QLD BOOK CLUB – How to Kill a Client by Joanna Jenkins
The Queensland ICON Committee invites you to a special edition book club event featuring Brisbane-based author Joanna Jenkins and her debut novel set in Brisbane’s very own cutthroat corporate world, How to Kill a Client.
Join us on Tuesday 15 July for a fireside chat with Joanna as we unravel the mystery of Gavin’s fate, explore her character inspirations, delve into her writing process, and discuss her bold transition from law to full-time writer.
The event will include a light lunch, followed by networking—because great books spark great conversations.
About the book
Gavin Jones is dead at thirty-nine. As an in-house lawyer who controlled millions of dollars in fees per year, he was legal firm Howard Greene's biggest client and wielded that power with manipulative contempt. But he saved his worst behaviour for women, at work and at home. The partners of Howard Greene relied on his favour to fund their lavish lifestyles. If sycophantic admiration of the man was all it took to secure work from Gavin, that's what they delivered. But no one liked Gavin. The list of those who suffered from his cruelty was long enough to include pretty much everyone who had contact with him. So who actually killed him?
About Joanna
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 in Big Law in Brisbane, 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 is her second novel.
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Members: $30.00, Non-Members: $45.00
We look forward to seeing you at this event, and discovering who killed Gavin! Please forward this invitation on to any colleagues who may be keen to join this event.
ICON thanks event sponsor:
The QLD ICON Committee