August 11, 2024

Series Sunday: Marinated Conditions

(Eugeena Patterson Mystery #7) 


Series Sunday is a bookish meme hosted by Literary Marie. I encourage all of my fellow book bloggers and bookhearts to play along.
  • Read an installment of a series.
  • Share your review/recommendation below.
  • Include the title, author and series name.

"It's always the ones closest that you have to watch." ~ pg. 88

My Series Sunday pick is Marinated Conditions, the seventh book in the Eugeena Patterson mystery series by Tyora Moody. Eugeena Patterson-Jones is back from her honeymoon. Now it's time to help plan her daughter Leesa's wedding. With just three months to go, there is plenty to do. Starting with taste-testing the wedding reception menu.

Eugeena and Leesa meet for lunch at the wedding caterer's food truck. The author writes the scene so descriptively, that I could practically smell the BBQ through the pages. I actually paused, ordered a half rack of baby-backs then continued reading while I ate the finger-lickin' ribs. Back to the story...

When a competitor food truck's owner is found dead, Leesa's wedding caterers/friends become suspects. Usually Eugeena is the one spearheading the sleuthing but Leesa is determined to find out who's framing her friends for murder before her wedding is ruined.

"We give them life and raise them, but they grow into their own person. Sometimes very different from us." ~ pg. 137

This installment was a bit different because the mother and daughter team up to find the smoking gun...and I loved it! More of this duo in the near future please. The thin line between amateur sleuth and not getting in the way of the police investigation was almost crossed. As a result, Moody did a great job bringing more of the minor characters to the forefront.

As I mentioned last week, I am binge-reading most of Tyora Moody's cozy mysteries. They are perfect for light reading in the summer when you want the right touch of whodunit. Now that I am all caught up on this series, I so look forward to the next release!

Author: Tyora Moody
Published: April 2024
Pages: 310
Edition: eBook
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Rating: 🖤 🖤 🖤 🖤 

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