San Francisco Police Department. Lieutenant Sam Dozier: LAPD detective, and Ludlow's biggest supporter Ellen Cole: Professor of Gender Studies at UCLA, and Trevor's supposed victim Sally Jenkins: Ellen Cole's ex-girlfriend Joe Cochran: Natalie's sometime-lover, a firefighter with the San Francisco Fire Department Ronald Webster: A shoe salesman in San Francisco Dr. Daniel Hetzer: An SFPD medical examiner Maurice: One of Ronald Webster's colleagues Father Bowen: Ronald Webster's priest at Mission Dolores Dr. Paula Dalmas: A woman who was seriously injured by Webster in a hit-and-run; now works as a orthodontist in Walnut Creek Captain Mantooth: Joe Cochran's fire captain References External links Official Monk Site 2007 American novels Monk (novel series) Novels set in California Signet Books books