The Vanishing Keynote
Butterfield & Squawk Mysteries, Book 2
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Narrated by:
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Katie Baird
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By:
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Casper Jolly
A keynote speaker vanishes the morning of his own presentation.
Onboard the luxury cruise ship Elysium Dream, two hundred corporate managers gather for the Leadership Unlocked Summit. The ballroom is ready. The stage is set.
But the headline speaker never arrives.
Dr. Elliot Frane—author, consultant, and the summit’s most anticipated voice—has disappeared somewhere on the ship.
His luggage is still in the cabin.
His badge lies on the floor.
And the ship’s systems insist everything is perfectly normal.
Cruise director Barty Butterfield knows better.
With the help of tech specialist Milo, bartender Earl, and the unpredictable commentary of Captain Squawk the parrot, Barty begins piecing together a puzzle of conference politics, corporate secrets, and a suspicious “clerical error” that created a second identity onboard the ship.
The deeper he looks, the clearer one thing becomes:
Dr. Frane didn’t vanish.
He walked away.
And the truth he was supposed to reveal might be the reason why.
The Vanishing Keynote is a sharp, witty mystery set at sea—where leadership conferences collide with inconvenient truths, and sometimes the biggest risk isn’t losing a speaker.
It’s letting him speak.
©2026 Casper Jolly (P)2026 Casper Jolly