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Table of Contents Cover About the Book Title Page Copyright Page Books By Abigail Keam Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Ch...
Table of Contents Cover About the Book Title Page Copyright Page Books By Abigail Keam Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 About Death By Theft Books By Abigail Keam About The Author Josiah is working in her honeybee yard when she hears a commotion coming from her horse pasture. She rushes toward the uproar and comes upon a huge, enraged Texas Longhorn bull. The massive beast is angrily snorting, pawing the turf, and threatening a prized Thoroughbred stallion, Comanche. Josiah may not have much knowledge of cattle, but she realizes snorting, pawing, and lowering the head are signs to get out of the Longhorn’s way! Getting the bull to calm down is no small task and in the end, Josiah has a busted fence and a barn door ripped off its hinges. Once the Longhorn is secure, Josiah hurries to notify the bull’s owner only to discover the man is dead and lying in a pool of his own blood. The police naturally assume the bull is responsible for the owner’s death, but Josiah has her doubts. She is convinced foul play is involved and works to save the Texas Longhorn from being “put down.” Will she solve the murder and save the Longhorn in time? Death By Greed A Josiah Reynolds MysteryBook Eighteen Abigail Keam Worker Bee Press Copyright © 2023 Abigail Keam Kobo Edition ALL RIGHTS RESERVED No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form without written permission of the author. The history is true, but the rest is fiction. The book is not about you or your friends, so don’t go around town bragging about it. Book cover by Cricket Press. Edited by Penny Baker. Author’s photograph by Peter Keam. Special thanks to Melanie Murphy and Liz Hobson. ISBN 978 1 953478 12 2 31423 Published in the USA by Worker Bee Press P.O. Box 485 Nicholasville, KY 40340 Join My HoneyBee Club! Join my HoneyBee Club and be the first to receive new release info, giveaways, flash sales, and other special stuff! CLICK HERE! Books By Abigail Keam The Josiah Reynolds Mysteries Death By A HoneyBee I Death By Drowning II Death By Bridle III Death By Bourbon IV Death By Lotto V Death By Chocolate VI Death By Haunting VII Death By Derby VIII Death By Design IX Death By Malice X Death By Drama XI Death By Stalking XII Death By Deceit XIII Death By Magic XIV Death By Shock XV Death By Chance XVI Death By Poison XVII Death By Greed XVIII Death By Theft XVIX The Mona Moon Mystery Series Murder Under A Blue Moon I Murder Under A Blood Moon II Murder Under A Bad Moon III Murder Under A Silver Moon IV Murder Under A Wolf Moon V Murder Under A Black Moon VI Murder Under A Full Moon VII Murder Under A New Moon VIII Murder Under A British Moon IX Murder Under A Bridal Moon X Murder Under A Western Moon XI Murder Under A Honey Moon XII 1 I was working my bees when I heard a thunderous bellowing and smashing of wood. Baby, my English Mastiff, took off like a rocket to a neighboring field, barking and growling. He repeatedly ran back to me as if saying “Are you coming? Are you coming?” Jumping into my golf cart, I followed Baby to one of my horse pastures where I was stunned to see an enormous Texas Longhorn bawling out his poor, anguished heart. Frightened and angry, this behemoth had broken through my horse fence and was now snorting and tossing his head in protest at Comanche, a valuable breeding stallion rearing and neighing in fear and rage himself. I was beside myself as I had given up boarding Thoroughbred stallions because they proved to be ill-tempered. Comanche had been moved next door to Lady Elsmere’s farm but temporarily relocated back with me as his pasture was being re-seeded. The sight of Comanche tossing his mane and slashing the air with his dangerous hooves did nothing to deter the bull, who lowered his horns. That bull could gut Comanche with one tip of his powerful horns. Comanche lunged and then sidestepped the bull at the last moment. The bull shook his head and roared, stomping the ground. The Thoroughbred’s actions only incited the Longhorn to more fury. Both animals were a terrible sight to behold in their wrathful frenzy. Oh, Lordy! What to do? What to do? I had never come across this situation before. Have you? I knew the bull, feeling threatened would and could, with those long horns, spanning eight feet from tip to tip, kill that priceless Thoroughbred. The horse was my responsibility since he was back in my care. My friend had invested every penny she had in that horse. I shuddered at the thought of Comanche being injured and knew I had to rescue the ebony steed, but how? I immediately ran into the stable for several buckets of sweet feed and hoisted the feed over the broken fence. I rapped the buckets on a fence post to create a distraction. “Hey, bully bull! Hey, you there, sonny! I got some tasty treats for you!” The bull turned at the noise I was making, snorted, and pawed the ground. Now I’m not familiar with cattle behavior, but I am smart enough to realize that snorting, pawing, and lowering one’s head means trouble in Texas Longhorn behavior 101. Sure enough, the bull charged—at me. I ran screaming into the stable with Baby close on