I’ve been waiting for a novel that combines a mystery with elements of GALAXY QUEST. And now I’ve found it.
In Lee Goldberg’s sleek new adventure MR. MONK IN OUTER SPACE, Lee Goldberg takes our favorite neurotic deep into the lives of those involved with the cult TV show BEYOND EARTH (this after confronting another case that may be a murder that is not a murder – only Monk). The producer of the show has been murdered by a guy dressed up like one of the series’ characters.
You know you’ve landed in an alternate universe when you meet “Mr. Snork, security chief of the starship Discovery,” one of the many fans also dressed up like people on the show – the ones who wear elephant trunks being my favorite.
The only thing goofier than the fans is when Monk looks at them and says, “I don’t associate with freaks like that,” and then proceeds to do some riffing on the ’60s to “prove” that they’re all “high on LSD.” A great scene.
This is probably my favorite MONK book because it contains a gag that is in my top 10 of MONK jokes (MONK being the favorite show of Mr. and Mrs. Gorman):
“You remember a cop named Monk?” Stottelmeyer asked.
“Wasn’t he the guy who ticketed a hundred people outside a movie theater for not lining up according to height?”
And indeed he was. –Ed Gorman
OTHER BOOKGASM REVIEWS OF THIS AUTHOR:
• DIAGNOSIS MURDER: THE PAST TENSE by Lee Goldberg
• MR. MONK AND THE BLUE FLU by Lee Goldberg
• MR. MONK AND THE TWO ASSISTANTS by Lee Goldberg
• MR. MONK GOES TO THE FIREHOUSE by Lee Goldberg
