In the audio edition of this series kickoff by Evanovich and Sutton (coauthors of 2015's Wicked Charms), actress King animates an intriguing cast of characters, beginning with the comedy thriller's two uniquely mismatched protagonists. Her Riley Moon, a brilliant and ambitious junior analyst at superbank Blane-Grunwald, is youthful and at turns cautious, curious, and sarcastic, with more than a hint of her small-town Texas origin. Emerson Knight, the handsome, fabulously wealthy, annoyingly eccentric bank client whom Riley is assigned to babysit, speaks with a properly aristocratic, dogmatic belief in his brilliance, faltering only when he is criticized for a lack of social skills. This odd couple is all that stands in the way of the elite, criminally unscrupulous Grunwald family's attempt to corner the world gold market and destroy all other forms of currency. The brothers sound like members of the same clan, but King adds distinctions for each. To thwart the evil Grunwalds, Knight and Moon embark on a gold hunt from the nation's capital to the Federal Reserve vaults in Manhattan and eventually to a confrontation at Nevada's mysterious Area 51. Making the trip as perilous as possible are a variety of deadly diversions, chief among them being Hans's employee Edward Rollo, an unstoppable sadistic torturer-killer whose soft, satiny threats are not to be ignored. A Bantam hardcover. (Aug.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

In the first entry in a new series, Evanovich and Sutton have teamed up again to introduce Emerson Knight and Riley Moon. Moon is a Harvard MBA in her first job as an analyst for Blane-Grunwald, a large, privately held bank; Knight, the bank's largest depositor, is young, good looking, and a bit of an eccentric. When he demands to see his gold deposits, Moon is dispatched to placate Knight at his home, Mysterioso Manor, which boasts wild animals roaming freely and a classic-car collection. Soon enough the two of them fall into an adventure that involves looking for a missing Grunwald partner, which in turn leads to an evil plot to steal the world's gold. The humor occasionally borders on silly, but the one-liners fly at a ferocious pace, keeping the pages turning almost as quickly. Evanovich fans will find this closer in style to the Stephanie Plum series rather than the slightly more sophisticated Fox and O'Hare novels.--Alesi, Stacy Copyright 2016 Booklist