Kelly Rey | Blame It on the Bears

What do you call a hundred lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? Well, I think we all
know the answer to that, with apologies to my lawyer friends out there. Most of whom,
by the way, have great senses of humor. As long as the joke’s not on them.

The Jamie Winters mysteries are set in a personal injury law firm for a good reason. Those who have ever written or thought of writing anything have heard the adage "Write what you know." I know some oddball attorneys. I worked as a court reporter for a long time, and anyone who watches TV knows court reporters are those funny silent people who type on that funny silent machine and don’t get noticed by anyone except for the occasional angry deponent who tries to bash a lawyer over the head with that machine. True story. (And he kind of had it coming.) That job gave me a front row seat to a lot of drama and heartache and conflict and comedy.

Somewhere along the course of twenty-plus years, I decided I’d heard enough, and that
writing about lawyers would be more fun than working with them. Soon after that, Jamie
Winters was born into a world populated by some really eccentric people. And I learned
I was right.

Writing has always been part of my life, from the time my Grammy started gathering my brothers and me into her bedroom at night after dinner to tell us one of the ghost stories she’d written. She encouraged me to write my epochal second grade opus, A Scary Adventure, which featured a family with two fun-loving kids who seemed to venture into bear caves on a daily basis. I’d like to share a scene with you now. You might want to sit down for this.

“That night, Mr. Downs went to the cave, with only a knife and a flashlight. He went in
the cave. A gigantic bear looked at him. “He has thousands of teeth,” thought Mr.
Downs. “He’ll be hard to fight.” He got ready. The bear watched silently. He wanted to
run, but had to fight. Kim and Jack were worrying. Their father looked at the bear. He
looked back. The bear got ready to fight. Mr. Downs went far in the cave. The bear
stood still. He was trying to find out why he was moving. The bear growled. He seemed
to say, “Why are you moving? Come on! Fight!” In an hour, the fight was over. Mr. Downs
had won!”

With a knife and a flashlight. It doesn’t get more alpha male than that.

I remember having fun writing A Scary Adventure, and I’m having fun writing now. And I hope whatever you’re doing in your life, you’re having fun, too. Thanks for spending some time with me.

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About Kelly Rey

From her first discovery of Nancy Drew, Kelly has had a lifelong love for mystery and tales
of things that go bump in the night, especially those with a twist of humor. Through many
years of working in the court reporting and closed captioning fields, writing has remained
a constant. If she's not in front of a keyboard, she can be found reading, working out or
avoiding housework. She's a member of Sisters in Crime and lives in the Northeast with her
husband and a menagerie of very spoiled pets.

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About MOTION FOR MALICE

From bestselling mystery author Kelly Rey comes the second laugh-out-loud installment in her Jamie Winters Mysteries … Psychic medium Dorcas Beeber is brash, obnoxious...and dead. Unfortunately for legal secretary Jamie Winters, she arrives at the psychic's studio for a reading only to find the victim apparently killed by a blow from her own crystal ball. And things only get worse when Jamie suddenly finds herself the prime suspect in the murder. It's clearly a setup, but Jamie's only clue to the real killer's identity is a black SUV parked near the scene of the crime. Desperate and running out of time, Jamie enlists the help of her landlord's eccentric teenaged niece, Maizy, as her unlikely sidekick to help wade through the pool of disgruntled clients, a family with divided loyalties, a creepy ex-boss, and incriminating news reports to find the real killer...before Jamie's future includes a jail cell!

Comments

28 comments posted.

Re: Kelly Rey | Blame It on the Bears

want to read this one
(Jeri Dickinson 12:03pm June 22, 2015)

I READ for fun!!
(Nikki Fournier 1:11pm June 22, 2015)

For fun, I read, cook, and hang out over long dinners with
friends and family.
(G. Bisbjerg 1:23pm June 22, 2015)

I loved working for attorneys (did so for 6 years! lol)
they are a unique and sometimes fun bunch for sure :)

For fun, I love to sit on the beach and watch the waves
crash into shore. Add a sunset and a margarita and well
you've just made me a very happy girl :) I wish I could
do that more often!!

Good luck on your new release and congrats!!
(Nicole Leiren 1:46pm June 22, 2015)

Read.
(Marissa Yip-Young 2:08pm June 22, 2015)

I enjoy walking on the beach which is rare but love it.
(Sharon Berger 2:41pm June 22, 2015)

Sounds like a fun read, Kelly! Good luck on the new release!
(Ritter Ames 3:07pm June 22, 2015)

Congratulations on the new release, Kelly! I really enjoy spending time with
my family and, of course, plotting murder and mayhem!
(Kathleen Bacus 3:29pm June 22, 2015)

I read for fun
(Donna Antonio 5:24pm June 22, 2015)

This book looks interesting. Would love to read it!
(Tiffany Harvey 9:57pm June 22, 2015)

I read books for fun. Or play video games.
(Tiffany Harvey 10:27pm June 22, 2015)

I love books that tickle my funny-bone! People constantly
ask what I am reading when I am LOL while reading! :)
(Sharon Miller 2:48am June 23, 2015)

I love reading, can't wait to read this one.
(Hillary Kaltenbach 8:34am June 23, 2015)

I watch my granddaughter take her kayak and go talk to the
turtles on a log in the lake. She is also talking to the
chipmunks and say they talk to her.
(Leona Olson 9:08am June 23, 2015)

I like to read, bake, go for walks, and play brain games for fun.
(Alice Hunter 1:40pm June 23, 2015)

What do I do for fun? Reading is definitely up there, as is visiting Stately Homes and Gardens (I love flowers but hate weeding, so it's always nice to let someone else do the work!), Cross-stitch/Embroidery and delving into my Family History.
(Lesley Walsh 3:33pm June 23, 2015)

Actually, I'm disabled and have trouble falling asleep, so
I read every night until I get sleepy. I've always been a
reader.
(Janice Santillo 4:27pm June 23, 2015)

For fun I read. I have to read every night before bed.
(Mary Songer 6:22pm June 23, 2015)

For fun, I do things with my grandchildren. We play, take
nature walks and do easy crafts and scientific
experiments. When I can't do that, I'm reading.
(Irene Menge 7:56pm June 23, 2015)

Reading is the best way I know to relax.
(Shelia Bledsoe 9:12pm June 23, 2015)

For Fun, I like to read. Sometimes I dance to music.
(Nancy Luebke 9:38pm June 23, 2015)

I read at night when I get in bed . That is so relaxing to me . I love to go shopping with my sisters are my daughters and I love to talk to people , friends are strangers .
(Joan Thrasher 10:18am June 24, 2015)

I read, play video games, and do counted cross-stitch for fun.
(Becky R 2:37pm June 24, 2015)

Looking for new and fun books to read. I am looking forward to reading this book.
(Cynthia Schwarzer 4:06pm June 24, 2015)

I love to play with my 14 month old granddaughter. Besides
reading I also love to make quilts.
(Vicki Clevinger 8:02pm June 24, 2015)

I'm working on my bucket list. Here's a few: learn to operate a Segway, use a zip line, learn county dancing, and drive a speedboat. At home fun...computing and reading.
(Joanne Hicks 12:21pm June 25, 2015)

Swim, play with grandkids.
(Denise Austin 2:35pm June 25, 2015)

I love to quilt.
(Bonnie H 7:43pm June 28, 2015)

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