Smoke and Mirrors is 2008 crime novel by Australian author Kel Robertson.[1] It won the 2009 Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction.[2] It is the second novel in the author's series about Australian Chinese Federal Police detective Brad Chen.[3]

Abstract

Ace detective Brad Chen is lured back to work by the double murder of a Whitlam government minister and the editor of his political memoirs. The body count rises as Chen uncovers the deadly secret behind the most momentous events in Australian political history.[1]

Reviews

  • AustCrime Blog[4]
  • Fair Dinkum Crime[5]

Publication history

After the novel's original publication in 2008 by Ginninderra Press,[6] it was reprinted later that same year by the same publisher.[1]

In 2010 it was reprinted by Pan Macmillan.[7]

Awards and nominations

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c ""Smoke and Mirrors" by Kel Robertson". Austlit. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Previous Winners: Best Fiction". Australian Crime Writers Association. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Brad Chen series". Austlit. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Smoke and Mirrors by Kel Robertson", AustCrime Blog
  5. ^ "Smoke and Mirrors by Kel Robertson", Fair Dinkum Crime
  6. ^ "Smoke and Mirrors (Ginniderra Press)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Smoke and Mirrors (Pan Macmillan)". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
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