Curious Minds by Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton
Reviewed by: Diane Soffietti, Adult and Reference Services
Genre: Mystery
Suggested Age: Adults
What is the book about?: Riley Moon, recent Harvard Business and Law graduate, has a brand new job and is hoping to pay off her student loans by becoming indispensable at a large family-run bank in Washington D.C. The president of the company gives Riley an assignment to placate an important client, and Riley fully intends to give it her best Texan try. The problems start to arise when the client wants to actually see his gold. His father recently died, making Emerson Knight the heir to Mysterioso Manor and a vast amount of gold. Riley’s first encounter with Emerson ends with Riley driving Emerson to the bank and introducing Emerson to the bank president, Werner Grunwald. Riley’s life becomes entangle with the eccentric Emerson’s as she tries her best to do her assignment, which becomes first hunting for a missing person and then solving the mystery of counterfeit gold in the U.S. Reserve Bank. This pursuit takes Moon and Knight to New York City and Area 51, as they try their best to stay alive.
My Review: Janet Evanovich is well known for her humorous Stephanie Plum bounty hunter tales set in Newark, NJ. Phoef Sutton has written numerous television scripts, and together they are writing this new mystery series called Knight and Moon. Evanovich always has snappy, hilarious dialog; and this new series doesn’t disappoint with both major and minor characters and the plot twists. For a fun, page-turning read, you won’t be amiss by picking up this new book by one of my favorite authors. This is a humorous thriller that does Not include graphic violence or vulgarity.
Rating: 4/5
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