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The Senior Moment
Ever wish you could take the law into your own hands? Ever want to play Robin Hood to help the greater good? Then Senior Moment is the comedy thriller for you.
Visiting Manhattan for the first time to help her son with his new baby, English grandmother Jean Henderson witnesses a fatal grocery store shooting. Events quickly slide from awful to worse when she discovers her son and his pregnant wife have disappeared, owing a fortune to a murderous loan shark.
Hooking up with a newly retired NYPD cop, Jean tries to track down her son but soon discovers the only way to get him back is to raise the money he owes herself. Hunted by the grocery store killer and struggling to persuade the handsome cop she's falling for that sometimes it's okay to break the law for the sake of justice, Jean devises an audacious plan to raise the cash and wreak revenge on the greedy Wall Street banks.
But time is running out. Will she manage to save her son and hold on to her man? Or will the killer get to her first?
A thrilling ride through lower Manhattan, with twists, spills, and laughs aplenty, The Senior Moment is a funny romantic suspense thriller that proves you're never too old for action and adventure.
Visiting Manhattan for the first time to help her son with his new baby, English grandmother Jean Henderson witnesses a fatal grocery store shooting. Events quickly slide from awful to worse when she discovers her son and his pregnant wife have disappeared, owing a fortune to a murderous loan shark.
Hooking up with a newly retired NYPD cop, Jean tries to track down her son but soon discovers the only way to get him back is to raise the money he owes herself. Hunted by the grocery store killer and struggling to persuade the handsome cop she's falling for that sometimes it's okay to break the law for the sake of justice, Jean devises an audacious plan to raise the cash and wreak revenge on the greedy Wall Street banks.
But time is running out. Will she manage to save her son and hold on to her man? Or will the killer get to her first?
A thrilling ride through lower Manhattan, with twists, spills, and laughs aplenty, The Senior Moment is a funny romantic suspense thriller that proves you're never too old for action and adventure.
325 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 3, 2013
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About the author
Eva Hudson
36 books100 followersEva Hudson was born and raised in south London. Before taking up writing seriously at the age of 43, Eva worked as a local government officer, singer, dotcom entrepreneur, portrait artist, web designer, project manager and content editor.
In 2011 her first novel, The Loyal Servant, won the inaugural Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize from Cambridge University. The book was also shortlisted for UK TV's People's Novelist Competition.
In 2013, Eva received a terminal cancer diagnosis and this spurred her on to write the book she always wanted to read, a female Jack Reacher adventure. She created Ingrid Skyberg, an FBI agent working out the US embassy in London who's tenacious, resilient and determined, qualities Eva herself had in abundance as she went through treatment. Before she died in 2015, Eva had published four Skyberg books. She also left an unfinished manuscript and notes for future adventures with her partner and editor Jo Monroe who continues to write the series.
For more information, visit evahudson.com and follow Eva on Twitter @Eva_Hudson.
In 2011 her first novel, The Loyal Servant, won the inaugural Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize from Cambridge University. The book was also shortlisted for UK TV's People's Novelist Competition.
In 2013, Eva received a terminal cancer diagnosis and this spurred her on to write the book she always wanted to read, a female Jack Reacher adventure. She created Ingrid Skyberg, an FBI agent working out the US embassy in London who's tenacious, resilient and determined, qualities Eva herself had in abundance as she went through treatment. Before she died in 2015, Eva had published four Skyberg books. She also left an unfinished manuscript and notes for future adventures with her partner and editor Jo Monroe who continues to write the series.
For more information, visit evahudson.com and follow Eva on Twitter @Eva_Hudson.
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September 5, 2013
Yes, I'm a card-carrying invisible little old lady!
Many of us, I am sure, reach our 60s and rapidly become aware of the salesgirl's eyes glazing over when we approach, men looking through us rather than at us and the woman 20 years younger than we are gets served first at the butcher's shop, while we lurk by the cash register, money at the ready for 10 minutes...so it is understandable that Jean Henderson, feisty granny from the UK, is dismayed when she encounters the same result from the cops in New York.
Jean is in the grocery store when two teenagers rob the place and shoot the clerk dead. Being a responsible woman and believing she actually does have all her marbles, Jean tries to give an eye witness account to the police - even going to the station to do so after being ignored at the scene of the crime – where she has to resort to outlandish tactics to get noticed.
The last thing Stanley, retiring NYPD officer, needs is to be drawn into investigating the grocery store robbery on his last day at work – and he certainly doesn’t envisage being coerced into Jean’s nefarious plans and family problems between leaving the police department and taking up his next job. However, that is what happens in this fast-paced crime story.
There are plenty of “laugh-out-loud” moments in the chaotic follow-on to the opening crime and the geriatric revenge is well told – one I suspect most people going downhill from the 60s would like to emulate!
Good fun and a fast, well-written read!
November 19, 2013
I received a free download of "The Senior Moment" by Eva Hudson, in exchange for an honest review. This was a great crime thriller with a strong thread of humour. A senior citizen making a difference!
