At a convention for the cult science fiction show Beyond Earth , Adrian Monk meets fans as obsessive-compulsive as he is. Though he's not preoccupied with the program, Monk can understand the phenomenon. Who wouldn't want to live in an imaginary world? But there may be a killer in the Beyond Earth community: Someone in a starship uniform has gunned down the show's legendary creator. Could a fan be that furious at him for selling out to Hollywood? Or is more going on behind the scenes? Luckily, Monk's agoraphobic brother, Ambrose, is an expert on the TV series, and together they'll search the earth and beyond for the murderer. That is, if Ambrose can bring himself to leave the house. A new story starring Adrian Monk by Edgar(R) Award-nominated screenwriter Lee Goldberg. It's compulsive, page-turning fun. "Even if you aren't familiar with the TV series Monk , this book is too funny to not be read."-- The Weekly Journal

When Officer Charlie Willis pulls over a speeding Rolls-Royce hell-bent for Neiman Marcus, he's surprised to see TV's kindly Miss Agatha leveling a .45 at his stomach. He's even more surprised when she guns him down and keeps on driving. Charlie wakes up in the hospital to find a William Morris agent and a network executive at his bedside. The next thing Charlie knows, he's the star of the cop show My Gun Has Bullets and embroiled in a mob takeover of network television. And so begins an uproarious but deadly romp through the wonderful world of TV make-believe...with real bullets. To make it to sweeps week, Charlie will have to survive two homicidal stuntmen, a rabid star-dog, a hit man turned producer, a psychotic old lady, a sex-crazed blackmailer, and vicious ratings...with only a stunning Baywatch beauty to help him. This wickedly funny paean to absurdity lays to rest the scurrilous rumor that people in television know what they are doing.