May 21, 2023

Super Series Sunday: Eugeena Patterson Mystery

(Eugeena Patterson #0.5, #1, #2 & #3.5) 


Super Series Sunday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
  • Binge read installments of a series.
  • Share your review/recommendations below.
  • Include the titles, authors and series names.

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Eugeena Patterson #0.5
"I've been the glue, but I'm coming undone. I can't keep holding everybody together when I feel like I'm falling apart myself." ~ pg. 19

Shattered Dreams is the short story prequel in the Eugeena Patterson mysteries series by Tyora Moody. In just 30 pages, we meet matriarch Eugeena—wife to Ralph the doctor and mother to three children. Her attempt to maintain peace reaches a breaking point when her teenage daughter is unexpectedly rushed to the hospital. How a family looks on the outside doesn't reflect what goes on behind closed doors. Great prequel to introduce the likable Eugeena Patterson. Give me more! 

Author: Tyora Moody 
Published: October 2012
Pages: 33
Edition: eBook
Genre: Cozy Christian Mystery
Rating: πŸ–€ πŸ–€ πŸ–€ πŸ–€ πŸ–€

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Eugeena Patterson #1
"God answered many prayers of mine in one swoop."  ~ pg. 166

My 1st Super Series Sunday pick is Deep Fried Trouble, the first full-length book in the series. What a character Tyora Moody invented in Eugeena Patterson! She is a 59-year-old widowed retiree with grown children and three grandbabies. She's very active in the neighborhood watch association. It's an opportunity to reconnect with old friends and get to know new neighbors.

Then Eugeena stumbles upon her fussy estranged neighbor's dead body. And her daughter is the prime suspect! Determined to find her missing daughter and clear her name, Eugeena sorts through everyone's shady background. You can never really know who is living right next door.

Bookhearts know I love a good cozy mystery. The Christian fiction is not overly done. The woman sleuth role is not clichΓ© but dare I say, Eugeena falls into solving mysteries faster than the police can. More time on her hands, more time to investigate. Especially when her daughter is involved.

This series is definitely added to my rotation. I'm looking forward to catching up!

Author: Tyora Moody 
Published: June 2013
Pages: 226
Edition: eBook
Genre: Cozy Christian Mystery
Rating: πŸ–€ πŸ–€ πŸ–€

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Eugeena Patterson #2
"I didn't sleep, but I talked to God."  ~ 90%

My 2nd Super Series Sunday pick is Oven Baked Secrets, the second book in the series. Eugeena is not pleased about her next door neighbor, Louise, being sent to live in a nursing home. Without her fellow nosy neighborhood watch buddy, Sugar Creek just isn't the same. So she meddles into her adult children's lives while possibly finding love again at age 60. Until she stumbles upon a long forgotten murder case that may be related to friend Louise.

This mystery was a bit weak far as storyline; I was more interested in the personal lives of the Pattersons and minor characters. That alone is what kept me reading. 

Author: Tyora Moody 
Published: January 2015
Pages: 186
Edition: eBook
Genre: Cozy Christian Mystery
Rating: πŸ–€ πŸ–€

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Eugeena Patterson #3.5
"Trust God. It's the season for miracles."  ~ pg. 23

A Blended Family Christmas is another eShort in the series. Yes, I skipped over book 3 to read this because...why not? It only took a few minutes and available on Kindle Unlimited.

Eugeena is marrying her neighbor, Amos. Her family is happy to see the couple finally make it official and walk down the aisle. What is missing are Amos' two estranged daughters. At Eugeena's urging—being the matriarch she is—the daughters are invited to spend Christmas as a blended family.

Okay, maybe I should not have skipped ahead in the series. Just two books ago, Eugeena was married to Ralph. Then flirting with Amos in next book. Now talking marriage to Amos? I clearly missed something. Let me wrap up this Super Series Sunday review and continue in chronological order. Hopefully I am caught up by the summer when short story Falling For You Again and #6 A Spicy Predicament will be published. In the meantime, bookhearts, catch up too!

Author: Tyora Moody 
Published: December 2019
Pages: 71
Edition: eBook
Genre: Cozy Christian Mystery
Rating: πŸ–€ πŸ–€ πŸ–€ πŸ–€ πŸ–€

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