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Book review: Bad Neighbours by Joanna Jenkins

Book review: Bad Neighbours by Joanna Jenkins

3 min read

Bad Neighbours by Joanna Jenkins is lawyer Ruth Dawson’s third rodeo. I didn’t realise that when I started reading and it wasn’t until there’s reference to her ‘reputation’ and later, the presence of a police officer known to Ruth, that I thought to look through my site and Goodreads to check. Sure enough I first met Ruth in The Bluff*.

It’s interesting this isn’t billed as part of a series like Ruth Dawson #3 or anything, although I guess it means it won’t put off those who haven’t read The Bluff and / or How To Kill A Client. And this book is easily read as a standalone. The events here are a little too close to home for Ruth as a homeless man is found dead in the grounds of an apartment building she’s just moved into.

four-stars

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Book review: The Bluff by Joanna Jenkins

Book review: The Bluff by Joanna Jenkins

2 min read

The Bluff by Joanna Jenkins is the first book I’ve read by the Aussie author as I missed her 2023 book, How to Kill a Client. It looks like it’s similarly themed… featuring lawyers and some rather unlikeable (and misogynistic) characters. And I really enjoyed this, racing through it – forced to keep guessing until the very end. Jenkins throws a lot of threads in here, but does it brilliantly so it’s not overly complicated, but sufficiently complex to keep readers* on their toes. (*Cannot think of book-themed metaphor!)

four-stars

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