Trouble in Tawas is the fourth in the Agnes Barton Senior Snoops Mystery series. It features 72-year-old Agnes Barton and her friend, 82-year-old Eleanor Mason, who investigate various happenings in Tawas, Michigan.
In this story, Sheriff Peterson's father, Hal, goes missing. A former sheriff himself, Hal suffers from dementia, but hated living in a nursing home, so his son arranged for him to live in an apartment with a paid attendant who was supposed to keep an eye on him. However, Hal seems to have slipped away, accompanied by his "girlfriend".
Agnes and Eleanor find them in Mt. Pleasant at a casino and end up bringing Hal back to Tawas. When they arrive at Hal's apartment, they discover his companion, Raul, dead at the foot of the stairs. They decide to investigate Raul's death.
I enjoyed this story more than some of the others in this series, because it didn't go into such detail on the seniors' love life. I know that seniors citizens have relationships, and having that mentioned in the stories is fine, like in this one.
What I have trouble accepting is when Agnes goes all hot and bothered to the point she can't think straight and acts like a giddy 14 year old who's never had a boyfriend before. So this story reads much better and I enjoyed it much more than some of the others.
This is part of my 2014 Cruisin' Thru the Cozies Challenge
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