Adrian Monk is on a roll? solving murders as fast as they come, and not counting his Wheat Chex until they? re in the bowl. But when his therapist, Dr. Kroger, leaves for Germany, Monk can? t 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 wife? s death? or was it just his imagination? Now Monk has to deal with his phobias and the unfriendly polizei to find his man.