Mr. Monk Is Open For Business by Hy Conrad, New in Bookstores in June 2014

Today's new hardcover mystery title, scheduled to be published during June 2014 by NAL Hardcover, is Mr. Monk Is Open For Business by Hy Conrad.

For a list of more new hardcover mysteries published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for June 2014. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of June 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

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Mr. Monk Is Open For Business
Hy Conrad
Series: Mr. Monk (18th)

After failing to win back his girlfriend Ellen in Summit, New Jersey, Monk returns to San Francisco where he is surprised to find another relationship has taken a new turn. Natalie decided to make things official by setting up an office for Monk and Teeger, Consulting Detectives. With Monk's typical response to change of any kind, they have more than a few wrinkles to iron out of their new routine. But when Lieutenant Amy Devlin comes to them for help, it's time to stop bickering and get to work.

A disgruntled employee of a small import business, Wyatt Noone came into work one day and started shooting, killing three coworkers and leaving one female hostage severely wounded. Spotting Wyatt through the office windows, the police surrounded the building, but he still managed to disappear — leaving Lieutenant Devlin with a messy and baffling mystery on her hands.

Visiting the bed-ridden survivor, Sarabeth Winslow, Monk finds her to be helpful, cooperative and — now that he's on the rebound from Ellen — quite charming as well. But as he and Natalie try to track down Sarabeth's assailant, they discover that Wyatt has left barely a trace of his past behind, almost as if he managed to disappear from existence all together….