Death By Folly: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery

Abigail Keam

Josiah Reynolds Mysteries Book 24 · Worker Bee Press

About this ebook

Josiah and Lady Elsmere pay a visit to a neighbor, Mercy Coffey, who organizes a mystery book club meeting each month. They haven’t heard from Mercy about the next meeting and wanted to check on her. It’s not something they look forward to, as the woman is a pack rat. The last time they visited, the woman’s house was nearly impossible to navigate, but now they’re genuinely concerned. Josiah peers through a grimy front porch window when no one answers the door and turns to Lady Elsmere, “Call the police! Mercy has fallen!” Josiah shatters a window and crawls through only to discover Mercy’s lifeless body on the floor, half-hidden by Agatha Christie paperbacks! It’s not clear to Josiah what has happened to Mercy, except that someone has ransacked her home. How else did the books fall upon her?  

 

About the author

Abigail Keam is an award-winning and Amazon best-selling author who writes the Josiah Reynolds Mystery Series about a Southern beekeeper turned amateur female sleuth. The Last Chance For Love Series tells of strangers who come from all walks of life to the magical Last Chance Motel in Key Largo and get a second chance at rebuilding their lives, and The Princess Maura Fantasy Series.

One thing Miss Abigail loves to do as an author is to write real people and events into her stories. "I am a student of history and love to insert historical information into my mysteries. My goal is to entertain my readers, but if they learn a little something along the way--well, then we are both happy. I certainly learn a lot from my research, and I hope my readers come away with a new appreciation of beekeeping from my Josiah Reynolds Mysteries."

Besides loving history, Kentucky bourbon and chocolate, Abigail loves honeybees and for many years made her living by selling honey at a farmers' market. She is an award-winning beekeeper who has won 16 honey 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.

A strong supporter of farmers' markets and local food economy, Miss Abigail has taken her knowledge of beekeeping to create a fictional beekeeping protagonist, Josiah Reynolds, who solves mysteries in the Bluegrass. While Miss Abigail's novels are for enjoyment, she discusses the importance of a local sustainable food economy and land management for honeybees and other creatures.

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