From the USA Today Bestselling Author Madison Johns, comes her second box set,
Agnes Barton In Tawas Box Set Books 4–7 that includes Trouble in Tawas, Treasure in Tawas, and the newly released, Bigfoot in Tawas.
Trouble in Tawas
Agnes Barton has been waiting years for this day. She’s always told Sheriff Peterson he would rue the day when his re-election time came around and now — it’s finally … told Sheriff Peterson he would rue the day when his re-election time came around and now — it’s finally here. What will Agnes do? Will she cause conflict or support the other candidate?
When the sheriff’s father Hal goes missing, Agnes and Eleanor Mason are on a mission to find him, leading them to the Soaring Eagle Casino. But when they haul him home it’s only to find that his companion, Raul Perez, is dead at the bottom of the stairs. When the cops show up it doesn’t look good for Hal who is in possession of the dead man’s credit card. With Hal now as a suspect, and Sheriff Peterson off the case, the sheriff hires Agnes and Eleanor to clear his father’s name.
Will Agnes be able to clear Hal’s name in time to save Peterson from failure at the polls or is this case too bizarre as a tenant claims aliens are involved?
Treasure in Tawas
The last thing Agnes Barton expected was to be slapped in cuffs alongside her best friend, and fellow-sleuthing buddy, Eleanor Mason. All they had wanted to do was to verify if a painting at the Butler Mansion had indeed been stolen. How were they to know that they had tripped off a silent alarm — or that Agnes’ nemesis Mildred Winfree’s body would be discovered when the cops showed up? It didn’t help that they had entered the mansion illegally—using a key Agnes had pilfered from her daughter Martha who was working as a real estate agent to sell the old place.
Word has it that a treasure map was hidden in the back of a painting at the Butler Mansion, and it was just too juicy a story not to investigate. So here Agnes and Eleanor sat in jail as prime suspects as they were brought in for questioning.
The tabloid, Tall Tales, printed a treasure map in its most recent addition, and soon, East Tawas becomes a point of interest as treasure hunters began tearing up the town looking for treasure. Agnes and Eleanor join in the foray, but she wondered just who was behind this tall tale, and what did it have to do with Mildred’s murder?
Bigfoot and Tawas
Agnes and Eleanor embark on their most challenging case to date, finding Bigfoot!
Agnes isn’t sure what to say when Billy Matlin, hires her to find Bigfoot, and it doesn’t help that Eleanor is hiding in the car. Who is she to say that Bigfoot isn’t real, and lord knows she sure could use a paying gig. Armed with a baggie full of brown hair, Agnes and Eleanor march into the sheriff’s department, but Sheriff Peterson is reluctant to test the hair. Outright refusing to use county resources for a DNA analysis.
Before long, the Department of Natural Resources and the United States Fish and Game Service also both refuse to test the hair. Suggesting that the only way they would investigate is if an endangered species is involved. Never one to be told no, Agnes does the only thing she thinks will get them to change their minds by planting evidence in the form of a road killed Bald Eagle on Billy’s property.
East Tawas is not only overrun with Bigfoot sightings, but it would seem just about everyone they question claims to have seen something mysterious in the woods. When big game hunters roll into town, and with the DNR and U.S. Fish and Game fighting over the brown hair, not to mention a reality show offering up a ten million dollar prize to whoever finds Bigfoot, it’s up to Agnes and Eleanor to find out the truth, which is further complicated when Billy Matlin mysteriously disappears.
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Good fun – it’s time for seniors to be portrayed as fun, intelligent, and resourceful
I live in Michigan so always fun to read books set in towns I know
Fun, senior sleuths. Easy read cozy. Lots of extra padding.
This book will keep you smiling and laughing all the way to the end. A real page turner.
On Page 134: “I’m sorry dear, and I emphasize with you.” Sorry, I miss the old days when writers knew the right words to use, and editors spotted slip-ups like this–or autocorrects like this. This kind of ruined the whole series for me. (The word is empathize.) the ending was disjointed and anticlimactic as well. I have enjoyed other Agnes …
I loved these books I think the characters are wonderful I try to read all of the Agnes Barton books
Pretty unrealistic story but simple plot.
Enjoyed books one & two (when they were new & fresh to me), but books 3-6 are disappointing. As a senior citizen I resent the premise of these books that little old ladies are little more than sex fiends. The characters got old fast & boring even faster.
Awful. Quite possibly the worst thing I have ever read. Bad grammar, incorrect use of words! Terrible dialog and plot (?) that goes nowhere, slowly
Cute books. If you are looking for a mindless read this is the one!
Interesting plots and characters. Slow moving at times but overall entertaining.
Liked the senior characters who were not sitting around in rocking chairs
Although I appreciate the premise of this series, the books were unevenly plotted and so poorly edited as to distract from the story. They have potential, but need the help of a goo editor!
The set of books is too predictable and repetitive. I want to like them because they deal with senior citizens. But they just gets to be too much too cozy.
very good book
All these Agnes Barton books are fun to read, especially the Bigfoot story.
Funny to read, nice, stories.
Love all of her books Agnes and Elenor always in trouble
A cute series. Kept me entertained and could relate to the main characters.
Enjoyed the characters very much. Very cute