Jean Henderson has travelled from London to New York City to visit her son and his new baby. But being at the wrong place at the wrong time, places her as a witness to a fatality at a grocery store robbery, and she catches a glimpse of the face of one of the two criminals as they remove their mask and getaway on their motorbike. Jean tries to inform the police at the scene,of what she has just witnessed, but no one would listen to a senior citizen. Jean heads to the nearest police station, to file a report, where she meets a fellow senior, Stanley Rozello, who is soon to retire from the force.
But why won't anyone listen to her? She was only sixty-five not ninety-five!
When Jean reaches her son's home, she finds neither of them there and a strange message left for her from her son. Her son and pregnant wife have disappeared, owing a large sum of money to a loan shark. She must put a plan of action in place to find her son and right the wrongs.
This was a fast paced very good crime story that changes the preconceived notion of "old Age". I loved the humour and characters, especially the determination of Jean in this novel. Never under value the abilities of a sixty five year old senior citizen...especially when she is mad!
Jean Henderson has travelled from London to New York City to visit her son and his new baby. But being at the wrong place at the wrong time, places her as a witness to a fatality at a grocery store robbery, and she catches a glimpse of the face of one of the two criminals as they remove their mask and getaway on their motorbike. Jean tries to inform the police at the scene,of what she has just witnessed, but no one would listen to a senior citizen. Jean heads to the nearest police station, to file a report, where she meets a fellow senior, Stanley Rozello, who is soon to retire from the force.
But why won't anyone listen to her? She was only sixty-five not ninety-five!
When Jean reaches her son's home, she finds neither of them there and a strange message left for her from her son. Her son and pregnant wife have disappeared, owing a large sum of money to a loan shark. She must put a plan of action in place to find her son and right the wrongs.
This was a fast paced very good crime story that changes the preconceived notion of "old Age". I loved the humour and characters, especially the determination of Jean in this novel. Never under value the abilities of a sixty five year old senior citizen...especially when she is mad!
September 14, 2025
This tries to do too many things and is way too convoluted.
July 14, 2013
'What's a woman got to do to get some attention around here?'
What an opening to this crime story! Jean Henderson has no sooner arrived on her first visit to New York City from London, suitcase still in hand, than she is witness to a fatality at a grocery store robbery, and what's more, she catches sight of the face of one of the two criminals as they remove their mask when they are about to speed away on their motorbike. Jean tries to inform the police of what she has just witnessed moments before, but those on the scene pay little heed to her; she feels like she is invisible to them all, so she ventures to the nearest police station, where she meets a fellow senior, Stanley Rozello, who is on the cusp of retirement from the force.
'Less than four hours in New York and it seemed she had become transparent, dissolving into the background wherever she went. Could it be her age? Surely sixty-five was no age at all. Ever since her last birthday she'd told everyone who'd listen it was the new fifty.'
Jean is there in NYC to visit her son and his partner who is due to give birth. But when she reaches their home, she finds neither of them there and a strange message left for her from her son. It becomes clear that he is in deep financial trouble.
This is a compelling read by Eva Hudson, an enjoyable and entertaining crime story that turns accepted notions about ageing on their head and has something to say about the financial crisis to boot. She has created a strong, determined and unconventional heroine in Jean; a mature, older lady who certainly won't stand for being ignored and being made to feel like she is invisible because others may consider her as less significant in society now, somehow, just because of her age.
'Getting older had never bothered her, she actually quite enjoyed the licence it gave her to behave badly and get more of her own way, but this new invisibility thing was becoming tiresome.'
She embarks upon a plan with others who feel the same to make their voices heard, using the very thing that has irked her - the way she has been treated as if she is invisible and unimportant - to her advantage, whilst at the same time aiming to help her son out of the deep trouble he has found himself in.
The story skips along at a good pace throughout, with drama, tension and humour, and the lead characters are engaging; as well as Jean, I particularly liked the dogged Detective Luisa Rodriguez and her former partner in the NYPD, the aforementioned Rozello. Both find themselves involved in Jean's activities as she sets about righting the wrongs she encounters in NYC. There's a point made here about alienating a section of society at our peril - if they were to rally around like Jean, who knows what might happen. I haven't read the first novel by Eva Hudson yet but it is on my kindle and after reading this one I am looking forward to it.
What an opening to this crime story! Jean Henderson has no sooner arrived on her first visit to New York City from London, suitcase still in hand, than she is witness to a fatality at a grocery store robbery, and what's more, she catches sight of the face of one of the two criminals as they remove their mask when they are about to speed away on their motorbike. Jean tries to inform the police of what she has just witnessed moments before, but those on the scene pay little heed to her; she feels like she is invisible to them all, so she ventures to the nearest police station, where she meets a fellow senior, Stanley Rozello, who is on the cusp of retirement from the force.
'Less than four hours in New York and it seemed she had become transparent, dissolving into the background wherever she went. Could it be her age? Surely sixty-five was no age at all. Ever since her last birthday she'd told everyone who'd listen it was the new fifty.'
Jean is there in NYC to visit her son and his partner who is due to give birth. But when she reaches their home, she finds neither of them there and a strange message left for her from her son. It becomes clear that he is in deep financial trouble.
