![The cover of Joanna Jenkins' novel How to Kill a Client. Picture supplied The cover of Joanna Jenkins' novel How to Kill a Client. Picture supplied](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/gQFCV92jXgCqq2vNrCvxkn/0b428aeb-b0f1-4d34-8fb4-9a9ea6720043.jpg/r0_0_1803_2748_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
Gavin Jones is dead at 39. 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.
Create a free account to read this article
$0/
(min cost $0)
or signup to continue reading
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 him. The list of those who suffered from his cruelty was long enough to include pretty much everyone who had contact with him.
So who killed him?
This wickedly funny thriller from Joanna Jenkins about power and revenge is a scorching debut.
How to Kill a Client, by Joanna Jenkins (Allen and Unwin) RRP $32.99.