Root of All Evil

Name: Root of All Evil
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Libby Howard
ISBN: 9781667031989

Author: Libby Howard

Series: Locust Point Mystery #6

Narrator: Margaret Strom

Unabridged: 6 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Libby Howard

Published: 05/03/2021

Categories: Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Cozy, Cozy Animals, Women Sleuths

Synopsis

Marriage can be murder.Kay's first real case as a licensed investigator is to track down a suspected mistress and the possible hidden assets of an estranged husband. It all seems pretty routine, but when the financial trail leads Kay down a rabbit hole of laundered money and bank fraud, a boring divorce case gets interesting.Just as Kay closes in on what seems to be the white collar crime of the century, the husband drops dead in his morning coffee—coffee that has more than just cream and sugar added to the cup!The the man's widow is the main suspect, but Kay wonders if the murder is less a crime of passion and more one of greed—or even revenge.

About Libby Howard

Libby Howard is the author of Love Magick and the Locust Point Mystery series. She lives in a little house in the woods with her sons and two exuberant bloodhounds.

Reviews

Goodreads review by moxieBK

Root Of All Evil: A Locust Point Mystery (Book 6) — Libby Howard/Narrator: Margaret Strom (21 chapters) Feb. 26-27, 2022 Kay is handed a real case which involves a woman who is certain her husband is having an affair or even making money on the side and not telling her about it. As she investigates,......more

Goodreads review by Krystyna

Taking advantage of others Awesome as always. Now that she has her PI license she has her first case. A divorce case where the wife thinks that her husband has hidden assets and is possibly cheating on her. With all the clients paperwork available, she knows that there is a clue there but doesn't hav......more

Goodreads review by Ann

still a murder but no new ghost I’d have given it 5 stars but Will Lars was called Lars a few times early in the book making it sound like Lars was his first name - I know it’s probably petty but I get invested in recurring characters and that set me off to start and them Madison is a star softball p......more

Goodreads review by Jan Meigs Pilon

Loved the plot. No blood and gore just very interesting research gathering to solve the mystery. The main character is a believable and interesting person. Someone I would love to meet and chat with. The rest of the characters are quirky and delightful. I love the ongoing theme of this series and ca......more

Goodreads review by Dee

WoW!!! Really liked how this story ended. Not often that a mystery has a twisted ending. Kay is the more modern murder she wrote detective that trips into murder mysteries with her job. Cast of characters around her are interesting and amusing. This time fraud of the elderly was at the heart of the s......more