Abigail Keam Books In Order

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Abigail Keam is an American author of fiction novels. She is best known by her readers for her many novels in the romance, epic fantasy, and mystery genres. In addition to being an award-winning writer, she is also a beekeeper that loves to tend to these insects and to date has won sixteen awards for her honey from her home state’s fair in Kentucky. She has a very nice home that is made out of metal and overlooks the Kentucky River. She lives there with her husband the various animals they own together.

She is the author of the acclaimed Death by a Honeybee, which belongs to the Josiah Reynolds series. It was released in 2010.

It was her very first novel and made Abigail Keam an official published author. It was the recipient of a Gold Medal Award from the Reader’s Favorite as well (as was the second book) and also had the honor of appearing as part of the top 100 books on a 2012 Amazon list in the Women’s Literature/Women Sleuths category. The first and second book both became finalists for the Best Books of 2011 lists form USA Book News.

These first two books in the Josiah mystery series were followed up by many more mystery novels to readers’ delight, with the ninth and tenth books being Death by Design and Death By Malice. They were released in 2016 and 2017. There were multiple boxed sets of the series also released.

Abigail Keam is also the author of the de-Magela Family series and the Last Chance for Love romance series.The Last Chance for Love series starts off with Last Chance Motel and is followed by Gasping for Air. There are five books in the series, ending with The Mermaid’s Carol. A boxed set of the series came out in 2017. Keam is also the author of one novella which was released in 2015.

Death by a Honeybee is the first in the Josiah Reynolds Mystery series. This debut novel from Abigail Keam won many awards and continues to be a favorite among readers. The main character of this series, as you may have guessed, is Josiah Reynolds. He is a former professor of art history, but he used to be so much more than just a former professor.

Reynolds even used to be a celebrity and had all of the wealth and social status that came along with being that and a well to do wife that had hooked a famous husband. But it’s all fleeting, and while it used to seem like it would be around forever, it has all been gone for quite some time. Just like Elvis, the celebrity, the money, and the husband and lifestyle have all long since left the building. She used to be a celebrity and professor, but now her circumstances are greatly different and she’s making a living off the land.

Josiah has retired and now works full-time around the clock as a beekeeper. She’s trying to make ends meet by working with the bees and selling what she makes from that at the market. While she’s doing well enough to be staying afloat. But everything takes a brutal one hundred and eighty degree turn when a corpse is discovered in all places in her yard with all her bees. It’s not only bad enough that a body has been found in her area, but the victim turns out to be her main competitor. Not to mention that they used to be enemies in a way.

Since this is definitely not a death by accident, the only conclusion can be murder. The brutal death means that Josiah is their top suspect since it’s her property and bee yard that he was found on. It’s up to her to try and prove her name by figuring out who would want to frame her since someone definitely put the body there. She’s helped by her assistant Matt. He may be twenty years younger than her and gay, but Josiah needs someone to help her figure out this thing and Matt is pretty sharp.

She also has the assistance of Shaneika, her lawyer. Shaneika is African-American and has long been rumored to be the descendant of a wealthy Lexington family that was historically prominent. Josiah has a daughter that comes into her life occasionally and pulls strings that she can to keep her mother out of danger. Her daughter is powerful, but she is also secretive. She does what she can to look out for her mother.

In the horse country with Bluegrass and good country living, Josiah lives among characters that could only be located in Kentucky. This charming novel finds Josiah struggling to make a living and clear her name in a place that seems like it is just chock full of secrets. In the middle of a glamorous world where bourbon cured in oak barrels, beautiful horses, plantation houses and more, Josiah must take on an invisible threat for the purpose of clearing her name and keeping her land and freedom. What will happen? Pick up the exciting debut novel from Abigail Keem to find out for yourself in this compelling mystery novel!

Death by Drowning is the highly anticipated second novel in this series. If you loved the first novel from Abigail Keam and couldn’t get enough of it, you will be riveted to every word in this exciting mystery sequel. When Josiah falls forty feet from a cliff, the nightmare has just begun. She survives the fall, but once she is done with that part, things just get worse.

She’s with a friend, and their body is not found. They might still be out there alive somewhere, and Josiah cannot get it out of her mind. She has only Matt to rely on, her best friend, and her physical therapist Jake. These two are the only thing that she feels are keeping her out of harm’s way– but will they be enough?

Set in Bluegrass horse country in the lush heart of Kentucky, this world of thoroughbreds and mansions may be the perfect setting for yet another tragedy to occur. Can Josiah find her friend before it’s too late? Pick up Death by Drowning to find out!