Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii

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• The Best Reviews: Lee Goldberg, Mr. Monk Goes to Hawaii

  "based on TV show" Mr. Adrian Monk lost his job as a homicide detective because his obsessive compulsive behavior interfered with his performance though somehow he always caught the criminal and SFPD has kept him on the books as a consultant. His idi ... (read full critics)

  thebestreviews published on Thu, 16 Sep 2010

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  addictive

  of course it is not high literature, but still very pleasant, nice, enjoyable, rich of fine humour. And Monk, he's so cute. The series is addictive, the only thing that troubles me is that it's not so easy to find them

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  Adriana said on Nov 11, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  Monk Kicks Psychic Ass

  This is the second installment of novel adaptions of the TV series, Monk. I enjoyed this one even more than the first title, Mr Monk. Goes To The Firehouse.

  Monk on holiday is hilarious and how he manages to travel on a plane is worth the cover price alone. But what truly gave this title t ... (continue)

  This is the second installment of novel adaptions of the TV series, Monk. I enjoyed this one even more than the first title, Mr Monk. Goes To The Firehouse.

  Monk on holiday is hilarious and how he manages to travel on a plane is worth the cover price alone. But what truly gave this title the edge for me was the fact that Monk comes up against a character very much like the psychic John Edwards and his TV show, Crossing Over. The way Monk exposes the fraud of psychics is very clever: Lee Goldberg must have consulted with professional magicians to get the inside story of how these frauds dupe their audiences. For any sceptics out there, this book is worthy of an honourable mention in the battle against obscurantism and flim-flam. Well done Mr. Goldberg.

  Generally, the story is engaging and clever, Mr. Monk fascinating, and the humour up to the standard set in the first title of the Mr. Monk series. The backstory of Monk's personal life and the murder of his wife is again tantalizingly fleshed out, and we learn some intimate details of Monk's life and wife.

  Great pulp entertainment, and very educational for sceptics of psychics and spiritualism, too. I found the techniques used to set up television audiences of shows like Crossing Over to be particularly fascinating, easily up to the rational sleuthing of a Joe Nickel or a Skeptical Enquirer exposé.

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  Ramnagel said on Jun 7, 2010 | Add your feedback

• Mr. Monk is a lovely, endearing and fascinating character, as much as he is unnerving.

  He had the potential to be a new Sherlock Holmes, unfortunately, Lee Goldberg is not Conan Doyle, and this is clear both in the plot and the writing style.

  In the end, this is not a masterpiece, but st ... (continue)

  Mr. Monk is a lovely, endearing and fascinating character, as much as he is unnerving.

  He had the potential to be a new Sherlock Holmes, unfortunately, Lee Goldberg is not Conan Doyle, and this is clear both in the plot and the writing style.

  In the end, this is not a masterpiece, but still a pleasant book that can be easily enjoyed.

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  Federico said on Jul 17, 2008 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 304 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0451219007
• ISBN-13: 9780451219008
• Publisher: Signet
• Pub date: Jul 05, 2006
• Dimensions: 1097 mm x 645 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Hardcover

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