Adrian Monk is on a roll solving murders as fast as they come and not counting his Wheat Chex until theyre in the bowl But when his therapist Dr Kroger leaves for Germany Monk cant tie his shoes forgets how to swallow and loses track of his blinking Desperate he follows Dr Kroger to Germany where he sees a man with six fingers The man responsible for his wifes deathor was it just his imagination Now Monk has to deal with his phobias and the unfriendly polizei to find his man