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Knight and Moon
The Knight and Moon series by Janet Evanovich has 2 known books (2 published) and is best read in publication order, starting with Curious Minds (2016). The latest book with a fully recorded publication date is Dangerous Minds.
- Books
- 2 known books (2 novels)
- Published
- 2
- First published
- 2016
- Status
- ongoing
- Shelved under
- Mystery & Crime
- Last checked
Start here: Curious Minds (2016) — then read straight through in publication order.
Reading order
The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.
- Book 1:
Curious Minds
Curious Minds, published in August 2016, opens the Janet Evanovich and Phoef Sutton Knight and Moon series at 353 pages, pairing reclusive billionaire genius Emerson Knight with junior bank analyst Riley Moon, assigned to babysit him after he stumbles onto a Fort Knox conspiracy.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Curious Minds - Book 2:
Dangerous Minds
Dangerous Minds followed in June 2017 at a shorter 317 pages, sending Knight and Moon after a billionaire's yacht and a lost fortune in a self-contained caper that continues their odd-couple working relationship from the first book.
Alternative text for cover: Cover of Dangerous Minds
About the Knight and Moon series
Emerson Knight is a reclusive, eccentric billionaire genius with an eidetic memory and zero grasp of normal social conventions; Riley Moon is the buttoned-up junior bank analyst assigned to babysit him after he notices a financial irregularity that turns out to hide something much bigger. Knight and Moon pairs Evanovich's trademark odd-couple chemistry with a puzzle-box plot -- in Curious Minds, a Fort Knox conspiracy; in Dangerous Minds, a ship of drugged-out billionaires and a hunt for a legendary lost fortune -- and leans harder into quirky adventure-comedy than straight crime fiction. Riley's practical competence and Emerson's savant-like brilliance and complete cluelessness about ordinary life create the same friction-and-attraction dynamic that drives Plum and Wicked, but here it plays out through globe-hopping capers rather than local bounty-hunting.
Co-written with playwright and novelist Phoef Sutton, who also joined Evanovich for Wicked Charms, the series ran two books in 2016 and 2017 and hasn't continued since, with no further entries publicly announced. Its short run and stand-alone plots make it an easy, low-commitment series for readers curious about the more overtly comic, adventure-plot end of Evanovich's range without diving into a decades-long series like Plum.
Frequently asked questions
How many Knight and Moon books are there?
Two: Curious Minds (2016) and Dangerous Minds (2017).
What order should I read them in?
Publication order, starting with Curious Minds.
Who writes Knight and Moon?
Janet Evanovich co-writes the series with playwright and novelist Phoef Sutton.
Is Knight and Moon connected to Stephanie Plum or Wicked?
No, separate characters and setting, though it shares Evanovich's odd-couple comic style; Sutton also co-wrote Wicked Charms.
Will there be a third Knight and Moon book?
None has been announced since Dangerous Minds in 2017.
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