Smoke and Mirrors (novel)

Smoke and Mirrors
AuthorKel Robertson
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherGinninderra Press, Australia
Publication date
2008
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages258
ISBN9781740274920
Preceded byDead Set 
Followed byRip Off 

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.