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.
An old flame of Mark's asks for his help when her former lover is found dead and the police believe her husband killed him. Meanwhile, Jesse and Steve vie for the attention of the same woman.
A drug-addicted med student with a personal connection to Madison is suspected of murder after a patient in rehabilitation is found dead from an overdose in her bathroom.
Mark's life is placed in danger when a mob boss, who looks exactly like Mark, is released from prison and relocates to Malibu to set up a new operation. Meanwhile, Amanda fears a foster child is being abused.
Mark's life is placed in danger when a mob boss, who looks exactly like Mark, is released from prison and relocates to Malibu to set up a new operation. Meanwhile, Amanda fears a foster child is being abused.
A stress attack puts Matlock in the hospital after he becomes obsessed with a murder case involving a TV star accused of killing a psychiatrist at a rehab clinic.
Matlock and Leanne find themselves on the opposite sides of a nasty divorce case, while Leanne defends him in a suit by a man claiming to have sustained serious injury in a fall from Matlock's porch.
Aurora Teagarden and her boyfriend Martin are thrilled when they get an unexpected visit from his niece and her new baby. Their excitement is short lived when his niece disappears and the baby is left behind.
A Hollywood film crew descends on the town to produce a film based on a book written by Aurora's ex Robin Daniels. However, when the actress who is playing Aurora is killed, the real Aurora and the Murders Club must investigate.
