<b>From the bestselling author of <i>How to Kill a Client </i>comes a page-turning rural thriller of loyalties and lies, murder and greed.</b><br/><br/><i>People like Dash didn't die. He was only what? Mid-thirties? Well off. Adored. By some anyway. World at his feet. Well, Myddle at his feet, which was his world.</i><br/><br/>Ruth Dawson has taken a break from big city law to fill in for a few months at a mate's small-town legal practice in Myddle. It's not what she's used to ... <br/><br/>So when she hears the front door of her office open she's expecting a weird demand, or a question she doesn't know the answer to. But it's Bea Baulderstone's mum, worried that she hasn't seen her seventeen-year-old daughter for five days, and Constable Gazza Parker is refusing to report the girl missing. <br/><br/>Ruth tries to find Bea, but Myddle is a wall of indifference. Then Dash Rogers is found at his farm gate, dead from a gunshot wound, and suddenly the town is very interested in Bea's whereabouts. <br/><br/>An unputdownable thriller of deception and greed,<i> The Bluff </i>reveals an enmeshed web of family and community loyalties, set in the lush rural hinterland of east coast Australia.<br/><br/>'From small-town intrigue to big-time terror and suspense, <i>The Bluff </i>is utterly compelling.' <b>Riley James, author of <i>The Chilling</i></b> <br/><br/><b>Praise for <i>How to Kill a Client</i>:</b><br/><br/>'Shocking and highly addictive, this is a very impressive novel from a talented new author.' <i><b>Canberra Weekly</b></i><br/><br/>'Set in the cold atmosphere of the corporate world and the competitive homes of the rich, <i>How to Kill a Client</i> skewers the greed, misogyny and malfeasance in the corner offices of capitalism in a satisfying and twisting thriller.' <i><b>Books + Publishing</b></i><br/><br/>'Jenkins delivers a brilliant debut novel which satisfies on many levels.' <i><b>Country Style Magazine</b><br/></i><br/>'A fabulous page turner ... A terrifically written novel about vengeance, dominance and politics in a major law firm.' <i><b>Sydney Arts Guide</b></i><br/><br/>'Blending a fantastic and compelling crime fiction narrative with intense looks at the lifestyle of members of a successful law firm, <i>How to Kill a Client</i> was a gripping and interesting read that is really worth checking out.' <i><b>The Unseen Library</b></i><br/><br/>'Eminently readable, <i>How to Kill a Client</i> is an uncomfortable depiction of Big Law (minus the murder, of course). A strong debut, and hopefully more to come.' <i><b>The Justinian</b></i>