Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 5:18 am
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Chris Well at The Thrill of It All has given MR. MONK AND THE DIRTY COP some love. He says, in part: Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop is a real-deal whodunit that will have you turning the pages as…

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Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 1:00 am
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Alan Cranis at Bookgasm has flattered me with a rave review for MR. MONK IN TROUBLE. He says, in part: Once again, Goldberg expertly sails along the fine line of character quirks that make Monk so infuriating, and yet so…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Sunday, January 10, 2010, 5:56 am
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I’ve had lots of emails from readers who’ve spotted some of my western related “in-jokes” in MR. MONK IN TROUBLE. So far, only one reader has caught most of them, and that was Mike Galbreath. He caught all of these…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Sunday, January 10, 2010, 3:50 am
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I’m pleased to say that two more positive reviews for my MONK books have come in. One is from Debra Hamel, the creator of the incredible Twitterlit feed (which tweets memorable first lines from books), who really liked MR. MONK…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 8:53 pm
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My agent got an email from a MONK fan who thinks it’s time for me to make a big change in my books. She writes, in part: I wish Mr. Goldberg in his upcoming Monk books would actually start to…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 11:38 pm
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Mark Baker at epinion has given MR. MONK IN TROUBLE a thumbs-up. He says, in part: I often found myself laughing out loud or at least chuckling and smiling as I went through the book. But it isn’t all laughs….

Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, December 8, 2009, 11:48 pm
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The hardcover of MR. MONK IN TROUBLE and the paperback of MR. MONK AND THE DIRTY COP were both off to very strong starts in sales last week. TROUBLE hit #9 on the Barnes & Noble mystery hardcover list and…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 9:57 am
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My ninth original “Monk” novel, MR. MONK IN TROUBLE, is arriving in hardcover in bookstores everywhere today. This book was especially fun for me to write. It gave me a chance to dabble in westerns, something I’ve always enjoyed reading…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, December 1, 2009, 2:22 am
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I was pleased to discover today two great reviews for MR. MONK IN TROUBLE, which comes out tomorrow. Author, blogger, and man-about-town Bill Crider wrote, in part: The relationship between Monk and Natalie has always been as interesting to me…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Thursday, November 26, 2009, 8:14 pm
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Andy Breckman ( the creator of MONK), NBC/U (the owners of MONK) and my editor all loved the outline for MR. MONK GETS EVEN… my 11th original MONK novel. So, next week, I have to start researching and writing. I…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 11:51 pm
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Tracy Farnsworth at Roundtable Reviews has given MR. MONK IN TROUBLE a rave. She writes, write, in part: Lee Goldberg always captures Monk’s nuances perfectly. He injects the mysteries with just the right amount of humor and tackles subjects I…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, November 3, 2009, 11:31 pm
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I finished writing MR. MONK IS CLEANED OUT, my 10th original MONK novel, last night and delivered it to my publisher. I always feel a little bit dazed and lost after finishing a book. It takes a few days for…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Tuesday, October 13, 2009, 12:28 am
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If you missed my live, interactive webcast last week, now you can catch the archive version. I’ve posted the first half of the show, where I talked about MONK with my special guest David Breckman (writer-producer-director of MONK), in three…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Monday, October 5, 2009, 5:16 am
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I just got back from EB Live Interactive Webcast to promote my MONK books and the DVD release of my movie FAS T TRACK. It was the first time Expanded Books has tried to pull off this feat — a…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Saturday, October 3, 2009, 4:16 am
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You can watch the webcast LIVE on Sunday, Oct. 4 at 6 pm PST right here. Place your cursor on the screen, scroll down, and click on the “full screen” icon to see the video and the chat box. If…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Friday, October 2, 2009, 11:59 pm
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I have been working on my MONK novel MR. MONK IS CLEANED OUT under the mistaken belief that it’s due November 30. Well, I happened to glance at my contract yesterday to double-check when the outline for the next MONK…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Thursday, October 1, 2009, 1:21 am
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The folks at Maverick Entertainment have created this ad for the Oct 4, 6 p.m. interactive webcast, where I will be talking, and taking your questions, about the movie FAST TRACK and my MONK novels (Click on the image for…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Saturday, September 26, 2009, 11:25 pm
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To iron out the kinks, we are doing a live test run of next week’s interactive webcast thus Sunday, Sept. 27 at 4 pm PST. Here’s the link: http://live.expandedbooks.com/channels/3/with_player. You are welcome to log in …or send your Skype username…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Friday, September 25, 2009, 12:43 am
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Gerard Saylor, librarian at the ND Fargo Public Library in beautiful downtown Lake Mills, Wisconson, really likes MR. MONK GOES TO GERMANY and my buddy Scott Phillips’ COTTONWOOD as you can see in his YouTube review, recorded in the soon-to-be-demolished…

Post from Lee Goldberg
Thursday, September 24, 2009, 11:27 pm
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I’ll be hosting a Live Author Chat/Webcast on Sunday, Oct 4 at 6pm PST…talking about my latest MONK book, MR. MONK IN TROUBLE & the Oct. 6 DVD release of my movie FAST TRACK: NO LIMITS. The cast of FAST…