While Monk is staying with Natalie while his house is being fumigated, he is hired by Julie to find out who killed the dog at the local firehouse.  HIs investigation leads him to two other, human murders and determines the same man is behind all three.  The only problem is going to be finding the evidence to prove it.

Monk was a dramedy that ran for eight seasons on the USA Network from 2002 to 2009.  Starting in 2006, series writer Lee Goldberg started a series of original novels based on the show.  Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse is the first entry in that series.  Told from the perspective of Natalie, the book stayed close to feel of the show, but still felt just a little off.  There are 18 more books in the series, so hopefully that starts to gel more as it goes forward.