This is a compelling read by Eva Hudson, an enjoyable and entertaining crime story that turns accepted notions about ageing on their head and has something to say about the financial crisis to boot. She has created a strong, determined and unconventional heroine in Jean; a mature, older lady who certainly won't stand for being ignored and being made to feel like she is invisible because others may consider her as less significant in society now, somehow, just because of her age.
'Getting older had never bothered her, she actually quite enjoyed the licence it gave her to behave badly and get more of her own way, but this new invisibility thing was becoming tiresome.'
She embarks upon a plan with others who feel the same to make their voices heard, using the very thing that has irked her - the way she has been treated as if she is invisible and unimportant - to her advantage, whilst at the same time aiming to help her son out of the deep trouble he has found himself in.
The story skips along at a good pace throughout, with drama, tension and humour, and the lead characters are engaging; as well as Jean, I particularly liked the dogged Detective Luisa Rodriguez and her former partner in the NYPD, the aforementioned Rozello. Both find themselves involved in Jean's activities as she sets about righting the wrongs she encounters in NYC. There's a point made here about alienating a section of society at our peril - if they were to rally around like Jean, who knows what might happen. I haven't read the first novel by Eva Hudson yet but it is on my kindle and after reading this one I am looking forward to it.
January 10, 2015
Got this cheap as an edition with the other 2 Women Sleuths book.
No Angela Tate here, which is just as well.
Too long, the ending with a nice conclusion to nearly all story-lines, was good, which saved it from getting 1 star.
Not all endings will satisfy, but are realistic and some things open to interpretation.
The main characters where sometimes annoying but well developed and interesting, the growing up of a serial-killer was very good and may warrant for some a third star, but the seniors where over the top for me, and while believable individually, altogether too much and some too annoying. Some points where too drawn out or repeated.
No recommended, if the third book is not really better (I fear not), these 3 books together are not worthy of Eva Hudson (the Skyberg books are better).
This book gets a rare warning from me, do not waste any money on it (the cheap 0.99 Eur I paid for all three books where even too much, and that was an info from the Hudson-Mailing-List, me thinking what could go wrong...).
Barely 2 stars, do not read, waste of time.
No Angela Tate here, which is just as well.
Too long, the ending with a nice conclusion to nearly all story-lines, was good, which saved it from getting 1 star.
Not all endings will satisfy, but are realistic and some things open to interpretation.
The main characters where sometimes annoying but well developed and interesting, the growing up of a serial-killer was very good and may warrant for some a third star, but the seniors where over the top for me, and while believable individually, altogether too much and some too annoying. Some points where too drawn out or repeated.
No recommended, if the third book is not really better (I fear not), these 3 books together are not worthy of Eva Hudson (the Skyberg books are better).
This book gets a rare warning from me, do not waste any money on it (the cheap 0.99 Eur I paid for all three books where even too much, and that was an info from the Hudson-Mailing-List, me thinking what could go wrong...).
Barely 2 stars, do not read, waste of time.
November 14, 2013
Fast paced, interesting characters, but plot somewhat outlandish. Using the invisibility of the elderly/seniors generation in the plot is genius and it is done with humor that is both refreshing and fun to read, especially since I can identify with being treated as such myself these days! Ha! What's an ole girl gotta do to get noticed! I rec' this as a kindle gift compliments a giveaway, but I will read the first installment and look forward to follow-up reads on Stanley and Jean's future geriatric antics and romance.
January 14, 2013
I loved this book. My name is Jeanne, and the protagonist is also Jean. She is a senior citizen who takes on the crime and the police in New York. She is one brave women. There were a lot of problems with the police, but she hung in there and did whatever was necessary to make the good guys win and the bod guys loose. I love that. You will also enjoy reading this mystery.
December 8, 2013
This was a Goodreads win and I love it! Being a woman in her 60s, I especially enjoyed the fact that the main character was in her 60s and a hoot! Proving that older people are sometime invisible, she used that to her advantage to right some wrongs. A cute story and fun to read. I would read more by this author!
August 7, 2013
This is a very enjoyable book. Lots of different plot lines that all come together at the end. The characters have depth and are believable as real people.
If you are older, you will enjoy the empowerment and respect for senior citizens.
If you are older, you will enjoy the empowerment and respect for senior citizens.
October 28, 2013
I enjoyed The Senior Moment with it's wonderful characters, humour and exciting mystery. I like the fact that in this "18-49" world, somebody is thinking of the seniors.
November 4, 2013
I received this book for free through goodreads.
A wonderful and very enjoyable book - I shall be looking at all Eva Hudsons other books immediately.
A wonderful and very enjoyable book - I shall be looking at all Eva Hudsons other books immediately.
January 1, 2015
Decent book but not her best
A follow on to "Loyal Servant" but doesn't pack the same punch. An OK book, I don't wish I hadn't read it but it's not great.
A follow on to "Loyal Servant" but doesn't pack the same punch. An OK book, I don't wish I hadn't read it but it's not great.
May 13, 2015
Great fun. Thank you Eva Hudson
March 7, 2014
such a good story line and funny well written power to the seniors
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