So Emerson decides that he and his friends - Riley, Bagus, and Vernon - will go to Yellowstone National Park to investigate the case of the missing trekkers. National Parks.especially parks with volcanic activity. Meanwhile, Emerson's cousin Vernon - a crude but likable schlub who lives in an RV behind Mysterioso Manor and writes a blog about unexplained occurrences - learns that hikers have been vanishing from U.S.

The NOAA claims they have no record of the island, which seems very suspicious. Emerson, Riley, and Bagus hurry off to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to ask about the missing land mass. Knight is intrigued by this odd occurrence, and the game's afoot. He was forcibly removed from his island by furtive strangers - and when he escaped and went home, the island was gone. Knight has no patience for this tedious paperwork, so he's thrilled when his friend, Buddhist monk Bagus Wayans, shows up at his mansion - called Mysterioso Manor - in Washington DC.īagus, who was living on a small island in the Pacific Ocean, has a strange story to tell. Since she lost her bank job, financial advisor Riley Moon has been working for hunky eccentric billionaire Emerson Knight, trying to straighten out his financial records. This second book in the 'Knight and Moon' cozy mystery series finds Emerson Knight and Riley Moon trying to save the world from a nefarious conspiracy. Together, this ragtag, mismatched trio will embark on a worldwide investigation that will expose a conspiracy one hundred years in the making. He now lives in an RV behind Emerson's house.

Vernon has been Emerson's loyal and enthusiastic partner in crime since childhood. Riley Moon has a Harvard business degree and can shoot the eyes out of a grasshopper at fifty feet, but she can't figure out how to escape the vortex of Emerson Knight's odd life. Since a crack team isn't available, he enlists Riley Moon and his cousin Vernon. When clues lead to a dark and sinister secret that is being guarded by the National Park Service, Emerson will need to assemble a crack team for help. And finding a missing island is better than Christmas morning in the Knight household. Poof! Vanished without a trace.īrilliant and boyishly charming Emerson Knight likes nothing better than solving an unsolvable, improbable mystery. It had a mountain, beaches, a rain forest, and a volcano. The island was about two hundred miles northeast of Samoa. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The irrepressibly charming duo of Emerson Knight and Riley Moon returns in another gripping mystery by #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich.īuddhist monk Wayan Bagus lost his island of solitude and wants to get it back.

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