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Motion for Murder
Jamie Winters Mysteries · Book 1 · 2014
Audiobook available · 7 hr 27 min
Jamie Winters would like to escape her secretarial job at a disreputable New Jersey law firm. When a partner is killed, his widow gives her another reason to stay: she wants Jamie to investigate. Colleagues and clients supply the suspects, with Jamie’s landlord and sister lending a hand.
From the publisher’s blurb
“Jamie Winters loathes her job as a secretary in the sleaziest law firm in New Jersey.”Read the full description at Gemma Halliday Publishing
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What makes it funny?
The dead lawyer’s eleven fingers and cheap television ads set the register. His colleagues include an embezzling bookkeeper and resentful partners; Jamie also has a sister whose search for a husband competes for attention.
The comedy at work
Kelly Rey draws on her legal-secretary experience and exaggerates familiar lawyer stereotypes. The office gives Jamie an entire working day’s worth of people with questionable motives before she even starts looking for a killer.
Try this if…
Office secrets and a reluctant amateur investigator drive this light mystery. A romantic interest in Jamie’s landlord adds another thread to the case.
A few distinguishing details
- A legal secretary investigates her own workplace
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Sources & further reading
- Apple Books explicitly labels Motion for Murder: Jamie Winters Mysteries, Book 1 by Kelly Rey as Unabridged, narrated by Lisa Kelly, with runtime 07:27.
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- Apple Books listing identifies Motion for Murder by Kelly Rey as English-language ebook and reports 293 pages; publisher is Gemma Halliday Publishing.
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