Curious Minds: A Knight and Moon Novel (Knight and Moon, #1)

by Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Janet Evanovich, bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum series, teams up with Emmy-winning writer Phoef Sutton for a brand-new series of mysteries featuring Emerson Knight and Riley Moon, a dynamic duo with instant and undeniable chemistry.
 
Emerson Knight is introverted, eccentric, and has little to no sense of social etiquette. Good thing he’s also brilliant, rich, and (some people might say) handsome, or he’d probably be homeless. Riley Moon has just graduated from Harvard Business and Harvard Law. Her aggressive Texas spitfire attitude has helped her land her dream job as a junior analyst with mega-bank Blane-Grunwald. At least Riley Moon thought it was her dream job, until she is given her first assignment: babysitting Emerson Knight.
 
What starts off as an inquiry about missing bank funds in the Knight account leads to inquiries about a missing man, missing gold, and a life-and-death race across the country. Through the streets of Washington, D.C., and down into the underground vault of the Federal Reserve in New York City, an evil plan is exposed. A plan so sinister that only a megalomaniac could think it up, and only the unlikely duo of the irrepressibly charming Emerson Knight and the tenacious Riley Moon can stop it.

Praise for Curious Minds
 
“The one-liners fly at a ferocious pace. . . . Evanovich fans will find this closer in style to the Stephanie Plum novels.”—Booklist
 
“Evanovich’s comedic timing and pacing are evident on every page.”—Daily Republic

• ISBN10: 0399593276
• ISBN13: 9780399593277
• Publish Date: 16 August 2016
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Random House USA Inc
• Imprint: Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, Inc
• Edition: International edition
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[Baroness Book Trove]

Another great book by Mrs. Evanovich and Mr. Sutton. It took a while for me to get into the book, and whenever my cat would allow me time to read but once I did, it’s a wonderful book. Both writers had shown brightly about how they write in this book and it worked just as good as with another book they both co-wrote together. This book is a good start to a new series for Mrs. Evanovich and Mr. Sutton.

The main character, or protagonist, in my mind, is Miss Riley Moon because she is one of the most followed characters in the story. What I like about Riley Moon is that she is different than of Stephanie Plum, Kate O’Hare, and kind of like Elizabeth “Lizzy” Tucker. The reason I think that is because Stephanie Plum and Kate O’Hare both work in law enforcement in a way while Lizzy Tucker isn’t and stumbled into helping the male lead in her book. Just like Riley did in this series. What I also liked about Riley in this story is that she doesn’t follow the rules very well or cares about harming Emerson’s feelings. I also like how she isn’t afraid to use a gun along with her wonderful phrases. What I don’t like about her is that she is all about her career at the bank. I also don’t like how she doesn’t trust Emerson Knight.

In my mind, there are two secondary characters in this book. The first one is, of course, Emerson Knight, yup the same Knight as in Knight and Moon, and the last one is Gunter Grunwald.

Emerson Knight is our first secondary character. Emerson is a tall person that is very attractive. He’s also very rich. What I like about Emerson is that everyone has said that he is just as eccentric as the other males in his family but I didn’t really see it. He doesn’t let what everyone thinks about him or his family affect him as a person. What I also like about him is that yeah, he is this rich guy, but he doesn’t seem like it. Well maybe if you see him get out of one of his very expensive cars (ones that he inherited from his dad.) Emerson to know what everyone is expecting it from him and doesn’t think anything about it when he does it. What I didn’t like about him is that he seems to zone in and out when he is mediating. Don’t you think that is odd? Especially, when he claims to be talking to some guy. Emerson has the fasination with the gold even though he doesn’t want anyone to know that. Overall Emerson is a pretty great character, which is seen at his best when paired with Riley Moon.

The last secondary character is Gunter Grunwald. What I like about Gunter is that he is in the middle ground about who he is and who he wants to be. Also, Gunter is that he is the youngest of his family and isn’t trying to be anything big. He just wants to be himself. Which must be hard with all of his dad and brothers’ big achievements. Always being compared to them probably didn’t make him want to succeed more than them. What I didn’t like about him is that he didn’t really stand up for himself. He lets his brothers kind of walk over him. Then there is Werner his boss, who treats him terribly.

Curious Minds by Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton is another great book by them. It kept me guessing and in the story, most of the time. I’m giving this book a four stars rating. I will also recommend this book to anyone that likes Janet Evanovich and to anyone that likes Phoef Sutton.

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[Leah]

Janet Evanovich is a powerhouse of a writer, author of the phenomenal Stephanie Plum series (I am on book 12 and I love it), and here she has teemed up with Phoef (how in the world do you pronounce that name?!!) Sutton and they’re collaborating on this new Knight & Moon series (it’s not their first collaboration though) and book one is Curious Minds and it’s a really intriguing read. Entirely different to Stephanie Plum so if that’s what you’re after, you’ll have to find it elsewhere, but still thoroughly enjoyable, for me at least.

What really makes Curious Minds work is the fact that Emerson Knight and Riley Moon are complete opposites. Riley is steadfast, believes in a strong work ethic, whereas Emerson is a bit of a weirdo hippy-type character. Very Sherlock-Holmes-esque (although he’ll hate the comparison) with his quirky ideas and I still have no idea why he wanted to investigate the disappearance of Gunter. But it’s a really fun adventure, with conspiracies flying around everywhere, gold (I didn’t even know that was still a thing; I have never in my life seen a bar of gold in real life), Riley tagging along with Emerson even though she thinks he’s a crank. Is there chemistry there? I have no idea, but there’s something, an idea of something, and I’m sooooooo intrigued to see where it goes!

I really enjoyed Curious Minds. I’m excited to read book two, I loved how the pace just goes at the speed of light, and Emerson has these crazy ideas that he never shares with Riley, and she goes along with it anyway. It’s entertaining, easy to follow (despite the entire plot sounding a bit out there for my liking), and I liked it. No, it isn’t Stephanie Plum but it’s good on its own, and I can’t wait for the next adventure. These two really do make a perfect team.