？伦诺克斯酒醉后被马洛送回，他稍后寄來一张五千美元的巨钞做为感谢和告別，然而，一连串谋杀，却使这个告別绵绵不绝……

马洛受雇于堪萨斯州来的小妹妹奎斯特小姐，寻找她失踪的哥哥奥林。
根据小妹妹提供的地址，马洛开始调查。令人胆寒的是，马洛走到哪里，哪就有被碎冰锥扎死的人等着了。
好不容易查到奥林受雇于斯蒂尔格瑞夫医生。但毫不例外的是，医生马上就被人谋害了。最后奥林终于现身时，又死在了马洛的眼皮底下。
谁是这出戏的导演呢？小妹妹吗？聪明的马洛或许知道。

香水商金斯利一向招蜂引蝶的漂亮太太走了，她捎来一封要求离婚的电报，马洛受命追查。
在香水商位于小鹿湖边的渡假小屋，马罗却意外发现：小屋跛脚管理员的金发老婆，竟然深埋在湖中……

一枚珍稀金币不见了，马洛被失主默多克太太请来寻回金兵。默多克太太一开始就把矛头指向自己的儿媳妇。但默多克太太的儿子却摸到马洛的办公室，先是试探马洛知道多少，然后恐吓马洛，希望他赶紧罢手。
马洛当然没有罢手，结果出来了两枚金币、三具尸体——只要马洛见过一个关键证人，这个人立刻就被人干掉。
本书与《长眠不醒》一样，有著名翻译家傅惟慈执笔，译本已经有相当的知名度。译者将雷蒙德•钱德勒的小说传神地转化为中文，字里行间读者都可以感受到菲利普•马洛玩世不恭的性格，以及他“在黑暗的世界中做最高贵的人”的品德。

马洛在猝不及防间被一只巨手抓到一个黑人娱乐中心，随后，巨手的主人从容离去，留下一具被拧断脖子的尸体。是否真如警方所言，这只是一起普通的黑人谋杀案？ 一张女孩的照片为何被人藏着掖着？价值八万元的珠宝为何能以八千元赎回？事情变得扑朔迷离起来。

一个古怪的父亲，一对儿古怪的姐妹。菲利普•马洛第一次登场，面对的就是这样一个家庭。老迈而富有的将军请马洛去寻找他的女婿，他的两个女儿却一直阻止马洛采取进一步行动，花痴一样的妹妹甚至头头爬到马洛的床上。诱惑力十足的姐姐则送上双唇。
只认识钱的混混儿、最有情意的流氓、租售淫秽书籍的同性恋……马洛本来只是找一个不见的人，结果确见了这么多人。他要一个一个和他们打交道，用他利如刀锋的语言和拳头、手枪。
这是雷蒙德•钱德勒第一部长篇小说，他把迈克尔•凯恩开创的黑色小说和达谢尔•哈米特开创的硬汉小说结合在了一起，从此将自己的名字铸在侦探小说的门楣上，并铺下了通往今日的苏•格拉夫顿、以及CSI等犯罪电视之路的第一块砖。

《杀人排行榜》讲述了：约翰•凯勒是人人最爱的杀手，是一种新类型的英雄。他冷静、可靠，是杀手中的杀手。碍事的妻子、老去的运动球星、生意合伙人、有庞大遗产的退休人士，他全都可以解决掉，安静又有效率。尽管凯勒是个务实的顶尖杀手，但他不时会感到疑惑与寂寞。尽管他有一位爱说笑的经纪人，还有那批宝贝的邮票收藏，但现在，这些好像不够了。
或许是收手去沙漠里找个小房子的时候了。唯一的问题是，要有钱才能退休。而为了要得到钱，他就得去干活儿……

《八百万种死法》里的八百万其实是指纽约市里八百万市民。作者在书中经常写出各种离奇古怪的死法———只是在家里看电视却会无辜被炸死、跟相邻几十年的邻居会因一只新宠物而争执动武死亡。“八百万种死法”的意思是每一个人都有他们死的方法———没有人可以逃避，尤其是在纽约这个光怪陆离的罪恶城市。
一个优雅的皮条客，昌斯，手下有六个姑娘，她们风采各异，有的能写诗，有的熟知报告文学。美丽而天真的金?达科嫩不过是其中之一。她想脱离应召女郎的生涯，找到马修寻求保护，让他跟昌斯说。马修收了金攒的私房钱但没有保住金的命。金被人捣得面目全非，死在公寓中。连金的一些朋友也一个接一个死掉。其中一个姑娘在遗书中写道：“无人愿意为我一掷千金。无人愿意与我共结连理。无人愿意救我一命。我已倦于微笑。我已疲于奔命。美好时光已成过去。”
尽管肯·德金警官说：“妓女自杀，见怪不怪。”马修还是决定为这些逃回公道。尽管受到警告，但他一心一意要追查到底。