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y Smoke and Mirrors : A Brad Chen Novel single work   novel   crime   detective  
Is part of Inspector Brad Chen Kel Robertson 2006 series - author novel (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2008 2008 FOS (Libraries Australia/Ginninderra Press website) (JR 30/9/08) Source re ACT Writers Centre's award: The Canberra Times (Panorama) 19/12/09 p.16. LB
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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.'

Source: Ginninderra Press website, www.ginnindrrapress.com.au (Sighted 30/09/2008)

Affiliation Notes

  • Associated with the AustLit subset Australian Literary Responses to 'Asia' as the work contains a Chinese Australian character.

Publication Details of Earliest Known Version

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Works about this Work

Crime File Graeme Blundell , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 April 2010;
— Review of Smoke and Mirrors : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson 2008 single work novel ;
Review Amanda Horswill , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 April 2010;
— Review of Smoke and Mirrors : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson 2008 single work novel ;
Books Susan Hewitt , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 24 April 2010;
— Review of Smoke and Mirrors : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson 2008 single work novel ;
Crime Writer Breaks into Major League with Winning Tale Gia Metherell , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 August 2009;
Espionage, Conspiracy, Mafia - this One's Got the Lot Jeff Popple , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 October 2008;
— Review of Smoke and Mirrors : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson 2008 single work novel ;
Books Susan Hewitt , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 24 April 2010;
— Review of Smoke and Mirrors : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson 2008 single work novel ;
Review Amanda Horswill , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 3 - 4 April 2010;
— Review of Smoke and Mirrors : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson 2008 single work novel ;
Crime File Graeme Blundell , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 10-11 April 2010;
— Review of Smoke and Mirrors : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson 2008 single work novel ;
Untitled Greg Kelton , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 29 November 2008;
— Review of Smoke and Mirrors : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson 2008 single work novel ;
Espionage, Conspiracy, Mafia - this One's Got the Lot Jeff Popple , 2008 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 October 2008;
— Review of Smoke and Mirrors : A Brad Chen Novel Kel Robertson 2008 single work novel ;
Crime Writer Breaks into Major League with Winning Tale Gia Metherell , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 August 2009;
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Awards

2012 winner The National Year of Reading 2012 Our Story Collection Australian Capital Territory See NYOR Our Story winners.
2009 winner Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing — Best Novel Joint winner with Peter Corris, Deep Water.
2009 winner ACT Writers Centre's Literary Awards — Fiction
2009 winner Canberra Critics Circle Awards Writing
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Subjects:
  • Murder & manslaughter
  • Politicians
  • Whitlam Government Dismissal (1975)
Settings:
  • Canberra