Lt. Disher, Patrick Kloster and others in “Mr. Monk and the Genius”

According to the Vancouver police, they interrupted the match at 1:21 PM to inform you that your wife had died?

That's right.

And they said you kept playing, that you finished the match?

Of course I did. That's what Linda would have wanted.

Capt. Stottlemeyer

It's funny. I would have been too upset to concentrate.

I was upset, Captain. That's why it took me 44 moves to win.

Monk

Your wife came to see me this morning, Mr. Kloster.

Did she?

Monk

She told me that you'd been planning to kill her.

My wife was an unstable woman.

Monk

She didn't seem unstable.

I'm sure she was. [Turning to Stottlemeyer and Disher] What did the medical examiner say?

Capt. Stottlemeyer

Heart attack.

Natalie

Yeah, she didn't look sick to me.

And what medical school did you attend, Miss Teeger? My wife suffered from high blood pressure, and for most of her life, she was an alcoholic and a heavy smoker. She was also quite depressed.

Lt. Randall Disher

And there was a $10 million life insurance policy.

Well the policy was Linda's idea. I'm insured for the same amount.

Capt. Stottlemeyer

What do you know about poison, Mr. Kloster?

Not much. More than you, but not much. Although I am an expert on the Poison Pawn.

Lt. Randall Disher

[Starts to write in his notebook] "Poison pawn..."

Uh, that is a chess move, Lt. Disher. I'd be happy to teach it to you.