Brilliant chess grandmaster Patrick Kloster's wife Linda Kloster goes to Monk saying that her husband is planning to murder her, and she wants him caught posthumously.
Ashley York murders her wealthy father and cleverly manipulates it to appear as though he killed himself. Dr. Sloan picks away at holes in the story, which leads him directly to Ashley.
A boxer narrowly avoids a bomb, and Stottlemeyer believes it won't be the only attempt with a championship bout coming up. Meantime, Monk splits his time between the case and contemplating retirement.
Monk is smitten with an attractive former dancer and when she's accused of murder, he agrees to help her, even though all the evidence points to her, and continues searching... even after she confesses to the crime.
After a woman dies from what appears to be a plastic surgery mishap, Shawn and Gus believe the killer is her doctor, a woman who happens to be an old flame of Henry's.
After teaming up to sue a drug company, Jane worries that her partner, a high-profile trial lawyer is mentally unsound. When someone claims the patent on the pake, Stacy has to find con artist Nikki LePree to back her up in court.
Jane works to persuade a friend to have a fatal brain tumor removed. Stacy helps Kim defend a country singer accused of trying to murder her ex-boyfriend. Jane struggles with her mother's help as she prepares for her wedding day.
Tara needs to go back to Parable, Montana, the place that made her the happiest, in order to move forward after a messy divorce. Her handsome neighbor presents an unexpected twist. Starring Emmanuelle Vaugier, Kavan Smith.
When Tess inherits an apple orchard along with a half-sister she never met, she unravels the mystery of the family who abandoned her, ultimately finding a new understanding of herself. Stars Rachelle Lefevre, Niall Matter.
