Death By A HoneyBee 1

by Abigail Keam

Overview

Josiah Reynolds, a former art history professor, was once a celebrity with wealth, social position, and a famous husband. Now all of that is gone. The professor finds her circumstances drastically altered. Retired, Josiah is now a full time beekeeper trying to stay financially afloat by selling honey at the local Farmers' Market. She finds her world turned upside down when a man is found dead in her bee yard, only to discover that the victim is her competitor and nemesis. The police suspect the brutal death is murder and Josiah is their number one suspect.

She is determined to find out who is trying to frame her, along with her assistant, Matt, who is twenty years her junior and gay, and her lawyer, Shaneika, a African-American woman, rumored to be a descendant of a historically prominent Lexington family. Josiah's powerful but secretive daughter pops in and out of her mother's life, pulling strings to protect her mother from danger.

Set in the beautiful horse country of the Bluegrass, Josiah makes the rounds of quirky characters that can only be found in Kentucky. Fighting an unseen enemy in the glamorous world of thoroughbreds, oak-cured bourbon, and ante-bellum plantation houses, Josiah struggles to uncover the truth in a city that keeps its secrets well.

The Josiah Reynolds Mystery Series
Death By A HoneyBee
Death By Drowning
Death By Bridle
Death By Bourbon
Death By Lotto
Death by Chocolate
Death by Haunting
Death By Derby
Death By Design
Death By Malice
Death By Drama
Death By Stalking
Death By Deceit
Death By Magic
Death By Shock
Death By Chance
Death By Poison
Death By Greed
Death By Theft


AWARDS
2010 Gold Medal Award from Readers' Favorite for Death By A HoneyBee
2011 Gold Medal Award from Readers' Favorite for Death By Drowning
2011 USA BOOK NEWS-Best Books List of 2011 as a Finalist for Death By Drowning
2011 USA BOOK NEWS-Best Books List of 2011 as a Finalist for Death By A HoneyBee
2017 Finalist from Readers' Favorite for Death By Design
2019 Honorable Mention from Readers' Favorite for Death By Stalking
2019 Top 10 Mystery Novels from Kings River Life Magazine for Murder Under A Blue Moon
2020 Imadjinn Award for Best Mystery - Death By Stalking
2022 Finalist in Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalist for Best Historical Category - Murder Under A Full Moon
2022 Finalist the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award for Best Historical Category - Murder Under A New Moon
2022 Death By Chance: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Finalist for Best Cozy Mystery

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012943248
Publisher:	Worker Bee Press
Publication date:	03/23/2010
Series:	Josiah Reynolds Series , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	223
Sales rank:	256,551
File size:	800 KB

About the Author

Abigail Keam is an award-winning author who writes the Josiah Reynolds Mystery Series about a female beekeeper turned amateur sleuth. Josiah solves mysteries with her quirky friends in the Kentucky Bluegrass where fast horses, bourbon, and secrets abound.

In addition, Miss Abigail writes the 1930s historical mystery Mona Moon Series where she weaves real people and events into the story line.

Miss Abigail also writes the Last Chance For Romance Series. This is an inspirational series where people with problems visit the Last Chance Motel in Key Largo in desperate attempts to change their lives. There are many happy-ever-afters in these sweet and magical tales of love and redemption.

In addition, she has an epic fantasy series for those who like to read action/adventure - The Princess Maura Tales. Princess Maura must fight to keep her throne and save her people, even if it means destroying the man she loves.

2010 Gold Medal Award from Readers' Favorite for Death By A HoneyBee
2011 Gold Medal Award from Readers' Favorite for Death By Drowning
2011 USA BOOK NEWS-Best Books List of 2011 as a Finalist for Death By Drowning
2011 USA BOOK NEWS-Best Books List of 2011 as a Finalist for Death By A HoneyBee
2017 Finalist from Readers' Favorite for Death By Design
2019 Honorable Mention from Readers' Favorite for Death By Stalking
2019 Murder Under A Blue Moon voted one of the top ten mystery reads by Kings River Life Magazine
2020 Finalist from Readers' Favorite

Miss Abigail is also an award-winning beekeeper who has won 16 awards at the Kentucky State Fair including the Barbara Horn Award which is given to beekeepers who rate a perfect 100 in a honey competition. Like her protagonist, Josiah Reynolds, she was a professional beekeeper and sold honey at a local farmers' market for years.

She currently lives on the Kentucky River Palisades in a metal house with her husband and various critters. She still has honeybees.

Editorial Reviews

"An absorbing read ... Josiah Reynolds is an unlikely --- and compelling --- new crime solver"

Carnegie Center Director - Neil Chethik

"An absorbing read ... Josiah Reynolds is an unlikely --- and compelling --- new crime solver"

Neil Chethik

"Ms. Keam has the makings of a very good mystery writer. . . . DEATH BY A HONEYBEE is an enjoyable read which will capture the interest of most die-hard mystery fans"

Readers Favorite - Readers' Favorite

"Ms. Keam has the makings of a very good mystery writer. . . . DEATH BY A HONEYBEE is an enjoyable read which will capture the interest of most die-hard mystery fans"

Readers Favorite

In a hard-core, take-no-nonsense tone, Keam has created a character in Josiah Reynolds that might stand up to the likes of Nick Danger and Guy Noir -- but with a feisty ol' Kentucky attitude set in a bourbon and Thoroughbred kind of town. Talk about local produce! HoneyBee is a fun, light summer read. But be warned: You might not be able look at your farmers market vendors the same way again.

Lexington Herald Leader - Susan Smith-Durisek

In a hard-core, take-no-nonsense tone, Keam has created a character in Josiah Reynolds that might stand up to the likes of Nick Danger and Guy Noir -- but with a feisty ol' Kentucky attitude set in a bourbon and Thoroughbred kind of town. Talk about local produce! HoneyBee is a fun, light summer read. But be warned: You might not be able look at your farmers market vendors the same way again.

Susan Smith-Durisek

"Abigail Keam's riveting mystery debut features a superb sleuth, Josiah Reynolds, whose wit and grit are perfectly suited to the wily turns of the plot. Bluegrass readers will rejoice at a fine, new voice from our region and others will be delighted by the mix of art, rural beauty and intrigue. Suspenseful, funny, and imaginative, DEATH BY A HONEYBEE is a fantastic read."

Author of RUBY RIVER - Lynne Pruitt

"Abigail Keam's riveting mystery debut features a superb sleuth, Josiah Reynolds, whose wit and grit are perfectly suited to the wily turns of the plot. Bluegrass readers will rejoice at a fine, new voice from our region and others will be delighted by the mix of art, rural beauty and intrigue. Suspenseful, funny, and imaginative, DEATH BY A HONEYBEE is a fantastic read."

Lynne Pruitt

Author Abigail Keam offers readers her first published book with "Death by a Honey Bee." A Fayette County native and regular member of the Lexington Farmers' Market, she is a full-time beekeeper and uses her knowledge of both her trade and of Lexington in spinning an entertaining tale of murder most unkind. . . With this we are introduced to a cast of characters and a storyline that, like honey, is sweet and delicious.

Chevy Chaser Magazine - Linda Hinchcliffe

Author Abigail Keam offers readers her first published book with "Death by a Honey Bee." A Fayette County native and regular member of the Lexington Farmers' Market, she is a full-time beekeeper and uses her knowledge of both her trade and of Lexington in spinning an entertaining tale of murder most unkind. . . With this we are introduced to a cast of characters and a storyline that, like honey, is sweet and delicious.

Linda Hinchcliffe