Armed and Outrageous

An Agnes Barton Mystery , Book 1

By: Madison Johns

Narrated by: Toni Orans

Agnes Barton is not your typical senior citizen living in Tadium, MI, on the shores of Lake Huron. She drives a red hot Mustang, shops at Victoria's Secret, rankles local police officials, and has a knack for sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. What does a murder that happened forty-three years ago have to do with missing tourist Jennifer Martin? Agnes makes it her personal mission to find out, and she's not letting the fact she's seventy-two get in the way. Butting heads with Sheriff Clem Peterson is something she's accustomed to, but lately Clem seems to be acting even more strange, making Agnes wonder what he may be hiding ala the Martin disappearance. Agnes' partner in crime, Eleanor Mason tags along, Watson to her Holmes. Together, they unearth clues. If only Eleanor would behave, as although lovable, she has a knack for getting into trouble by tangling with her rival, Dorothy Alton, or flirting with anyone - male or female - and gossiping! She's incorrigible, but she does carry a Pink Lady revolver in her purse, one that has proved useful at times. Life for Agnes and Eleanor is shaken up when Agnes' former boss and secret crush comes to Tadium. Before long, the lady sleuths have more on their hands to contend with as goons roll into town and bullets begin to fly.

©2011 Madison Johns (P)2014 Madison Johns

"UNBELIEVEABLE"

I thought this book would be a fun light listen. Like the MudBug series or a Molly Harper book. But it was diffucult to finish. The attempts at humor were lacking humor, at best. The plot was weak. And the conculsion felt rushed. I kept thinking, did I skip a part?

And the narrator should not attempt to perform voice changes. It sounded like a grandmother trying to do voices for a child's bedtime story. Really, one expects a professional reader to have more range ability. This is not a series that I will continue.

Enjoyable Read

Fun book with a lot of twists and turns. The 2!senior sleuths will definitely make you laugh.

Bit different

Not your average sleuth story. Grandmas take on a serious case in a funny way. Good basis for a nice series.

Why do I have to write a review

For some reason I can't have more than one audio book available at a time . and then have to write a review to close in order to continue

Great Book

I loved every minute of this book. Read it front to back in a single day. Highly enjoyable

Hold on!

This book will take you on a wild ride. It is at once a cozy mystery and at the same time a look into real issues facing the small area it is written about - and many other areas just like this one. You will laugh and cry - but you won't be disappointed.

good reading

as with all the Agnes Barton book I enjoyed this one both time I read it. and living up the highway from East Tawas makes the book more fun

A fun read with some dark parts

First, this is a spoof. So of course, much of the humor is over-the-top. That being said, be careful not to eat or drink while listening to this one, or you will need to keep a towel handy (or someone who knows how to do the Heimlich). Yes, some of the parts relating to the murders, and the dangers that Agnes gets into are quite disturbing, and unless you have had a 93 year old female relative who rode around in her truck with a shotgun mounted for easy release to provide "instant roadkill", you might find some of the situations wholly improbable. But I did have that relative, so all I had to do was imagine her and LMFAO! No plot recap, that was done by publisher, but expect lots of plot twists. Enjoy this mystery for the fun that it is, and don't expect Nero Wolfe or Kinsey Milhone.
Toni gives a great performance, and with seeming ease, she differentiates each of the characters (and they certainly are!) and adds to their personalities.
Purchased on the cheap courtesy of BookGorilla

Fun read

Lots of fun, plenty of twists. Never underestimate the old broads. Plenty of gas left in their tanks.

Sure it's outrageous

It says so, right in the title: Armed and Outrageous! If you can't suspend your reality checker don't bother to read this delightful escape from reality cozy mystery. Me? I've seen enough bad in my years as a cop that I'm more than happy to believe a seventy something can get up relatively unscathed from a beat down by a goon. Above average escape from reality.