COMP CLOSED: WIN ‘Bad Neighbours’ by Joanna Jenkins

This week, we’re giving away three copies of Bad Neighbours by Joanna Jenkins. From the bestselling author of How to Kill a Client and The Bluff, Joanna Jenkins delivers another cleverly constructed thriller of fraud, lies, and murder with Bad Neighbours. Ruth Dawson's dream Potts Point apartment turns sinister when the homeless man living in the garden dies and her neighbours seem all too relieved. Convinced Ben was poisoned, Ruth brings in a detective – certain someone in the building knows the truth. You can also meet Joanna on episode 540 of our podcast. Here’s the blurb:

Ruth Dawson finds her ideal living space in an Art Deco building in Potts Point, The Lumen. A twenty-minute walk from her office in the city, the apartment boasts parquetry flooring, a wall of books and Harbour Bridge views from the sofa.

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 ‘the Ben problem', and return to more important issues.

They're not happy when Ruth brings in a detective. But she's certain Ben was poisoned, and one of her neighbours knows it too.

If you’d like to win a copy, simply enter your details in the form below. Three lucky people will win a copy!

Entries close midday (Syd/Melb time) Monday 24 August 2026. Winners will be notified within a week of the competition closing.

GOOD LUCK!

THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED. THANKS FOR YOUR ENTRIES! WINNERS WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL AND ANNOUNCED IN OUR NEWSLETTER.

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