Join us at The Book Cow as we welcome bestselling author Joanna Jenkins to celebrate the launch of Bad Neighbours, a page-turning mystery where a death in a Sydney apartment block reveals the dark secrets lurking behind closed doors. She will be joined ‘in conversation with’ Barbie Robinson from Living Arts Canberra.

ABOUT THE BOOK

Ruth Dawson finds her perfect living space in an art deco building in Potts Point, The Lumen. The apartment boasts parquetry floor, a wall of books, the Harbour Bridge visible from her sofa and a twenty-minute walk to her office in the city. It's perfect until Ben, the homeless guy, dies under the corrugated iron lean-to in the garden where he lived.

The residents of The Lumen do little to hide their relief. They can cease their half-hearted attempts to find an acceptable solution to what they called 'the Ben problem', and return to more important issues: whether Lucas in the basement flat can keep his dog, Mavis; how it is that Lucas can afford to live there; and how it is that the banker who owns the whole of the top floor spent the owner's corporation funds to restore the glassdomed roof, but took for himself the light from the sun and the stars.

They're not happy when Ruth Dawson brings Detective Sharon Messer in. Ben was poisoned.

And one of the residents was involved

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Joanna Jenkins grew up on a small farm in country Queensland. After graduating from the University of Queensland with degrees in English Literature and Law, she practised as a solicitor, including for many years as a partner of an international law firm. She now writes full-time. Married with three sons, Joanna lives in Brisbane. Her debut novel, How to Kill a Client, was published in 2023. The Bluff, her second novel, was published in 2025.

Contact the host of Book Launch: Bad Neighbours by Joanna Jenkins - in conversation with Barbie Robinson